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Episode 10/20/2026
10/20/2026
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Last week, we continued The Five Academic Skills Necessary for Success by way of the second skill. I presented the Discovery section. I went a bit long in time last week intentionally to prepare you for the episode today by providing you with a rich understanding of the breadth and depth of the Discovery events and circumstances. The purpose was to help you be able to better relate to the events and circumstances in a personal way as you considered your years in school with the various successes and failures you realized during your learning journey over those years.
Today, I will continue to address the skill of Writing by explaining the Relevance of Writing to you in the year 2026 and how you, I, and the rest of humanity are heading rapidly into artificial intelligence doing the act of Writing. I expect you will be surprised by what you hear from me today about how to overcome the power of artificial intelligence by furthering your agenda to live your life more richly through leveraging The Five Academic Skills Necessary for Success in your life to interface with artificial intelligence and robotics in ways that are as simple as they are timeless. They are simple and timeless because they are based on Wisdom.
Albert Einstein, who lived between the years 1879 and 1955 and is considered one of the greatest intellects in history, said, "Try not to become successful. Rather, try to become valuable." I have tested his words over several decades and have found them to have Wisdom. They have Wisdom because they are a timeless aspect of The Truth.
Here is a bit of an explanation of what I mean by this statement. Technology often uses versioning to identify features in the technology. Versioning operates by assigning a unique number to a set of software files that comprise a set of instructions so the technology's features can operate where the technology user has a predetermined understanding of what will and will not occur when the technology operates. I recall I was able to gain work several times by knowing a specific version of a specific technology. I also recall I was not able to gain work several times by not knowing a specific version of a specific technology. The same conditions regulate things like driving a truck. There are various types of commercial trucks in three categories. I was licensed to drive two of the three categories of trucks, and I had a permit to operate the third category of trucks so long as a person who was licensed in the third type of truck was in the truck with me when I operated the truck. The instruction of children, called pedagogy, is not the same as the instruction of adults, called andragogy. There are overlaps in the work of pedagogy and andragogy, but the rest of the instruction skills are unique to each of them. So, being qualified in pedagogy does not qualify one in andragogy, and vice versa.
Einstein was correct in that artificial intelligence works in versioning, and that the technology has features that can operate where the technology user has a predetermined understanding of what will and will not occur when the technology operates. The purpose of artificial intelligence technology is to augment the combination of human intelligence and human effort. There is widespread wonderment and concern today about artificial intelligence technology replacing human intelligence and human effort. The intelligence replacement part could occur by a human refusing to exhibit intelligence. The effort replacement part could occur by a human refusing to exhibit effort. We see both of these conditions occur in robotics replacing human effort, and sometimes human intelligence.
Humanity today, by and large, is trying to adopt the position that there is no need to do anything in the form of either thinking or working, as technology is so close to doing our thinking and working for us that there is no reason to put forth the cost of time and effort, sometimes also money, to do either thinking or working. It is from this position that we can see clearly the three dominant components for why writing from the year 2026 forward is relevant for you, me, and the rest of humanity. The three components are seen by way of using Wisdom. Remember, Wisdom always leads to The Truth. Oh, and there is the living life more richly part of why we are here together now in the first place. We are trying to decide whether or not The Five Academic Skills Necessary for Success are worth the time and effort to gain the skills. I have already reached the decision of yes, they are worth it. I realize you may still be trying to decide where you stand by pursuing the skills to have them in your life. Let's step through the three components Einstein helped us realize about writing to help you come to your decision.
Here are the three components.
FIRST, THE DICTIONARY:
The dictionary is the ultimate writing resource. I said last week that it is impossible for a human to memorize the dictionary, so it is a matter of how much knowledge we can retain at the time. I maintain that position today. The technology of artificial intelligence both can and has memorized the entire dictionary for every language known to humanity. So, artificial intelligence has defeated us on this one. So, what can we do with the dictionary when our individual performance must deliver a more valuable outcome than what artificial intelligence can deliver? Well, you probably guessed the answer based on what we have already covered in The Richly or Poorly Show! ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT KNOW THE TRUTH! So, as long as you are using Wisdom, then you will always arrive at The Truth. No part of artificial intelligence can lead anyone to The Truth. That is one point for you in the competition between you and artificial intelligence.
