https://blog.thomas-bray.com/tags/productivity/Recent content in Productivity on Rabid CuriosityHugoen-usThomas BrayTue, 17 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0500https://blog.thomas-bray.com/posts/sam-altman-productivity-and-ai-creates-time/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0500https://blog.thomas-bray.com/posts/sam-altman-productivity-and-ai-creates-time/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Sam Altman has written and spoken about productivity in ways that are worth taking seriously—not because he&rsquo;s a productivity guru, but because he&rsquo;s someone who operates at very high leverage and thinks carefully about where his time goes. His framing around AI is particularly interesting: the claim isn&rsquo;t just that AI makes you faster, it&rsquo;s that it qualitatively changes the relationship between effort and output. This post reflects on those ideas and what they actually mean for how ordinary people should think about their time.</p>