While Everyone Is Distracted, Wise People Use AI To Find Life-Changing Books
Right now, somewhere out in the world is a paragraph, chapter, or book that would change your life forever if you read it. I call this kind of information “breakthrough knowledge,” and mastering the ability to find breakthrough knowledge in our era of information overload is one of the most important skills we can develop.
We’ve all had breakthrough experiences. A phrase that a parent, mentor, or teacher said that stuck with us and changed everything. A “quake” book that shook us to our core.
Warren Buffett’s quake book was The Intelligent Investor, which he read when he was 19. It cemented his lifelong investment philosophy.
’s quake book was Animal Farm. Atwood writes:
The whole experience was deeply disturbing to me, but I am forever grateful to Orwell for alerting me early to the danger flags I've tried to watch out for since.
Stephen King’s quake book was The Lord Of Flies. King writes:
It was, so far as I can remember, the first book with hands—strong ones that reached out of the pages and seized me by the throat. It said to me, 'This is not just entertainment; it's life-or-death.'
My most recent quake book, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, exposed me to an entirely new paradigm of living beyond goal setting.
Quake books are rare, but one is worth a thousand merely good books. A breakthrough knowledge experience might only last a few minutes, but its effect can last a lifetime. It is the ultimate form of learning leverage.
Now, imagine having a breakthrough knowledge experience once a year rather than once a decade. Or perhaps twice a month rather than once a year. It would change everything, and it’s possible.
Given the power of breakthrough knowledge and the difficulty of finding it, one of the most fundamental questions we all need to ask ourselves is:
How do we use the limited time we have to find breakthrough knowledge in a sea of distraction?
What’s unique about this moment is that there is a new and profoundly better way to answer this question:
AI Gives Us A Completely New Way To Find Breakthrough Knowledge
Over the years, I’ve developed a cadre of techniques to help me find breakthrough knowledge. For example, I’m a big fan of fractal reading and title skimming.
But, AI really takes finding breakthrough knowledge to the next level because it’s uniquely suited for it in three ways:
#1. It has hoovered up info about all of the books ever written
Imagine a librarian with an infinite memory from which to make recommendations.
#2. We can give AI personal details about our lives and worldview
Breakthrough knowledge often opens a door to a new, empowering paradigm of life. Unfortunately, though, the paradigms we’re in are usually invisible to us like water is to a fish. Using insights from developmental psychology, adult development, paradigm shifts, and life-stage research, AI is uniquely suited to extract our paradigms.
#3. It helps us find paradigm-changing books
There isn’t a genre of books called paradigm-changing. Therefore, it’s hard to use Google or Amazon search to find paradigm-changing books. Bestseller lists aren’t much help either. But, AI is able to understand the patterns of books that people label as life-changing and then find books that are likely to meet that criteria for you.
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These reasons are why I created a breakthrough knowledge bot to help you and I find a book that could change our life…
INTRODUCING BREAKTHROUGH BOT:
AI That Recommends Life-Changing Books
The bot guides you through the following steps:
Asks three questions that help it understand your current paradigm of reality.
Helps you understand what the next paradigm of living might be for you.
Recommends four books in that new paradigm (science, fiction, memoir, other).