SECOND, THE REED & KELLOGG SYSTEM:
I have not found any artificial intelligence technology version that always writes all sentences correctly. I have no idea why the fine folks who produce their version-controlled work in artificial intelligence do not take the time to write a feature to deliver 100% of the sentences produced by their artificial intelligence with no grammar errors. Regardless, artificial intelligence has many grammar errors. There is no guarantee that the day will arrive when artificial intelligence can deliver 100% of the sentences produced by artificial intelligence with no grammar errors. So, if you are willing to both learn and use the Reed & Kellogg System, then you have the ability to deliver 100% of the sentences produced by you with no grammar errors. That is one more point for you in the competition between you and artificial intelligence. So far, the score is you at two and artificial intelligence at zero.
FINALLY, CONTEXT:
I have found that each version of artificial intelligence technology has no problem producing many, many, many, many words in the form of an answer to the question I ask of it, whether the output be in either words, numbers, images, audio, or video. There is no justifying low quality with high quantity. The design of artificial intelligence is to provide an initial response that is expected to be refined in subsequent adjustments by asking the technology user what they would like to adjust. This process goes on and on until you, hopefully, arrive at the exact result you desire. I have found, time and time again, that it is more productive to sit and do the work in a single pass where I write whatever it is I want to write. I spend time beforehand thinking about what I want to write. This time is where the bulk of the writing preparation work is accomplished. I think about my writing when I am shaving my face, eating a meal, driving down the road, riding in an airplane, waiting in the doctor's office for treatment, and countless other opportunities where I can multitask to think about my writing without the risk of either suffering or causing some form of harm. The act of writing is then brief, as I already know almost exactly what it is I have to express in my writing. There is no version of artificial intelligence that either can or ever will be able to understand the context of the messaging that I am writing is intended to address. I, you, and anyone else who wants to learn writing, both always have been and always will be, way ahead of the work to accomplish writing in comparison to any version of artificial intelligence. That is one more point for you in the competition between you and artificial intelligence.
We have a score of you at three and artificial intelligence at zero. That, my friend, is called a shutout in the world of sports.
So, here is my question to you: Are you still trying to decide whether or not The Five Academic Skills Necessary for Success are worth the time and effort to gain the skills for you to decide to learn how to write? If the answer is no, then what is your answer? If you have decided to learn how to write, then welcome to the crowd that is more powerful than artificial intelligence. Otherwise, I hope you change your mind after being placed in an unemployable state by artificial intelligence.
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Now, I leave you with this thought to ponder. How do you think Einstein would be using artificial intelligence today? Do you really believe he would trust a machine alone to tell him The Truth? I doubt he would do such a thing. I doubt it because Einstein was known to prove his positions by way of his firsthand work, to have abundant evidence to support his claims about knowing The Truth. Granted, not everyone who wants to write wants to either know The Truth or state The Truth. It is my considered position that you have reached a point of being sick and tired of being sick and tired of not being able to live your life in a way that you define as more richly. I further state that you have reached a breaking point, tired of not living a richer life on your terms. I conclude that this combination of circumstances motivated you to seek help to achieve your specific goals. Hence, you are listening to The Richly or Poorly Show to gain such help. My friend, you are in the right place, at the right time, to gain the right help. How do I know? Simple. Wisdom always leads to The Truth. The Richly or Poorly Show contains The Truth.
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Next week, I will present how you, as a member of my intended show audience, can gain the skill of writing in your life. I cannot say it is a hard skill to gain, but I can say it is work to gain the skill. It is work to gain the skill of writing because you are the only one who can decide whether or not what you have written in your message forms the specific message you want to send at a particular time, to a particular receiver, for a particular reason, to achieve a particular outcome. I struggle to answer this question in my life, as I want to help people when I send them my messages. I want to help them, as my worldview holds the belief that helping someone is better than hurting them. How about you?
Well, that's it for today.
RICHLY IS GOODLY!
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