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You Are Early — the book about how early we still are in the AI era
It feels late. It isn't. You Are Early is a 459-page book making the evidence-backed case that the AI era is just beginning — and what to do about it while almost no one else has started.
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Evidence-aware field notes on AI adoption, operating leverage and what to build while deployment remains early.
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AI already feels crowded, obvious, and overhyped. That is exactly why many people miss the larger point: adoption is visible, but deployment is still early.
The AI Era Early Signals Most People Are Still Missing
The most important AI signals are not always the loudest ones. Learn how to spot the shifts in workflows, incentives, products, and organizations that reveal where the AI era is actually going.
Personal AI Compounding Advantage: What to Build Weekly
A practical operating system for building personal AI advantage every week: workflows, datasets, agents, judgment loops, and assets that compound over time.
The AI-Native One-Person Company Operating System
How solo founders can design an AI-native operating system for thinking, building, selling, and learning without turning their company into a pile of disconnected tools.
A practical explanation of where AI adoption sits on an S-curve and why visible attention can arrive long before deep deployment.
The Capability–Deployment Gap — You Are Early
Why rapid AI capability improvements do not instantly become reliable systems inside companies, schools, hospitals or governments.
AI Awareness vs Operational Adoption — You Are Early
How to distinguish people knowing about AI from teams rebuilding recurring work around it.
Why individuals often adopt AI before their institutions and how private experimentation becomes sanctioned workflow.
Why using AI to imitate the old process produces less value than rebuilding the workflow around new capabilities.
Early-Adopter Compounding — You Are Early
How repeated experiments, feedback, distribution and reusable assets can compound before an AI market becomes obvious.
Explore the 23-chapter structure of You Are Early across AI adoption, leverage, agents, distribution, solo operation, frontier strategy and a practical 90-day plan.
The Curve We're On: chapter preview
Every transformative technology follows an S-curve. The only question that matters is where on it we are standing right now. Preview the 10-section map for chapter 1 of You Are Early.
The models can already do far more than the world has bothered to use them for. That gap is the opportunity. Preview the 10-section map for chapter 2 of You Are Early.
What Early Looked Like Before: chapter preview
Electricity took forty years to change the factory. The lessons of that lag are written all over the present. Preview the 12-section map for chapter 3 of You Are Early.
In 1994 the web was a toy for hobbyists and the smart money said it would never matter. It rhymes. Preview the 13-section map for chapter 4 of You Are Early.
Strip away the headlines and look at the numbers: almost nobody is actually using this well yet. Preview the 10-section map for chapter 5 of You Are Early.
The Capability Overhang: chapter preview
There is more latent power in today's models than we have built products to express. The overhang is enormous. Preview the 14-section map for chapter 6 of You Are Early.
Why It Feels Late (But Isn't): chapter preview
The noise convinces you that you've missed it. The substance says you have barely arrived. Preview the 13-section map for chapter 7 of You Are Early.
For the first time, one person can direct the output of many tireless workers. Leverage just changed shape. Preview the 11-section map for chapter 8 of You Are Early.
The people who win the AI era will not be the smartest. They will be the ones who started compounding earliest. Preview the 13-section map for chapter 9 of You Are Early.
The Half-Life of Skills: chapter preview
Some skills are expiring faster than ever. Others are appreciating just as fast. Knowing which is everything. Preview the 14-section map for chapter 10 of You Are Early.
The unit of work is no longer the task. It is the delegated, supervised, self-correcting agent. Preview the 11-section map for chapter 11 of You Are Early.
Distribution in an AI World: chapter preview
When anyone can make anything, the scarce resource is attention, trust, and the taste to earn both. Preview the 17-section map for chapter 12 of You Are Early.
Pricing the Unpriceable: chapter preview
When the marginal cost of intelligence approaches zero, the old rules of pricing quietly fall apart. Preview the 15-section map for chapter 13 of You Are Early.
The one-person company is no longer a curiosity. It is becoming the default high-leverage business form. Preview the 11-section map for chapter 14 of You Are Early.
When the machine can produce anything, the rarest input is knowing what is worth producing. Preview the 19-section map for chapter 15 of You Are Early.
The New Division of Labor: chapter preview
The future of work is not human versus machine. It is human plus machine against the old way of doing things. Preview the 12-section map for chapter 16 of You Are Early.
Positioning Yourself Early: chapter preview
Being early is worthless unless you position to capture it. The prize goes not to the person who saw the future first, but to the person standing where the future eventually had to pass. Preview the 18-section map for chapter 17 of You Are Early.
