That warning at the end is either going to stop exactly the wrong people or pull in exactly the right ones. Most people say they want blunt honesty until they actually get it. The ones who click anyway are probably the ones who needed it most.
Reminds me of early Tim Ferriss, back when he was just saying things out loud that everyone else was tiptoeing around. That directness built his whole audience. There's something to that.
If we just had people asking wtf is going on why is it we are doing all that we are doing, this problem can be solved. I am tired of people talking as if the coming of AI has been like some sort of natural calamity, like some sort of force of nature humans just have to adopt to now. We decided we wanted this. You as an individual may not have had any direct causal descision in the matter but our everyday choices, our rampant and unconsciously accelerating want for more and more 'stuff'. I am not some sort of anti materialist saying let's go back to living in the forest, but just asking that isn't it completely bonkers how no one seems to really ask why we have built this modern technological civilization for? One must go beyond trivial explanations of greed/comfort/progress and ask really, what the fuck are we doing? Why are we doing it? Most importantly how come were we able to acquire all this knowledge?
The confusion is not the problem. The confusion is the map. The old models are extinct. That is not a crisis. It is a clearing.
Information is no longer scarce. That is why it feels worthless. The value is shifting to transformation. Not knowing. Becoming. Not reading. Doing. Not understanding. Embodiment.
The schools are still preparing kids for a world that no longer exists. That is the tragedy. But the opportunity is in the gap. The space between what was and what is becoming. That is where the real work happens.
The solution is not more information. It is more coherence. The confusion will not be resolved by more data. It will be resolved by more clarity. And clarity comes from practice. Not consumption.
The old world is dead. The new one is being built. The question is whether you are ready to build it.
Love the point about investing. It seems simple, yet timing your entry and exit point takes hours of research even with AI (and you can still make mistakes). I believe that holding assets long-term is still key to building wealth, only things are changing so fast that the definition of "long term" is different. Nowadays business cycles take 3-5 years instead of 10.
What if we decide to become an improved and better version of Eddie Morra? Can we try to live beyond formal education, college degrees, careers, and job titles?
This resonates. We are living in a time of more information than ever but less clarity. The real edge now is filtering noise and staying focused on what actually matters.
Woah. Erm. Sheesh that... really doesn't help the dream of becoming an author.
I would have thought that when raw information becomes a commodity, it would be good for humanity. Well... now... I dont know. I am actually worried. Hmm.
Refreshing honesty as always. My kids are 12 and 13. They go to our okay-ish public schools because I’m cheap and want them to have the social emotional experience of navigating the lunchroom and surviving playground fights. We’ve spent years supplementing what they get in the classroom through travel, taking them to museums, watching documentaries, and basically not hiding reality from them. They know current events. They know more about certain parts of history than me, and I have a degree in it. They also know how to find answers using the internet and AI, and how to fact check what’s a primary or validated source and what’s brain rot or brainwashing. I think the best thing we can do for them is bring them on our journey of navigating this new frontier with us in real time, and show them how to do it with our shared values. They’ll be smart enough and adaptable enough to figure it out from there (I hope).
I know homeschooling is an option in Australia. I've been homeschooling my 5 kids for over 20 years now. I'm in the states, but I'd be glad t hel;p yopu figure it out for where you are.
Hit me up if you're interested.
It's so freeing. Instead of a barebones public school education, my kids learn from folks like Tim Ferriss, who actually flew us out to Seattle to have dinner with him, and other cool folks like a guy I follow named Tim Denning.
Tim D quoting Tim F is brilliant!!! This is what we need to hear , and more humans need to hear it. We are aligned on Freedom and the confusion of the current state of the world. 10x the confusion and 10x the opportunity. It's a wildly misunderstood beautiful paradox! The practice of being a life-long learner and then actively applying what you've learned to something in your life has been and always will be the best way to continue moving society forward. Excellent message! Thanks Tim.
Excellent piece by zooming out and seeing trends over time.
I’ve also been gravely concerned about our next generation for a couple of years now. The skills they learn at schools and universities are equipping them with skills that they often don’t need now, let alone in the future.
And AI compounds the problem.
Our children will soon not know how to think independently, analyze problems, do any math, learn new languages or probably won’t even be able to write proper sentences because they can just yap into the microphone with AI writing it for them. Already happening, right?
So I believe children and young people should take what they learn at schools and universities with a grain of salt; to always have a very open mind, to be a lateral thinker, and not be bound by textbooks; to not worry too much about getting poor grades or failing a class or sometimes skipping classes. I’d much rather our children learn to be creative, to major in humanities or history or philosophy or the arts or other subjects that make us deeply human. To learn to think out of the box and think independently. To learn about making judgments. And most importantly, to uphold ethics. Because everything else is and will be taken over and likely run by AI.
“Kids are being prepared for a world that already doesn’t exist….My kids have to go to school, but in doing so, I will be wasting years of their lives.”
Honestly Tim, I’ve thought many times that kids would be better off reading your posts and analyzing them than learning archaic subjects.
Kids do NOT have to “go to school”, but parents do need to abide by compulsory education laws or face possible jail time.
Microschools are new hybrid of schools and homeschooling that are small groups of about 5-10 kids with a tailored framework. (Tim, sorry about the link in original comment!)
P.S.
When the world is confusing, you need clarity.
You can find some here in my new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOmchWMNwQ
Warning: Don’t watch if you can’t handle blunt honesty.
That warning at the end is either going to stop exactly the wrong people or pull in exactly the right ones. Most people say they want blunt honesty until they actually get it. The ones who click anyway are probably the ones who needed it most.
