Amjad Masad

it's a popular like psychology method.

I think, you know, we're in such a soft world right now that like psychiatrists, psychologists don't treat things like that.

But it's always been the case like if you're afraid of water, if your kid is afraid of water, throw him in the fucking water.

That's how my dad did it.

So I took up improv classes in New York.

And improv, if you're bad at public speaking or thinking on your feet, you're going to do really bad at it.

And then I took up storytelling classes.

And I did a storytelling show where I told a story about how I hacked into my school to change my grades.

And...

And so I have to hear that story, but can you continue your thought?

So over time, I just got better at talking to people and like trying to communicate complex ideas simply because I think that's what a really good communication is about.

And if you're good at that, then you're good at talking to AI and prompting it.

Um, yeah.

So I was, um, going to university in Jordan, um,

Princeton, my university for technology.

Good computer science school.

But, you know, I don't know how to pay attention to things that I don't like.

Like if I'm taking like a history class or econ class and I feel like whatever they're teaching me is not going to be useful for me in life or it's just not interesting the way they teach it.

I just can't.

It's like incredibly painful for me.