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Hi Vaughn, I find your writing on meaning-making and AI very insightful and clarifying and agree that meaning-making is a hugely overlooked lens. I am wondering how I may reference some of your thoughts in a PhD application proposal I am writing. Have you published any of this in academic papers?

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the foundational thoughts are in the uncertainty mindset, which is from columbia univ press 2020. the current stuff on meaningmaking and not-knowing might become a book but so far is only published on my website and in this newsletter

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A book on how to practically navigate not-knowing (that provides the lessons learned as needed versus being focused primarily on communicating theory) would be quite valuable. I do think other formats are needed though for folks to get the full value of this work.

- Interview series to share on YouTube and podcasts (any chance Dwarkesh could be talked into doing this?)

- A cohort-based course similar to the InterIntellect series you facilitated on this topic

- A “choose your own adventure”-style online game that provides a visceral experience of working with not-knowing (even text-based would be intriguing)

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