About this episode
Twenty-one years.
That's how long I've been doing this. Producing content. Showing up. Week after week, with only a handful of exceptions—most of them involving hospitals and cardiac surgeons, but that's another story.
After twenty-one years, you learn what lands and what doesn't. You learn not to get too attached because you never know what's going to connect.
But this one surprised me.
Thinking 101—the response has been different. More comments. More questions. More people saying, “This is exactly what I needed.”
It's made me reflect on why I started this series.
Years ago, I was in a room with people from the Department of Education. I asked them a simple question: Why are we graduating people who can't think?
Not “don't know things.” Can't think. Can't reason through a problem. Can't evaluate an argument.
Their answer was… let's just say it wasn't satisfying.
That moment stuck with me. When AI exploded onto the scene—when everyone suddenly had a machine that could generate answers instantly—it became clear: thinking for yourself isn't just valuable anymore. It's survival.
That's what Part One was about. The Foundations. Building your thinking toolkit.
So what's next? For the next few weeks—nothing.
We're taking a breather for the holidays. I'm going to spend time with my wife, my kids, my grandkids.
We'll be back in early January. And if you're heading to
