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Primary-source explainers of the research underneath The Anti-AI Brain, concept essays on cognitive atrophy, and how-tos on using AI as a sparring partner rather than a ghostwriter. New essays continue monthly after launch.

1. how to · Featured

   Best AI Workflow Rules for Knowledge Workers Who Use ChatGPT Daily

   The best AI workflow rules do not ban AI. They move it later in the thinking sequence.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 900 words

2. concept · Featured

   Best AI Detox Books: What to Read if ChatGPT Has Become Your First Thought

   The best AI detox book is not the one that tells you to quit AI. It is the one that gives you a dose.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 870 words

3. how to

   AI Writing Detectors vs Protecting Your Voice: What Actually Helps?

   The best way to avoid generic AI writing is not a detector. It is a human-first writing process.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 830 words

4. concept

   AI Detox vs Digital Detox: The Difference That Matters

   Digital detox removes the tool. AI detox changes the dose and rebuilds the circuit.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 830 words

5. concept

   Best Books About AI and Critical Thinking in 2026

   The best critical-thinking books for the AI era teach friction, evidence, disagreement, and recall.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 840 words

6. research explainer

   ChatGPT Addiction vs AI Dependency: What Is the Difference?

   Addiction asks whether you cannot stop. Dependency asks whether you can still think first.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 900 words

7. concept

   Deep Work vs The Anti-AI Brain: How the Two Protocols Differ

   Deep Work protects focus. The Anti-AI Brain protects the first move of thought in an AI workflow.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 820 words

8. how to

   How to Use ChatGPT Without Losing Critical Thinking

   Critical thinking survives ChatGPT when the first answer, strongest objection, and final decision remain human.

   Jun 8, 2026 · 5-min read · 880 words

9. concept

   The week the Pope and the FBI agreed about AI. The Anti-AI Brain is the operator's response.

   On Monday the Pope said AI must be disarmed. On Tuesday the FBI said critics of AI may be domestic threats. On Friday a 30-day neuroscience protocol for knowledge workers shipped on Amazon. The convergence is not a coincidence. It is the week the AI conversation grew up. The Anti-AI Brain does not occupy either pole. It is the operator's middle path: build with AI, do not let it build you.

   May 29, 2026 · 9-min read · 1,850 words

10. how to

    How to use Claude as a sparring partner, not a ghostwriter.

    Most of the cognitive cost of AI comes from one specific use-pattern: ask, accept, ship. The sparring-partner pattern reverses every step. Here is what it looks like in practice — with the three prompt modes the book installs on Day 9.

    Apr 24, 2026 · 8-min read · 1,640 words

11. concept

    The reversed Turing test: can you prove you think?

    Turing asked whether a machine could convince a human. In 2026, the question has flipped. When the model produces your paragraph, your decision, your judgment — can you still demonstrate that the thinking happened in you?

    Apr 23, 2026 · 7-min read · 1,580 words

12. research explainer

    What is cognitive atrophy? The MIT EEG finding, explained.

    The MIT Media Lab fitted EEG sensors on 54 adults writing essays. The ChatGPT group showed roughly 55% lower alpha-theta coupling in prefrontal deep-thinking regions, and more than 83% could not recall a sentence from what the machine wrote for them. Here is what the study actually measured — and what it does not.

    Apr 22, 2026 · 11-min read · 2,620 words