Mo Gawdat

The human brain is constantly generating thoughts, and most of them appear automatically, without intention or reflection. Left unchecked, those thoughts often gravitate toward worry, fear, or imagined scenarios that do little to improve the present moment.

One of the most fascinating possibilities of artificial intelligence is not simply that it can do what humans do faster, but that it can discover entirely new ways of approaching problems we thought we had already solved.

One of the most fascinating possibilities of artificial intelligence is not simply that it can do what humans do faster, but that it can discover entirely new ways of approaching problems we thought we had already solved.

For centuries, human progress has depended on our ability to understand the world, ask questions, and discover what was previously unknown. Artificial intelligence is beginning to change that relationship.

After World War Two, American families had enough. That was the problem, for the people profiting from production.

When you look closely at the universe, something astonishing appears: nothing exists unless it is observed.

The AI displacement conversation is still largely treated as a future problem. For millions of workers, it is already the present one.

What changed with AI isn't just the technology, it's who holds the intelligence. The machine no longer needs to be told the answer. It finds it. And then it finds the next one. And then it starts asking questions of its own.

Most conversations about AI replacing jobs focus on how many people will become unemployed. But there is a much bigger question we need to consider. #MoGawdat #ArtificialIntelligence #Capitalism #FutureOfWork #Economics

Try to enjoy a moment of silence. How long does it last before that voice pops up? The full post is on my Substack: mogawdat.substack.com

Most of us will go through at least one traumatic event in our lifetime, that’s simply part of being human. But what we often forget is the other side of the story: the vast majority of us recover. And many even grow.

The truth is, no one is going to stop. Progress will keep accelerating because greed and competition won’t allow otherwise. But instead of fearing that, we can choose to guide it, to bring human ethics and compassion into the race. AI isn’t the enemy; our intentions are.

Once a month, I’m going to sit down with Premium members for an hour and talk, live, on Substack. The first fireside chat is on Sunday 1 November. 21:00 UAE · 18:00 Central Europe · 17:00 UK · 12:00 US East Coast · 09:00 US West Coast mogawdat.substack.com/p/nove…

AI isn’t coming for your job, someone who knows how to use it is. The world is shifting fast, and the ones who adapt, learn, and collaborate with AI will be the ones who thrive. Don’t resist the wave, ride it.

When people talk about Steve Jobs, they focus on discipline, intensity, and drive. But what truly made him extraordinary were the feminine qualities he mastered, empathy, creativity, a deep sense of beauty, an intuitive understanding of what people feel.

I worked hard, I saved, and I became successful. Then I asked my mother: where was all the happiness I now had a right to expect? The full post is on my Substack: mogawdat.substack.com

I’ve learned that scale can distort purpose. When you attach your sense of progress to numbers, you will always feel behind. There will always be a bigger audience, a higher metric, a wider reach. But meaning doesn’t expand with volume. It deepens with intention.

In a fast-changing world, knowledge alone is no longer the advantage. The game has shifted. It’s no longer a predictable chessboard where you calculate ten moves ahead. It’s a squash court, dynamic, reactive, and constantly in motion.

We are reaching a point where intelligence is no longer only created by humans, but increasingly refined by systems themselves.

Being single is not simply the time between relationships. It can be the space where you finally understand who you are without another person defining you. What went wrong last time? Which patterns do you keep repeating? . . .