Out-Skilled vs De-Skilled
On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 fell out of the sky.
The Airbus A330 had flown itself across
Use It or Lose It
Skills you don't practice atrophy. This isn't metaphor. It's neuroscience. And AI makes the
The Context Flow
Whether AI makes you better, makes you worse, or makes you capable of the impossible comes down to a single
The Missing Middle
AI didn't just eliminate jobs. It created work that couldn't exist before. The question is whether
The Jagged Frontier
AI passes the bar exam but can't count syllables. You can't predict from first principles where
The Button Problem
If generating something takes no effort, what signals that it has value?
The Musician's Nightmare
In 2023, a
The Apprenticeship Paradox
Need experience to supervise AI. But AI eliminates the roles where experience is gained.
The Junior Doctor's Dilemma
Cheap Capability, Expensive Judgment
When everything becomes cheap, something becomes expensive.
This is how scarcity migrates.
When manufacturing became cheap, design became expensive. When
Demos Versus Production
The demo looks perfect.
AI analyzes the customer data, surfaces insights, generates recommendations. The CEO nods. The team gets excited.
Can Versus Should
"AI can do this."
You hear it constantly. AI can write your emails. AI can generate your code.