human judgment Archives - Thinking With Mitch Joel, Formerly Six Pixels of Separation

September 2, 2026 Articles

What If Data Is Just How We Make Ourselves Feel Better?

The more we know… the better decisions we should make. Does that land with you? A significant portion of the

September 1, 2026 Articles

What Work Should Stay Human?

Thinking that maybe the whole “which jobs will AI replace” has been the wrong question. Reasonable? Sure. Maybe the obvious

August 29, 2026 Articles

Six Links That Make You Think #846

Is there one link, story or idea that stopped you this week… and made you think, “someone else needs to

August 19, 2026 Articles

What Happens When AI’s Average Is Better Than Your Best?

The average is getting really good… often better than what we’d previously define as average. Not perfect… not brilliant… not

July 29, 2026 Articles

The Real Evolution Of Work Slop

Work slop is a huge mess and problem for most people who work in an office. It’s bad stuff. It’s

July 28, 2026 Articles

What Happens If ‘AI’ Becomes An Insult?

Young people lead all technology revolutions… including this AI one… right? They are digital natives… they grew up with smartphones,

July 16, 2026 Articles

Who Are You If AI Can Do What You Do?

Most people think the anxiety around AI is about losing work… I think it’s about losing something much more fundamental

July 9, 2026 Articles

Business Wants The Future… But Only If The Past Approves It

Business loves to talk about the future. Innovation… transformation… disruption… reinvention. We fill conference stages and annual reports with language

June 18, 2026 Articles

The New Economics Of Expertise

What is the actual value of expertise? Or, said another way, if AI can now do even some of the

June 12, 2026 Articles

The Most Dangerous Thing AI Might Replace

I love the art of writing and I also love how technology changes that art. Which makes this particular moment

June 3, 2026 Articles

Human Agency In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

I used to think the biggest challenge with AI was understanding what the technology could do. Now I think the

May 27, 2026 Articles

The Real Cost Of Infinite Information Is Imagination

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how uncomfortable we’ve become with not knowing. Not just personally… culturally… institutionally… professionally.