Everyone Is Scared. That Is Not The Excuse You Think It Is

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Everyone Is Scared. That Is Not The Excuse You Think It Is If you are

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Can AI Be Trusted With Your Job?

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Can AI Be Trusted With Your Job? Researched from three separate vendor disclosures, one academic

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Can Anyone Actually Pull the Plug on AI?

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Some of you said “scary” in the comments. One of you said “fascinating.” Both of

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Stop Outsourcing How You Learn: Why School, Work and AI Were Never Built for You

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This piece draws on primary archival sources from the early twentieth century, the World Economic

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

The Future of AI Is Not What You Think (2026 Reality Check)

The Future of AI Is Not What You Think

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Everyone wants to know the future of AI. Will it take your job. Will it

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Self Improvement Is Not Selling You Answers. It Is Selling You Something Else Entirely.

Man running on a treadmill surrounded by a glowing infinite loop of books and certificates, headline reads The Self Help Trap

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Somewhere right now, someone is finishing another course. Another book. Another twenty one day challenge.

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Wellnessmaxxing: The Research Behind a Broken Industry

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A few weeks ago I said the self development industry was broken. That was a

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

Project SHAMROCK: How the NSA Read America’s Mail for Thirty Years, and Why It Still Matters

Man confronted by two holographic panels showing a vintage telegraph archive and modern smartphone data, representing the history of Project SHAMROCK and NSA surveillance

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This piece draws on primary Church Committee findings, Wikipedia’s sourced entries on Project SHAMROCK and

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

They Got Caught. So They Rewrote the Law.

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Explore the controversial ANOM sting, where governments built a secret encrypted network, then retroactively changed the law to legalize the evidence.

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.

They Want Your ID: How the EU, the US, and the UK Are Quietly Building the Same System

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Explore how the EU, UK, and US are mandating message surveillance and age verification, reshaping online privacy and the future of digital identity.

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One email. No noise. Just the moves that keep you ahead of the machine — from ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler.