# talk ai — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover talk ai. Page: Feed: --- ## [What I’ve Learned](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/what-ive-learned) _2026-08-18 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ Ten important ideas I keep having to relearn, sixty years in. ## [Your dating checklist is lying to you. Here’s a book that explains the science of love.](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/your-dating-checklist-is-lying-to) _2026-08-14 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick ## [Everybody Codes. Nobody Reads.](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/everybody-codes-nobody-reads) _2026-08-11 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ We spent twenty years worried only a small fraction of people wrote software. We’re about to find out what happens when only a small fraction of people read. ## [She had the dream job and the perfect marriage. Then she bought a one-way ticket to Nepal.](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/she-had-the-dream-job-and-the-perfect) _2026-08-07 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x The Wilder Way by Eva Zu Beck ## [You Can’t Measure What Really Matters](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/you-cant-measure-what-really-matters) _2026-08-04 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ The instrumented self, AI at work, and the difference between living longer and living better. ## [Recovering from PTSD, covid and miscarriage - how a dying rainforest healed a family and began to grow again](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/recovering-from-ptsd-covid-and-miscarriage) _2026-07-31 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x Our Oaken Bones by Merlin Hanbury-Tenison ## [I Turned My Positioning Workshop Into a Skill You Can Steal](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/i-turned-my-positioning-workshop) _2026-07-28 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ Five years ago I wrote the framework down because I was sick of running the workshop. Now Claude runs it for you — free, at 2am, and it won’t let you skip the hard part. ## [Can business really make a difference and make money?](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/can-business-really-make-a-difference) _2026-07-24 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x Sacred Business by Nikki Trott ## [Where Ambition Goes to Die](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/where-ambition-goes-to-die) _2026-07-21 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ A week in Galway, and a preview of what’s left when the machines take the rest. ## [Beyond Belief! Nir Eyal LIVE at Rebel Book Club](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/beyond-belief-nir-eyal-live-at-rebel) _2026-07-17 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x Beyond Belief ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qvS4oc05JgB3) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [You’re Still Talking to a Person](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/youre-still-talking-to-a-person) _2026-07-14 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ Companies don’t buy things, and for now neither does AI. People do, and what moves them is a story. ## [Meet My Editor](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/meet-my-editor) _2026-07-07 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ Smart people don't use AI as a crutch to replace their writing; they use it as a partner to help make it better. ## [Why Would They Buy You?](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/why-would-they-buy-you) _2026-06-30 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ AI is making “build” a lot cheaper than “buy.” That’s a problem for every startup, and the business model that funds them. ## [Every complex civilisation before ours collapsed. We’re not the exception which is why we should face it.](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/every-complex-civilisation-before) _2026-06-26 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x I Eat the Stars by Sarah Wilson ## [We Talk About AI Like It’s the Weather](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/we-talk-about-ai-like-its-the-weather) _2026-06-23 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ We’re not watching the storm. We’re seeding it. ## [“A minority of men get all the women.” That’s one of the lies pulling boys into the manosphere.](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/a-minority-of-men-get-all-the-women) _2026-06-19 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x Lost Boys by James Bloodworth ## [My Son Thinks AI Is for Cheaters. He’s Half Right.](https://miketrap.substack.com/p/my-son-thinks-ai-is-for-cheaters) _2026-06-16 · Mike Troiano · People Stuff_ A generation booed AI off the commencement stage this spring. They’re right to be afraid, but wrong about what to do about it. ## [A dose of optimism - the countries solving big problems](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/a-dose-of-optimism-the-countries) _2026-06-05 · Rebel Book Club_ Braver New World by John Kampfner ## [Join our exploration of The Manosphere](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/join-our-exploration-of-the-manosphere) _2026-05-29 · Rebel Book Club_ Join us in June for Man Down ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fiXDqGwgablv) _2026-05-29 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Your DNA is not your destiny - how genetics has changed the world](https://rebelbookclub.substack.com/p/your-dna-is-not-your-destiny-how) _2026-05-22 · Rebel Book Club_ The Rebel Reader x The Secrets of Our DNA by Turi King