[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" column_direction="default" column_direction_tablet="default" column_direction_phone="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" row_border_radius="none" row_border_radius_applies="bg" row_position_desktop="default" row_position_tablet="inherit" row_position_phone="inherit" overflow="visible" overlay_strength="0.3" gradient_direction="left_to_right" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_tablet="inherit" column_padding_phone="inherit" column_padding_position="all" flex_gap_desktop="10px" column_element_direction_desktop="default" column_element_spacing="default" desktop_text_alignment="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_backdrop_filter="none" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" column_link_target="_self" column_position="default" gradient_direction="left_to_right" overlay_strength="0.3" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text css="" text_direction="default"]I went hunting for a real cockroach in my garden in Puglia for this one, and what I found says a lot about what happens when we start using AI alone instead of checking in with the people around us. There is an old Neapolitan saying that every cockroach is beautiful to its own mother, and that is pretty much what happens the moment AI helps you build something you could not have built alone a year ago. You fall for it before anyone else gets a chance to tell you if it is actually any good. This piece gets into why we have quietly turned AI into a private counsellor, the blind spots that creates, and what to do about it, with a nod back to what I wrote about when your intuition is actually worth trusting. Read the full piece on Substack.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" column_direction="default" column_direction_tablet="default" column_direction_phone="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" row_border_radius="none" row_border_radius_applies="bg" row_position_desktop="default" row_position_tablet="inherit" row_position_phone="inherit" overflow="visible" overlay_strength="0.3" gradient_direction="left_to_right" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_tablet="inherit" column_padding_phone="inherit" column_padding_position="all" flex_gap_desktop="10px" column_element_direction_desktop="default" column_element_spacing="default" desktop_text_alignment="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_backdrop_filter="none" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" column_link_target="_self" column_position="default" gradient_direction="left_to_right" overlay_strength="0.3" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text css="" text_direction="default"]Substack's new AI writing detector scored three paragraphs of mine three different ways: human, then AI, then human again. I decided being part synthetic was fine by me, and it got me thinking about what actually changes when AI sits in the room while you write. This piece gets into the Pangram debate, why optimisation gets a free pass while creativity stays controversial, and what a very good friend of mine said about the real risk, which has nothing to do with detectors and everything to do with people who write like a machine because they think that is what good writing sounds like. It also touches on why I never picked up the em dash, and how that choice comes back to trusting your own instinct. Read the full piece on Substack.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" column_direction="default" column_direction_tablet="default" column_direction_phone="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" row_border_radius="none" row_border_radius_applies="bg" row_position_desktop="default" row_position_tablet="inherit" row_position_phone="inherit" overflow="visible" overlay_strength="0.3" gradient_direction="left_to_right" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_tablet="inherit" column_padding_phone="inherit" column_padding_position="all" flex_gap_desktop="10px" column_element_direction_desktop="default" column_element_spacing="default" desktop_text_alignment="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_backdrop_filter="none" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" column_link_target="_self" column_position="default" gradient_direction="left_to_right" overlay_strength="0.3" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text css="" text_direction="default"]I spent two weeks telling you to unplug and go find a possum or talk to a fern, and then Claude and ChatGPT went and made my whole argument for me, just faster. This piece walks through five things I hear constantly in meetings, prompts that take longer to write than the task itself, stats that sound right until someone checks them, and the now familiar because Claude said so delivered with a straight face. I also share what a CEO asked me on stage at MAD//Fest that changed how I think about AI and creative work, and why the answer means trained intuition just became the load bearing skill rather than a nice to have. If you have ever caught yourself shipping something on a Friday evening that felt slightly off, this one is for you. It links back to when your intuition is actually worth trusting. Read the full piece on Substack.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" column_direction="default" column_direction_tablet="default" column_direction_phone="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" row_border_radius="none" row_border_radius_applies="bg" row_position_desktop="default" row_position_tablet="inherit" row_position_phone="inherit" overflow="visible" overlay_strength="0.3" gradient_direction="left_to_right" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_tablet="inherit" column_padding_phone="inherit" column_padding_position="all" flex_gap_desktop="10px" column_element_direction_desktop="default" column_element_spacing="default" desktop_text_alignment="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_backdrop_filter="none" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" column_link_target="_self" column_position="default" gradient_direction="left_to_right" overlay_strength="0.3" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text css="" text_direction="default"]It took less than three weeks living at the edge of a forest to get a reluctant "you were right" out of my very committed city-slicker husband. This piece is about the science of attention restoration behind why that happened, and it has nothing to do with willpower. Nature restores attention your screen has been quietly spending, and the attention restoration research on why is more specific than you would think, right down to the exact shape of a fern. I get into working memory studies, the fractal patterns your nervous system actually prefers, and a conversation with a MAD//Fest speaker about what we lose when a machine starts doing our thinking for us. It pairs well with what I wrote about stepping away from your desk to think better. Read the full piece on Substack.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
