Hey folks,

Happy Friday! A couple things on my mind…

1. How To Work W/ AI: This is less of a tip and more of an observation / request for help. As I use AI more and more, I feel like it’s breaking the old systems for work, and I need new ones. For example, I love Pomodoro timers: set a 25min timer and try to get one task done in that time, take a 5min break, then do it again. This works great for humans, but when you’re managing several agents, you could probably spin up 3-4 tasks in that time, but then you’re waiting for them to get back to you with what they need, then you might have like 6min to fill while they’re working, then you need to coax them along, review their work, and you’ve blown through the 25min mark. I feel like I need rules like a) how many agents at a time do I manage? b) what do I do vs. what do they do? c) when do I take a break? I feel like I’m working harder than ever and my brain hurts, and a lot of it is because all the systems I developed over the past 20 years are being disrupted. Has anyone read anything about this? Any solutions? Reply and tell me. I’ll share the best answers next week.

2. The Odyssey: Go see it, it was very good. I think the most interesting question to ask of the Odyssey, the Iliad, heck even the Bible is: why has this story been preserved? What benefit has it provided to mankind for millennia? There are dozens of answers, but my primary one: we all get lost sometimes - but with persistence, love, and courage - we can find our way home. And when someone we love is lost? We wait and have faith.

3. The Two Shall Become One: After my talk last week, I feel like I’ve had several conversations about marriage, and I’m becoming increasingly convinced that it’s not possible to take the idea of “oneness” from the wedding ceremony too far. If anything, hyper-individualized modern America takes it far too lightly. I think a lot of modern problems in marriage arise from the idea that “my wife is stressed, but I’m fine” or “my husband is lost, but I’m doing good,” rather than fully owning that your spouse’s state is in part your state. You don’t say “my arm is bleeding, but I’m fine.” You say “I’m bleeding!” 18 years into marriage, and I’m finding more and more that when I view my wife as an extension of myself (rather than a competitor to self), and she does the same, we find ourselves rowing in the same direction so much more. Still working this idea out, but AMA.

That’s it for this week!

Best,

Blake

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