Reminds me of early Tim Ferriss, back when he was just saying things out loud that everyone else was tiptoeing around. That directness built his whole audience. There's something to that.
Watching now.
If we just had people asking wtf is going on why is it we are doing all that we are doing, this problem can be solved. I am tired of people talking as if the coming of AI has been like some sort of natural calamity, like some sort of force of nature humans just have to adopt to now. We decided we wanted this. You as an individual may not have had any direct causal descision in the matter but our everyday choices, our rampant and unconsciously accelerating want for more and more 'stuff'. I am not some sort of anti materialist saying let's go back to living in the forest, but just asking that isn't it completely bonkers how no one seems to really ask why we have built this modern technological civilization for? One must go beyond trivial explanations of greed/comfort/progress and ask really, what the fuck are we doing? Why are we doing it? Most importantly how come were we able to acquire all this knowledge?
It’s seems there actually ARE people asking wtf is going on, as you are clearly at least implying wtf is going on if not explicitly asking it.
I highly recommend reading Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman.
Thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out!
The confusion is not the problem. The confusion is the map. The old models are extinct. That is not a crisis. It is a clearing.
Information is no longer scarce. That is why it feels worthless. The value is shifting to transformation. Not knowing. Becoming. Not reading. Doing. Not understanding. Embodiment.
The schools are still preparing kids for a world that no longer exists. That is the tragedy. But the opportunity is in the gap. The space between what was and what is becoming. That is where the real work happens.
The solution is not more information. It is more coherence. The confusion will not be resolved by more data. It will be resolved by more clarity. And clarity comes from practice. Not consumption.
The old world is dead. The new one is being built. The question is whether you are ready to build it.
Love the point about investing. It seems simple, yet timing your entry and exit point takes hours of research even with AI (and you can still make mistakes). I believe that holding assets long-term is still key to building wealth, only things are changing so fast that the definition of "long term" is different. Nowadays business cycles take 3-5 years instead of 10.
Thanks for sharing this, it is so inspiring, helpful and eyes opening!!!!!
I so much agree with you!!!
Eye opening indeed! Could you share an excerpt of the part that resonated most with you?
Academia is failing us!
Academia is powerless if we do not blindly follow it. What are some better options or people with better ideas?
What if we decide to become an improved and better version of Eddie Morra? Can we try to live beyond formal education, college degrees, careers, and job titles?
This resonates. We are living in a time of more information than ever but less clarity. The real edge now is filtering noise and staying focused on what actually matters.
Really? Tim Ferriss sales went down 57%?!?
Woah. Erm. Sheesh that... really doesn't help the dream of becoming an author.
I would have thought that when raw information becomes a commodity, it would be good for humanity. Well... now... I dont know. I am actually worried. Hmm.
Zig when others Zag.
Refreshing honesty as always. My kids are 12 and 13. They go to our okay-ish public schools because I’m cheap and want them to have the social emotional experience of navigating the lunchroom and surviving playground fights. We’ve spent years supplementing what they get in the classroom through travel, taking them to museums, watching documentaries, and basically not hiding reality from them. They know current events. They know more about certain parts of history than me, and I have a degree in it. They also know how to find answers using the internet and AI, and how to fact check what’s a primary or validated source and what’s brain rot or brainwashing. I think the best thing we can do for them is bring them on our journey of navigating this new frontier with us in real time, and show them how to do it with our shared values. They’ll be smart enough and adaptable enough to figure it out from there (I hope).
Tim- Love the newsletters. Inspiring as always.
I know homeschooling is an option in Australia. I've been homeschooling my 5 kids for over 20 years now. I'm in the states, but I'd be glad t hel;p yopu figure it out for where you are.
Hit me up if you're interested.
It's so freeing. Instead of a barebones public school education, my kids learn from folks like Tim Ferriss, who actually flew us out to Seattle to have dinner with him, and other cool folks like a guy I follow named Tim Denning.
Tim D quoting Tim F is brilliant!!! This is what we need to hear , and more humans need to hear it. We are aligned on Freedom and the confusion of the current state of the world. 10x the confusion and 10x the opportunity. It's a wildly misunderstood beautiful paradox! The practice of being a life-long learner and then actively applying what you've learned to something in your life has been and always will be the best way to continue moving society forward. Excellent message! Thanks Tim.
Excellent piece by zooming out and seeing trends over time.
I’ve also been gravely concerned about our next generation for a couple of years now. The skills they learn at schools and universities are equipping them with skills that they often don’t need now, let alone in the future.
And AI compounds the problem.
Our children will soon not know how to think independently, analyze problems, do any math, learn new languages or probably won’t even be able to write proper sentences because they can just yap into the microphone with AI writing it for them. Already happening, right?
So I believe children and young people should take what they learn at schools and universities with a grain of salt; to always have a very open mind, to be a lateral thinker, and not be bound by textbooks; to not worry too much about getting poor grades or failing a class or sometimes skipping classes. I’d much rather our children learn to be creative, to major in humanities or history or philosophy or the arts or other subjects that make us deeply human. To learn to think out of the box and think independently. To learn about making judgments. And most importantly, to uphold ethics. Because everything else is and will be taken over and likely run by AI.
“Kids are being prepared for a world that already doesn’t exist….My kids have to go to school, but in doing so, I will be wasting years of their lives.”
Honestly Tim, I’ve thought many times that kids would be better off reading your posts and analyzing them than learning archaic subjects.
Kids do NOT have to “go to school”, but parents do need to abide by compulsory education laws or face possible jail time.
Microschools are new hybrid of schools and homeschooling that are small groups of about 5-10 kids with a tailored framework. (Tim, sorry about the link in original comment!)