Mental Models for the Frontier: chapter preview
You cannot navigate the frontier with maps drawn for the old country. You need new ways of seeing. Preview the 9-section map for chapter 18 of You Are Early.
Most people who are early still lose. They lose to noise, hesitation, false motion, and the private satisfaction of having been too clever to try. Preview the 14-section map for chapter 19 of You Are Early.
Enough theory. This is a concrete, day-by-day way to convert being early into a real, compounding head start. Preview the 10-section map for chapter 20 of You Are Early.
Building Things That Compound: chapter preview
Trade hours for assets. The early years are for planting things that keep paying long after you stop touching them. Preview the 11-section map for chapter 21 of You Are Early.
This is a decade-long shift, not a quarter-long trade. The people who internalize that will quietly outlast everyone. Preview the 11-section map for chapter 22 of You Are Early.
Close the book, look at the calendar, and understand what it is actually telling you. You have not missed it. Preview the 10-section map for chapter 23 of You Are Early.
Seven AI reading paths from You Are Early
Seven manuscript-backed research paths across technology history, adoption, the early internet, leverage and reliable AI systems.
General-Purpose Technologies and the Long Delay — You Are Early
Why invention can precede visible productivity by years or decades.
Diffusion, Adoption, and Social Proof — You Are Early
How technical capability becomes—or fails to become—a social habit.
The Early Internet as a Mirror — You Are Early
Using early-web history without pretending AI will repeat it exactly.
Leverage, Compounding, and Small Advantages — You Are Early
How repeated marginal gains can become structural advantages.
Building Reliable AI Systems — You Are Early
Moving from model demos to evaluated, accountable systems.
Reading Against Hype and Cynicism — You Are Early
Evaluating AI commentary through evidence and production reality.
A Suggested AI Reading Sequence — You Are Early
The manuscript’s route from technology history to practical AI implementation.
Evidence audits, workflow translations and 90-day experiments for all 23 You Are Early chapters.
Evidence audit for “The Curve We're On”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 1 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Curve We're On”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 1 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Curve We're On”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 1 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 2 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Deployment Gap”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 2 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Deployment Gap”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 2 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “What Early Looked Like Before”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 3 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “What Early Looked Like Before”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 3 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “What Early Looked Like Before”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 3 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 4 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Internet Rhyme”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 4 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Internet Rhyme”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 4 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Counting the Adopters”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 5 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Counting the Adopters”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 5 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Counting the Adopters”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 5 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “The Capability Overhang”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 6 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Capability Overhang”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 6 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Capability Overhang”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 6 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Why It Feels Late (But Isn't)”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 7 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Why It Feels Late (But Isn't)”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 7 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Why It Feels Late (But Isn't)”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 7 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 8 of You Are Early.
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 8 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 8 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 9 of You Are Early.
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 9 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 9 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “The Half-Life of Skills”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 10 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Half-Life of Skills”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 10 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Half-Life of Skills”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 10 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Building With Agents”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 11 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Building With Agents”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 11 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Building With Agents”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 11 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Distribution in an AI World”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 12 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Distribution in an AI World”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 12 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Distribution in an AI World”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 12 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Pricing the Unpriceable”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 13 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Pricing the Unpriceable”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 13 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Pricing the Unpriceable”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 13 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “The Solo Operator Era”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 14 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Solo Operator Era”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 14 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The Solo Operator Era”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 14 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Taste Becomes the Moat”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 15 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Taste Becomes the Moat”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 15 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Taste Becomes the Moat”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 15 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “The New Division of Labor”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 16 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The New Division of Labor”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 16 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “The New Division of Labor”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 16 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Positioning Yourself Early”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 17 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Positioning Yourself Early”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 17 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Positioning Yourself Early”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 17 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Mental Models for the Frontier”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 18 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Mental Models for the Frontier”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 18 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Mental Models for the Frontier”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 18 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 19 of You Are Early.
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 19 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 19 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 20 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “A 90-Day Plan”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 20 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 20 of You Are Early.
Evidence audit for “Building Things That Compound”
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 21 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “Building Things That Compound”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 21 of You Are Early.
90-day experiment for “Building Things That Compound”
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 21 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 22 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “The Long Game”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 22 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 22 of You Are Early.
Turn a chapter thesis into falsifiable claims, source checks and an update rule. A bounded companion to chapter 23 of You Are Early.
Workflow translation for “You Are Early”
Translate a chapter idea into one accountable recurring workflow. A bounded companion to chapter 23 of You Are Early.
Convert a chapter thesis into a reversible twelve-week learning loop. A bounded companion to chapter 23 of You Are Early.