Josh Waitzkin

And they become – oh, they don't want to fall. They don't want to look bad. And then that's when they get locked up. The freedom of – I mean to me a lot of what like the beacon is as adults is being the post-conscious – discovering the post-conscious freedom as a learner. Like how can we learn without the egoic blocks, right? Without having to look good.

So if you're crossing over, like if you're a world-class striker and you're getting on the jiu-jitsu mats and you're getting your ass kicked, or if you're a great jiu-jitsu fighter and you get onto an MMA gym and suddenly the guys can just beat the shit out of you. Like having, or a great surfer switching over to foiling, right? Or a great chess player moving into the martial arts.

So if you're crossing over, like if you're a world-class striker and you're getting on the jiu-jitsu mats and you're getting your ass kicked, or if you're a great jiu-jitsu fighter and you get onto an MMA gym and suddenly the guys can just beat the shit out of you. Like having, or a great surfer switching over to foiling, right? Or a great chess player moving into the martial arts.

So if you're crossing over, like if you're a world-class striker and you're getting on the jiu-jitsu mats and you're getting your ass kicked, or if you're a great jiu-jitsu fighter and you get onto an MMA gym and suddenly the guys can just beat the shit out of you. Like having, or a great surfer switching over to foiling, right? Or a great chess player moving into the martial arts.

So you're fucking, or if you're like training in some esoteric, you know, Chinese martial art like I was, and then you're moving to the jiu-jitsu mats, you might have some ego, but you're just tapping out to everybody all the time. Right? And like having the freedom to learn without egoic blocks is...

So you're fucking, or if you're like training in some esoteric, you know, Chinese martial art like I was, and then you're moving to the jiu-jitsu mats, you might have some ego, but you're just tapping out to everybody all the time. Right? And like having the freedom to learn without egoic blocks is...

So you're fucking, or if you're like training in some esoteric, you know, Chinese martial art like I was, and then you're moving to the jiu-jitsu mats, you might have some ego, but you're just tapping out to everybody all the time. Right? And like having the freedom to learn without egoic blocks is...

And I actually think that culturally this is one of the most important things that we need to cultivate because we're living in a world now where the pace of technological disruption is accelerating so fast. I know you've done a bunch of explorations on this with Tristan Harris and others in terms of what AI is bringing to society. It's been a big focus of mine for many, many years.

And I actually think that culturally this is one of the most important things that we need to cultivate because we're living in a world now where the pace of technological disruption is accelerating so fast. I know you've done a bunch of explorations on this with Tristan Harris and others in terms of what AI is bringing to society. It's been a big focus of mine for many, many years.

And I actually think that culturally this is one of the most important things that we need to cultivate because we're living in a world now where the pace of technological disruption is accelerating so fast. I know you've done a bunch of explorations on this with Tristan Harris and others in terms of what AI is bringing to society. It's been a big focus of mine for many, many years.

And it's an area where I'm working. AI is better at everything than we are, right? So if you think about it in the context of chess, I grew up in the world of where chess was crossing over into the computer realm. So computers are first, like I began playing chess in the pre-computer era, computer chess era. Then computers entered, and I initially was very resistant and romantic to it.

And it's an area where I'm working. AI is better at everything than we are, right? So if you think about it in the context of chess, I grew up in the world of where chess was crossing over into the computer realm. So computers are first, like I began playing chess in the pre-computer era, computer chess era. Then computers entered, and I initially was very resistant and romantic to it.

And it's an area where I'm working. AI is better at everything than we are, right? So if you think about it in the context of chess, I grew up in the world of where chess was crossing over into the computer realm. So computers are first, like I began playing chess in the pre-computer era, computer chess era. Then computers entered, and I initially was very resistant and romantic to it.

And I remember at 19, I started developing Chess Master, this computer chess program. And I developed this academy of mine for the next 10 years that followed teaching the human side of chess through computers. But when they first approached me, I didn't want to do it because I felt like it was going to disrupt.

And I remember at 19, I started developing Chess Master, this computer chess program. And I developed this academy of mine for the next 10 years that followed teaching the human side of chess through computers. But when they first approached me, I didn't want to do it because I felt like it was going to disrupt.

And I remember at 19, I started developing Chess Master, this computer chess program. And I developed this academy of mine for the next 10 years that followed teaching the human side of chess through computers. But when they first approached me, I didn't want to do it because I felt like it was going to disrupt.

It was going to kill the beauty of human chess, the art of chess, which is so much about imperfection. But chess players, when I grew up, had to sit in the unknowing. They had to have a tolerance of cognitive dissonance. I might study a chess position and go three months without knowing what the solution is.

It was going to kill the beauty of human chess, the art of chess, which is so much about imperfection. But chess players, when I grew up, had to sit in the unknowing. They had to have a tolerance of cognitive dissonance. I might study a chess position and go three months without knowing what the solution is.

It was going to kill the beauty of human chess, the art of chess, which is so much about imperfection. But chess players, when I grew up, had to sit in the unknowing. They had to have a tolerance of cognitive dissonance. I might study a chess position and go three months without knowing what the solution is.

So our psychologies had to be constructed so that we could sit in cognitive and emotional dissonance for long, long periods of time, days, weeks, months, sometimes years. Now chess players can click on a button and they've got a supercomputer right by their side. We'll tell them the answer instantly.