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It’s My Job to Make People Cry

What happens inside you when someone shows you your own genius

Jul 7 • Max Bernstein

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June 2026

Your First Agent Should Be a Secret Elf

Your first AI agent shouldn't add to your plate. Build a secret elf that does the quiet morning prep, so the right work is waiting when you sit down.

Jun 29 • Max Bernstein

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The Course That Rewrites Itself Overnight

Watch now | Last week I taught a four-day Claude Code training.

Jun 14 • Max Bernstein

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Death by GPS

Donna Cooper followed her GPS for three days through Death Valley. The week she got home, she did something stranger than getting lost.

Jun 10 • Max Bernstein

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Taste Is the New Code

Rick Rubin can't play a note, yet he's a legendary producer. In the AI era his one real skill, taste, beats knowing how to code. That's the job now.

Jun 2 • Max Bernstein

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May 2026

The Library With No Librarian

Andrew Carnegie funded 1,689 libraries. He refused to fund a single one the town would not promise to run. He understood something we just forgot.

May 24 • Max Bernstein

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You Have a Superpower You Can’t See

The patterns you run in every winning call are invisible to you. AI can surface them. Here's how one financial advisor did it.

May 2 • Max Bernstein

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April 2026

Your AI output keeps disappointing you. Here's why.

The Sam Altman quote that explains it.

Apr 27 • Max Bernstein

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How to Steal Dr Pepper's 141-Year-Old Trade Secret in 3 Prompts

I was watching baseball this weekend when a commercial came on for Dr Pepper.

Apr 20 • Max Bernstein

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March 2026

Your Anxiety Is a Design Problem

Your brain holds 4 things at once. You're carrying 14. The anxiety you feel before 9 AM is a design problem, not a character flaw. Here's the research…

Mar 31 • Max Bernstein

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Nobody Read the Fine Print

In the 1950s, the washing machine promised women more free time. By the 1970s, they were doing more laundry than before. AI is running the same play…

Mar 20 • Max Bernstein

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Stop Yelling at Your AI

7 Things That Changed in Claude 4.6 (and Why Your Old Tricks Might Be Hurting You)

Mar 16 • Max Bernstein

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