I'm slow to realize what those themes are so it's um that that takes time but then it when I see like six or seven note cards stack up in one section then that's kind of my cue to go right about that. The coffee cup theory of AI is why you can get a good cup of coffee pretty much anywhere in the world. It's helpful to be around humans and artists throughout history because part of the process has been like da Vinci would just like walk around with a notebook and listen to people in conversation and now it inform his art.
Billy Oppenheimer is a writer. He is also the research assistant for Ryan Holiday.
In this conversation, we spoke about the future of AI and writing, playing the long game, why everything is a remix, what he learned driving Robert Greene from the airport, and why the work is the win.