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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.

13 hrs ago • 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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How to Translate Any Book For Your Exact Problem

The 2-prompt system I used to turn 9 books into 3 hours of personalized audio

Mar 13 • Max Bernstein

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February 2026

The New Job Description For the Age of AI

Everyone says taste is the skill that matters most. Nobody can tell you what that means.

Feb 24 • Max Bernstein

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Everyone’s Publishing Principles. Nobody’s Publishing Proof.

I built a $297 consulting product in 73 minutes with zero industry expertise. Here are the 25 named moves, and the build log that shows every one.

Feb 18 • Max Bernstein

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Full Nerd Mode

I walked into a hackathon without writing a line of code. Something is happening that nobody's writing about enough. Adults are remembering how to make…

Feb 13 • Max Bernstein

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