It’s never been easier to spin up an AI-generated, pseudo-scientific 25-page document and tell your team to memorize it.

But asking someone to study (and spend valuable time digesting) something that we spent very little time creating is the ultimate form of modern disrespect.

When we do that, we’re effectively saying “I don’t value your time, only my own.”

This is guaranteed to rub people the wrong way.

Steve Jobs was famous for extremely short emails. “Thx” “K”. Because previously, busy CEOs had to use extreme brevity to maximize their time.

And it’s not just me who feels this way. Even Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, admits that he checks out whenever he sees something was written by AI.

Just because ChatGPT can write a ten-page response to every email doesn’t mean that it’s more effective than “Thx.”