I got a lot of responses to my last mail with the question: what if ancient wisdom is not just philosophy? What if it is a form of advanced technology?
1,400 scenario prompt editions
Those are the questions you get when you publish #mindcandy for nearly four years. The pattern that surprised me most was the one from last month’s newsletter. The consciousness thread. The ancient wisdom thread. The “you are the upgrade” thread. It appeared in roughly one prompt out of every eight, across those years. The signals kept arriving — AyurvedAI, frequency management, the I Ching as a decision tool, embodied cognition, breathwork as state management and self-awareness as leadership technology.
The lessons
So I decided to distil all the lessons from four years of #mindcandy into a book. Chapter 4 is the one most directly built on what I sent you last month: consciousness as strategic infrastructure, not a lifestyle choice. Chapter 11 is the operational version: you are the upgrade, and here is what training that upgrade actually looks like.
The other ten lessons surround them. Why prediction is the wrong game. Why no single signal matters. Why context, not the model, is the moat. Why your data is always worse than you think. Why organisational design eats every transformation strategy. Why the gentle singularity already happened. Why AI is the lens and biology is the substrate.
Here is the full list: 12 lessons from 1,400 scenario prompts.
Ultimately it is not about predicting. It is sense making. A system. The cadence by which you scan, connect, question, and respond. As a collective. That is what my future fitness coaching is for.
How you can help
The book is in final production. If you have been following #mindcandy for a while, you already helped me write it. Three ways you can help finish it:
- Blurbs. If you have a platform and are willing to read an advance copy, I would love a quote.
- Beta reads. If you want a critical look at it before it is finalised, reply to this email.
- The lesson question. Which of the twelve (see the link) lands hardest for you? That answer helps me shape the launch.
