Creativity

The Art Quality Tier List (AQTL)

One model for thinking about, rating, and experiencing art

Analysis of Mics and Mic Sounds Used by Podcasters

The difference between different mics, their sounds, post-production, desired sounds, and other podcast-related microphone information

To Survive AI, We Must Become Creators

AI enables creators and punishes workers, so it's time to start making things

Creators, Nurturers, Executors, and Gatekeepers

A model for viewing the roles of humans, and how those roles will be impacted by AI

Your Work Can Only Be As Good As Your Problems Are Meaningful

A lot of people struggle with doing great work and still being unfulfilled, and your problems might be the problem

How (Specifically) AI Will 100x Human Creativity and Output

AI will solve the problems we have, not the problems we think we have

Blogging and Podcasting Are Gatekeeping Concepts

99% of Earth's population holds the self-limiting belief that only certain people have worthy thoughts and opinions

How to Permanently Remove Your Fear of Public Speaking

The single mindset change that converted me from dreading to loving being on stage

How to Lower Your Heart Rate Before Public Speaking

There are many types of stress around public speaking, but if you have the over-excitement kind I have a fix

Extracted Wisdom: Riva Tez vs. David Perell

A brilliant conversation between David Perell and Reza Tel on AI, free thinking, the importance of reading, and more...

Why I Love Reading Biographies

All books have wisdom, but biographies are case studies in resilience and believing in yourself

ExtWis: Using AI to Extract Wisdom from Any Text

My latest AI project lets me automatically extract what I would have written down if I listened slowly and took meticulous notes

The Great Bifurcation

We're explosively separating into the Thriving 10% vs. the Suffering 90%, and its possible to be part of the 10% just by copying them

Topics, Insights, and Resources from the Neri Oxman and Lex Fridman Conversation

The importance of novelty in multiple disciplines to create something truly innovative.

How I Differentiate the Unsupervised Newsletter & Podcast

How I am defending against increasing competition from AI-generated newsletters

A List of Timeless Concepts from the Ancient Myths

A list of lessons that repeat constantly in our art, along with their original source material

Why and How I Believe We'll Attain AGI by 2025-2028

The basic components I think are required for mimicking both human intelligence and consciousness

What Happens to Content When Top-Tier Production Quality is Commoditized?

Thoughts on how content might improve when it's easy for it to look amazing

High-Entropy Writing

Applying Shannon's entropy concept to essays, talks, and presentations

AI and the World's Most Important Economic Metric

Introducing the Creativity Friction Coefficient, and how AI will help reduce it

The Hierarchy of Content