Jared Turner

Business leader, Conservationist, Lawyer, Humanitarian, Adventurer (68 Countries), @hinterlandskis BOD @tracyaviary & @encircle2gether @childrensctrut

[Alex Veremeyenko @alex_verem]

MIT published a brutally honest report on what AI is doing to students.

A committee of professors and students spent five months studying how AI changed learning on campus, and the findings read like a warning to every university on the planet.

Study groups are disappearing. Office hours are emptying out. Problem sets and take-home exams no longer prove anything, because AI can produce credible solutions to almost any written assignment in the undergraduate curriculum. Students who lean on chatbots lose mastery and confidence, and some slip into what the report calls cognitive surrender, reaching for AI at the first hint of struggle.

The numbers are rough. 46 percent of surveyed MIT undergrads use LLMs daily. 90 percent worry about their own overreliance. Undergrads who feel AI makes them replaceable now outnumber those who feel it makes them capable.

The committee's answer surprised me. They refused to fight AI with surveillance. The report calls AI detectors unreliable, says lockdown browsers feel like spying, and warns that policing students builds a classroom atmosphere of mutual distrust.

Instead, MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely, since without a GPA to optimize, much of the incentive to cheat with AI evaporates.

The committee warns professors against replacing undergrad research assistants with AI agents just because they're cheaper, because a university exists to grow people, not output.

The most famous tech school on earth admitted the machines broke its way of teaching. Its answer is more humans, not more software.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

There is a process that I have used, and still use, to reignite life...

Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.), and doing (visiting Thailand, tracing your roots overseas, racing ostriches, etc.) in that order.

If you have difficulty identifying what you want in some categories, as most will, consider what you hate or fear in each and write down the opposite.

Do not limit yourself, and do not concern yourself with how these things will be accomplished. For now, it’s unimportant. This is an exercise in reversing repression.

Be sure not to judge or fool yourself. If you really want a Ferrari, don’t put down solving world hunger out of guilt. For some, the dream will be fame, for others fortune or prestige. All people have their vices and insecurities. If something will improve your feeling of self-worth, put it down.

Drawing a blank? In that case, consider these questions:

1) What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 million in the bank?
2) What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?

Don’t rush—think about it for a few minutes.

If still blocked, fill in the five “doing” spots with the following:

— one place to visit
— one thing to do before you die (a memory of a lifetime)
— one thing to do daily
— one thing to do weekly
— one thing you’ve always wanted to learn

What does “being” entail doing?

Convert each “being” into a “doing” to make it actionable. Identify an action that would characterize this state of being or a task that would mean you had achieved it. People find it easier to brainstorm “being” first, but this column is just a temporary holding spot for “doing” actions.

Here are a few examples:

1) Great cook —> make Christmas dinner without help

2) Fluent in Chinese —> have a five-minute conversation with a Chinese co-worker

Determine three steps for each of the dreams in just the 6-month timeline and take the first step now.

Define three steps for each dream that will get you closer to its actualization.

Set actions—simple, well-defined actions—for now, tomorrow (complete before 11 A.M.) and the day after (again completed before 11 A.M.). Once you have three steps for each of the four goals, complete the three actions in the “now” column.

Do it now. Each should be simple enough to do in five minutes or less. If not, rachet it down. If it’s the middle of the night and you can’t call someone, do something else now, such as send an e-mail, and set the call for first thing tomorrow.

If the next stage is some form of research, get in touch with someone who knows the answer instead of spending too much time in books or online, which can turn into paralysis by analysis.

The best first step, the one I recommend, is finding someone who’s done it and ask for advice on how to do the same.

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

What a moment for South Africa 🇿🇦

Bafana Bafana advances from the group stage for the first time ever!

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

With his second homer of the night, @TheJudge44 passed Mickey Mantle for 2nd most multi-homer games in Yankees history 🫡

[Kyle Umlang @kyleumlang]

Sorry, but that’s a good speech

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Happy Black History Month! For 100 years, each February we’ve celebrated the Black folks who've shaped our nation and fought for our freedoms. As we reflect on how far we've come, we can't lose sight of the work that remains. The dreams of our ancestors depend on all of us carrying on their work and refusing to be deterred. That's what Black history is all about: the enduring hope, joy, resilience and resistance—truths that resonate as powerfully today as ever before.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

One game at a time.

#RepBX

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Onto the next.

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[New York Yankees @Yankees]

All Rise for the 2025 A.L. Batting Champion 👨‍⚖️

Congrats, @TheJudge44 👏

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

W to start the Weekend.

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[NRDC 🌎🏡 @NRDC]

The Trump administration wants to repeal the Roadless Rule which would open up nearly 50 million acres of national forests to disastrous logging and destroy the habitat of over 50 endangered species. Submit a comment now to protect them. https://t.co/QN1pcNYhlH

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Got it done in the 10th 👏

[Jared Turner @jaredsturner]

@BasedMikeLee why are you betraying us? You want your legacy to be the politician that sold our public wilderness areas?

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Psychological safety is not about withholding criticism. It’s about enabling people to speak up without fear.

The goal is not to lower our standards. It’s to replace knee-jerk reactions with open-minded consideration.

All ideas are welcome. Not all views are equally valid.

[Tom Bilyeu @TomBilyeu]

The wisest man of our lifetime:
Naval Ravikant.

He co-founded AngelList and was an early investor in Polymarket, Notion, and Uber.

And he famously said: “Earn with your mind, not your time.”

Here’s his philosophy on getting rich without getting lucky:

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

World Series Game 1 on deck.

#RepBX

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The core skills of learning are a critical eye and an open mind.

Critical thinking is refusing to accept ideas at face value. Don't believe information until it's verified.

Openness is refusing to reject ideas at face value. Don't disbelieve information until it's falsified.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

The Stuff of Legend.

[Jared Turner @jaredsturner]

Woot!!

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Your 2024 American League Champions: The New York Yankees.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

One step closer.

#RepBX