Not-knowings: A guide for explorers
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Not-knowings: A guide for explorers
by Vaughn Tan (4 mins)
Summary: Vaughn Tan’s Not-knowings reframes uncertainty by identifying four distinct kinds of unknowns beyond risk—what you can do, what might happen, how actions connect to outcomes, and what’s valuable. Each type requires a different approach, from experimentation to reflection.
Ideal for: Innovators, leaders, and lifelong learners who face complex, unpredictable situations and want to improve their comfort with ambiguity, creativity, and adaptive decision-making.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It provides a practical framework for navigating uncertainty with curiosity rather than fear—helping you make better choices, stay creative, and thrive in fast-changing.
AI Slop Arbitrage
by Greg Isenberg (5 mins)
Summary: The article “AI Slop Arbitrage” explores how artificial intelligence has made creation—like software, design, and content—virtually free, shifting value toward what can’t be automated. It presents an “AI arbitrage map” showing that credibility, distribution, proprietary data, taste, and trust have become the new scarce assets in an AI-saturated world.
Ideal for: Entrepreneurs, creators, marketers, and product builders seeking to understand where real value lies in the AI economy and how to build durable, differentiated businesses when automation levels the playing field.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It reframes the AI revolution as an opportunity to invest in authenticity, originality, and human connection—qualities machines can’t replicate. By identifying what remains scarce, readers can focus on building assets and strategies that thrive amid abundance.
The happy secret to better work
by Shawn Achor (12 mins)
Summary: Shawn Achor’s talk explores how happiness fuels success, not the other way around. By focusing on positivity first, individuals can rewire their brains to become more creative, productive, and resilient. He introduces the concept of the “happiness advantage,” where a positive mindset enhances performance and overall well-being.
Ideal for: Professionals, students, and leaders who feel overwhelmed by stress, competition, or the pursuit of success, and want to develop habits that promote optimism, motivation, and sustainable achievement.
Why It’s Worth Your Time: It offers practical, research-backed techniques—like daily gratitude, journaling, exercise, meditation, and acts of kindness—to retrain your brain for positivity in just 21 days, unlocking higher happiness and performance in work and life.
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Loved how Vaughn Tan reframes uncertainty as a space for exploration rather than anxiety. The distinction between different types of ‘not-knowings’ really resonates—it reminds me that curiosity and adaptability matter more than having all the answers. Also appreciated how this ties into the other pieces about AI and happiness—each in their own way points to the value of human awareness, creativity, and reflection in times of change.
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