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three things from my world..
Kieran Lenahan
February 15, 2026
Hey all,
Three things from my world..
1. The impact of AI: There’s an essay that went viral last week on Twitter (X) written by a guy in tech named Matt Shumer. It’s already been read by over 75 million people. It’s about the reality of AI, how quickly it’s advancing, and the implications that it will have for the workforce in the near and distant future (the gist is that .
Some people are calling it an exaggeration and an advertisement for the companies this guy invested in. Others in tech have already been saying these things for months.
Here are two of the most interesting quotes:
Dario Amodei [CEO of Anthropic], who is probably the most safety-focused CEO in the AI industry, has publicly predicted that AI will eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years. And many people in the industry think he's being conservative.
The AI labs made a deliberate choice. They focused on making AI great at writing code first... because building AI requires a lot of code. If AI can write that code, it can help build the next version of itself. A smarter version, which writes better code, which builds an even smarter version. Making AI great at coding was the strategy that unlocks everything else.
Regardless of whether you think AI is overhyped, or you’re a full on doomsday prepper, there is no denying that the world is changing very quickly.
And as a dad, I’m constantly thinking about what this means for how we raise our kids. I’ll share my current thesis for what we need to be instilling in our kids in a future newsletter.
2. Who Not How. I just finished reading a book called Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy. I haven’t been able to shake one quote from it.
“Lessons that don’t get learned get repeated.”
I’ve realized that I sometimes experience something hard, intellectually realize I made a mistake, but then make the same mistake in a future situation (often out of either fear or habit). Then the cycle repeats.
The main point of the book is that we need to train ourselves to think "Who is the right person to help me solve this problem?" instead of defaulting to "How can I figure out how to solve this?" This is one of the biggest things that I'm working on right now.
If you struggle with that, I recommend the book. It focuses less on tactics and more on principles and stories that show the principles in action.
Now, I’m reading another book by the same duo called 10x is Easier Than 2x.
3. I won World Cup tickets. I won 2 tickets to Ghana vs. Croatia in Philadelphia. Late group stage game. Probably in the nosebleeds (don't know exactly where the seats are yet). Now the big decision for me is to decide if I actually want to go or if I want to sell the tickets…
To Go | Or Not to Go |
|---|---|
I played competitive soccer from ages 4-18+ | I no longer really care about or follow soccer 😅 |
As a kid, I dreamed of the World Cup being hosted in the US and being able to go to a game | We’re supposed to leave that morning at 6AM for family vacation, so we'd lose 24-36 hours of vacay with our friends |
It's unknown how much they'd be worth (FIFA has some strict rules on re-selling), but they might pay for half of the sauna I want...
One-time event vs. years and health benefits of using a sauna...
Not sure what to do. Strong opinion? Reply and let me know :)
Stay warm,
Kieran
P.S. My mom took me and the big kids to see Yo-Yo Ma play the cello 🎻
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P.P.S. Here are a few things I’m working on - let me know if I can help.