Good things to read and watch
No homework here — promise. Just a small, hand-picked shelf of things we genuinely liked, for the day you fancy going a little deeper. Take what looks interesting and leave the rest. There's no rush, and no test at the end.
Books worth your evening
The ones we'd actually press into a friend's hands. Each one helps a different bit of all this click.
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Co-Intelligence — Ethan Mollick
The friendliest place to start. Practical, down-to-earth ideas for working alongside AI day to day — written for people, not engineers.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
Not about AI at all — it's about how your own mind takes shortcuts. Once you see it, you'll spot where AI can quietly nudge you, and where to trust your gut. It sits behind how we think about clear thinking.
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Drive — Daniel Pink
What actually keeps us motivated and in charge of our own choices. A lovely lens for staying the one in the driver's seat — the thread behind staying in control.
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Human + Machine — Paul Daugherty & H. James Wilson
If you're curious how AI is changing the working world, this paints the bigger picture warmly and clearly — without the buzzwords.
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The Beginning of Infinity — David Deutsch
A bigger, brainier read for a quiet weekend — about how good explanations move the world forward. It's the deeper idea under the way we explain things here.
For the genuinely curious
A bit drier, a bit longer — but if you like seeing where the numbers come from, these are the trustworthy places to look.
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Stanford HAI — AI Index Report
A yearly, plain-spoken stock-take of where AI actually is. A calm antidote to the headlines.
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WEF — Future of Jobs Report
If you've wondered "what does this mean for my work?", this is a measured look at how jobs and skills are shifting.
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Microsoft — Work Trend Index
Real data on how everyday people are actually using these tools — not how anyone hopes they will.
Real stories, not theory
Sometimes the clearest way to learn is to watch how it went for someone else — the wins and the wobbles alike.
Read something you loved?
If a book, video or article helped it finally click for you, we'd love to hear about it — we add the good ones to this shelf so the next nervous beginner finds them too.