Paul’s Substack
Paul ShirleyI help people manage distractions so they can do deep work on long projects.
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Artificial Idiocy
I don’t know what will happen with artificial intelligence (AI). I suspect that most of AI will go the way of its much-hyped, acronymic forebears (VR, AR, NFTs). It’ll have some use but not all the use. Like most digital technology, AI suff...
Less Talking, More Doing
As a former professional athlete, I see gyms differently than most people.
The gym was my workplace. I didn’t go there for fun or for leisure or so I could film myself doing curls and because of that, I find the gym behavior of mere morta...
No, I Don't Want to Jump on a Zoom Call
“How about we jump on a Zoom call next week?”
“How about you jump in a lake?”
The first is a thing people write in emails. The second is what I want to write in response but don’t, because I’m a coward.
Here’s more of what I want to sa...
In Defense of Resolutions
In the latest Pete Holmes comedy special, Holmes does a bit about hating New Year’s:
“It’s a jacked-up, wraparound Oakleys, dumbf*ck holiday. And it sucks, I hate it…You know it’s been a year since it was today, too, right?”
And I get it!...
Loneliness: Killer or Superpower?
Midway through my fourth year as a professional basketball player, I was offered a job in Russia. I’d always wanted to play in Russia because it seemed like an adventure and because Russian girls were exactly my type (tall, blond, and kind...
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I write about human performance, meaningful productivity, and ways to elevate process over product. I used to play basketball. I still write books.
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