Michael Schreiber

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People assume that generative AI will lead to a tsunami of garbage content. I think the opposite problem is more interesting: what if you were drowning in amazing content? What if you’re so inspired and overwhelmed by awe that it’s stressful and addicting and life disorienting?

It's Not About the Words

Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.

-David Ogilvy

Inside the Black Box

“The system that is you sets the tone for every system you touch. Lead yourself like a living system — with rhythm, with rest, and with reverence.”

Joel Carboni • Becoming Regenerative: A Leadership Journey for Those Who Refuse to Burn Out

The Great Turning

It's Not About the Words

Practical Theatrics

Inside the Black Box

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.... See more

A quote from Walden

Inside the Black Box

Combined with self-confidence, agency is the attitude that any problem can be fixed, given enough resources in the form of time, effort, and determination. This attitude rests either on a thorough knowledge of or training in what is to be done, or on the surety that such knowledge or training can be attained. This attitude is often transferable

Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence

Inside the Black Box