As we age, isn’t it funny what pieces of art from 20 years ago still seem incredible, and which seem horribly dated/absurd/cringe?

There’s no way of knowing what we’ll be proud of in 30 years, of the things we’re making today.

But this much is certain: If we don’t at least try to make things that can stand the test of time, they never will.

• Biometric login
• Real-time universal translation
• Lost a phone or computer? NBD, just instantly restore from a cloud backup
• Can tune out a plane full of loudly coughing human beings and watch a noise-cancelled, 200-foot-tall 3D movie on the moon

Step one: Notice the mindless tasks you’re doing, and automate them with AI.

Step two: Figure out ways of using AI to exceed what you would have done, not just replicate.

Never interrupt the flow.

When the desire to experiment with new platforms strikes, stay up late. Keep it fun, keep it light.

When the ideas are flowing, write until they stop.

And when you’re at a stand-still? Do mindless chores while watching a stupid show, or go outside.

Each feeling has its own utility.

The Upright Citizens Brigade is one of the premier teaching institutes for improv comedy.

Their latin motto is: Si Haec Insolita Res Vera Est, Quid Exinde Verum Est?

Which translates to: “If this unusual thing is true, what else is true?”

That question is at the heart of their entire improv comedy method, and the skillset of every improviser you admire.

It’s a way of looking at life that lets us mentally go down the rabbit hole and stick with crazy ideas. It’s how we stay in the scene and keep building on a premise.

It’s what Conan O’Brien does, it’s what Einstein did. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

The very same technique that helps us be funnier on stage helps us explore the possibilities of technology—the good and the bad.

Asking this simple question daily will change the way we see the world.