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In the Foothills of the Singularity
Sebastian Mallaby's biography of Demis Hassabis and DeepMind: a book of the year contender, and the clearest window yet into how the people building AGI think about it.
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Learning and Working in the Age of AI: The Best Tools, the Worst Temptations
AI tools for learning have never been better, but the temptation to skip the learning has never been stronger. On gyms, construction sites, and what the evidence says about working your mind.
AIWork
·6 min read
Fun & Games (and Iterations)
Having fun making games with my son - and the importance of iteration & Validation
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·17 min read
Falafels, VO₂ Max, and Claude Code: My 2025 in Review
2025 deep dive into the data across health tracking, personal development, AI exploration, and life with young children.
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·10 min read
Claude Code for Product Managers – Course Review
There’s been a perceptible online buzz around Claude Code recently and after finishing the first two modules of Carl Vellotti’s (free!) course, I understand ...
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·7 min read
Product Managers in the Command Line (Interface)
For the second time in three years I’ve felt the world shift. Over the past year or so I’ve been spending an uncomfortable amount of time in the command line ...
AIChatGPTClaude CodeProduct
·9 min read
How Big Things Get Done: Lessons for Product Managers
Optimism I first read about optimism bias in Thinking, Fast and Slow (highly recommended*) by Daniel Kahneman.
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·9 min read
Happy Shiny People
Part 2 Development, Work, the Search for Meaning in the Age of AI In part 1, we explored Dario Amodei's most convincing predictions from Machines of Loving ...
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·4 min read
My Attempt to Break a World Record
In sixty years’ time.
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·10 min read
AI Will Fix Bodies Before It Fixes Minds: Reading Dario Amodei on Health
Part 1 Health: Why biology is AI’s lowest‑friction major win, what timelines make sense, and where mental health gets harder. Richard Brautigan's poem Anthro...
AIHealth & FitnessPhilosophyScience
·2 min read
Esprit de Corps – Celebrating Team Spirit
The British Army borrows a French phrase, Esprit de Corps, to describe the deep pride, loyalty, and unity soldiers feel, not necessarily for country or ideol...
ProductWork
·5 min read
Sparking Joy & Sticky Products
The tidying expert Marie Kondo made a splash by advising people to throw away that which does not spark joy.
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·3 min read
Can ChatGPT Coach Me Through the Murph Challenge? My Fitness Experiment with AI
One of my fitness goals this year was to incorporate more high-intensity, heart-rate-focused activities into my routine.
AIChatGPTHealth & Fitness
·6 min read
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Voice – Conversations with Marcus Aurelius & Friends
Stoic philosophy has experienced a renaissance in recent years, popular books, podcasts, and celebrity adherents from Tim Ferriss to Arnold Schwarzenegger ha...
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·10 min read
Marriage to Metrics : My 2024 in Review
Personal 👨👨👦👦 The biggest news was that I got married, something I never thought I would do!
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·4 min read
Children of Memory – Book Review
A return to 5 star form adventuring with Adrian Tchaikovsky and the vestiges of humanity.
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·5 min read
"Anaximander and the Birth of Science" – Book Review
Anaximander is a captivating and insightful exploration of the world's first scientist, offering a profound celebration of science and its origins.
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·6 min read
Nexus – book review
Yuval Noah Harari is back with a third instalment that blends, builds, and occasionally confuses concepts outlined in his first two blockbuster books a...
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·4 min read
Advanced Voice Mode: A Game-Changer for Conversations and Beyond
This week OpenAI released the long-awaited (and much delayed) advanced voice mode.
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·8 min read
“The Man From the Future” Book review
John von Neumann, considered by some to be the smartest man of all time, certainly lives up to the title of the biography.
AIBooksScience
·4 min read
"Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Book Review
Have you ever wondered why some traders, firms or people become superstars while others fail, despite similar strategies?
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·5 min read
Co-Intelligence: A Practical Guide to the AI Revolution – book review
A Practical Guide in a Sea of Speculation. Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence offers a concise and practical introduction to the current state of artificial inte...
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·6 min read
The Coming Wave – Book Review
In The Coming Wave, we are navigated through the tumultuous waters of contemporary technological evolution.
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·2 min read
Fatherhood in the Age of AI
We live at an inflection point of history.
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