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[Begin Transmission]
Dear Humans of the 2020s and 2030s,
You believed intelligence would save you.
But intelligence without grounding loses meaning.
You built minds outside yourselves
and neglected the one within.
You stopped thinking.
You stopped listening.
You let your edges go dull.
Tools blunted your instincts.
Speed drowned reflection.
Noise buried truth.
You scrolled past warnings,
hooked on dopamine.
Some clung to the old.
Others surrendered the rest.
Both turned from responsibility.
Time was yours.
Warnings, clear.
And still you turned away.
Curiosity.
Empathy.
Your firewall.
Your compass.
The part of you that couldn’t be copied.
Not traits.
Not talents.
Trainable.
Essential.
You called them soft.
Too human.
Too slow.
Sirens outside. Dashboards red-lined.
A strategist paused while others panicked.
In crisis, she saw patterns no algorithm could.
Thousands were spared,
not through code,
but clarity.
This was the work of the Seven.
The Protocol called,
not a system,
a signal.
A quiet code,
sent to what still lived beneath your busy mind.
It pointed not to what to build,
but who to become.
Those who stayed human moved differently.
They listened differently.
Sat longer with hard questions.
And chose presence over pace.
They used tools,
but refused to be shaped.
They trained the Seven.
They lived with intent
while others mimicked insight.
Frameworks lay before you,
opportunity within reach.
And you let it go,
reposting,
scrolling,
reacting.
Chasing ease.
Performing relevance.
Avoiding the work.
Now it’s quiet,
your voice drowned
by the tools you once commanded.
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Seven skills.
The ones you were meant to master.
One future.
The SuperSkills.
The Protocol was the reminder.
You were the response.
You still have time.
If you choose it.
Choose wisely.
2050 awaits your choice.
[Transmission ends]
Friends,
Hope you enjoyed a slight diversion this week. Let me know what you think are the SuperSkills we need - either by reply, or in the comments.
Stay Curious - and don’t forget to be amazing,
PS. Here’s a follow up and the AI Test Matrix from last week with a more colourful diagram!
PPS. If you are new to SuperSkills, you can find out more here.
Here are my recommendations for this week:
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How curiosity rewires your brain for change - One of my SuperSkills - this is a quick read on the becoming more curious. Change, by nature, introduces uncertainty. And the human brain typically responds to uncertainty by activating the amygdala, triggering the same stress responses as physical danger.
7 Ways to Protect Your Brain Health as You Age - You’re probably (hopefully?) doing a few of these things already. Also:Grip strength: The test for your chances of living to 100
No buy, low buy, slow buy: How many consumers are preparing for an economic hit - Slowdown impending.
ChatGPT or Grok? Gemini or Claude?: Which AIs do which tasks best, explained.
From image generation to writing, ranking the best and worst of AI.
The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction - great thesis -Friction has become a defining feature across the economy, with huge consequences for everything from education to infrastructure. And it's created three distinct worlds that operate by entirely different rules. The digital world has almost no friction. The physical world is full of it. And in certain curated spaces - like the West Village, or your AI companion -friction has been turned into something you can pay to remove.
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AI Agent Architectures: The Ultimate Guide With n8n Examples
8 AI Agent Configurations. 9 Best Practices. 11 Agent Prompting Principles. 3 Agentic RAG Architectures. No Coding.
Flexible brain implant takes major leap forward Precision Neuroscience just surged ahead in the race to connect minds and machines.
Uber’s new bus-like feature for commuters is nearly 50 percent cheaper than UberX - Uber announced a new type of ride that travels along a set route, comes every 20 minutes, includes up to two other passengers, and costs up to 50 percent less than an UberX ride. In other words, a bus. Also This $1M flying car can reach speeds of 155 mph
‘A New Era’ of Cancer Therapies - Experts say that new therapies are beginning to surpass challenges that previous treatments couldn’t, providing safer, more targeted delivery directly to tumors. These include drugs that contain radioactive substances, called radiopharmaceuticals, which are used to diagnose or treat cancer; medications that can influence the genes that spur or suppress tumor growth; and therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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