Productivity and Happiness

A permanent freezing in of wealth is just one of many possible ASI scenarios

There is much talk in the tech scene of a permanent underclass.

Aug 9 • Milan Mecklenburg

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May 2026

Drive, meaning and status in the face of ASI abundance

What happens to human life when economic necessity disappears?

May 19 • Milan Mecklenburg

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July 2025

Status is a means for connection, not an end in itself

People typically are more status seeking than they admit to others or even themselves

Jul 15, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

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February 2025

The implications of mortality

In my 20s, I lived my life implicitly under the assumption that I would live forever.

Feb 25, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

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What I learned at McKinsey

I spent a little over four years working at McKinsey.

Feb 24, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

Growth through compassion

A lot of people take an approach of being tough on themselves in order to facilitate growth, which when framed positively can be called accountability…

Feb 18, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

Productivity without anxiety

As a management consultant I frequently relied on anxiety to drive myself to work - anxiety of feeling like a failure if I don’t get enough done…

Feb 16, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

January 2025

For learning self help content, deciding what to believe is what’s most important

Consuming self-help content for me is very different to learning other material, such as languages or dance.

Jan 6, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg

How to learn efficiently and durably

Over the course of my life so far I have learnt a variety of skills, from the intellectual , like physics, to the more soft and intuitive or physical.

Jan 5, 2025 • Milan Mecklenburg