Hey Reader,

Greetings from Japan.

We're fully immersed in yakitori, micro pig cafes, Zen gardens and 7-11 pork buns.

It's awesome.

I've also been writing two posts a week on AI developments over at Future-Proof Your Career with AI.

It's totally free, check it out (it's a separate newsletter).

Here are this week's top reads:

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You should be setting rejection goals

10 minutes | Vox

What would life look like if we didn’t take rejection so damn personally. Our fear of rejection is evolutionarily wired; social rejection once threatened our very survival. Creating deliberate "rejection goals" helps build resilience by actively seeking situations where you might fail.

→ Read the article​

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50 years of travel tips

15 minutes | The Technetium

I’m a sucker for a good list, especially a Kevin Kelly list. Since I’m sending this email from Tokyo, many elements hit hard — and others (like “crash a wedding”) remind me that we come with the ball-and-chain called young kids.

→ Read the article​

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The abundance of complexity requires simplicity

5 minutes | Discipline Funds

I’m a big fan of Cullen’s financial writing. Here, he shares a personal story of how well-intentioned regulation stifled progress in housing development. Ironically, because of his persistence, he turned a crappy situation into a sizable personal gain — demonstrating the distortionary second-order effects.

→ Read the article​

Stories from my life

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Lately, I’ve been living in two parallel realities.

I’ve been going down the AI rabbit hole.

Still, I’ve kept my two worlds separate.

First, there’s RadReads (and the podcast) and our collective pursuit in leading more productive, examined and joyful lives.

Then, there’s Future-Proof Your Career with AI, my new newsletter chronicling my AI adventures.

This week, these two worlds rapidly started to converge.

First, ChatGPT released its new memory feature. It now remembers facts across chats.

It’s a powerful way to have a true second brain.

But how much of your emotional DNA are you willing to let Sam Altman own?​

Next, my friends over at Every posed a punchy question to the AI naysayers: Does “easier” equal “cheating?”​

After all, I trained Claude to analyze and refine this very text.

And finally, a reader shared their AI anxiety:

​Productivity guilt (i.e. “I should be doing more”) has always been an issue for our community.

And what happens when you now have the ability (or requirement) to 10x your output?

These are rich, existential questions

They’re coming at us quickly.

And I’m honored to be on this journey together.

He survived the Cambodian genocide. And started a podcast with his daughter.

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This week's episode: How do you get your parents to be vulnerable?​

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​Travelling to Finland for lessons on happiness (NY Times, 528 clicks)
• ​My favorite products and apps (Kevin Roose, 458 clicks)

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And finally, human ingenuity can land you a dope internship at Shopify.

With gratitude,

Khe

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