Leave the Drudgery to AI, Keep the Joy for Yourself: A Mental Energy Strategy
05/23/2026
Most advice on AI focuses on efficiency—how to squeeze more output from fewer hours. But the real opportunity isn’t about doing more faster. It’s about preserving the one resource that actually determines your quality of life: mental energy. You have a finite amount of it each day. Spend it on tasks that drain you, and […]
Why Yu Minhong Says Living to 90 Is a Better Deal Than Burning Out at 40
05/22/2026
I’ve been thinking about this quote from Yu Minhong, and it hit me right in the feels. He said, if you have to choose between killing yourself to achieve something and dying young, versus taking it easier and living to 80 or 90 while watching the world change, he’d go with the latter. No shame […]