Back Research Notes Brainstorming With the Future Published on June 9, 2025 By Jordi Visser In my weekly YouTube video and podcast with Anthony Pompliano, I spend a great deal of time highlighting the macro importance of artificial intelligence and how it is disrupting everything we think we know, from the economy and recessions to historical stock market valuations and profit margins. The problem is, most people still are not using it daily. Instead, they are observing it: reading headlines, listening to experts, maybe even feeling overwhelmed, but staying on the sidelines while the biggest technological shift of our time unfolds in real time. What they do not realize is that the key to beginning their journey toward mastering AI is not technical at all. It is something everyone learned as toddlers: the ability to talk. That simple act is now the starting point for one of the most important skills of the future. We are living through the fastest acceleration of change most people will ever experience, and it is just beginning. In the past, you could wait to adapt. You could let a new wave settle before deciding whether to learn it. But with artificial intelligence, delay is the risk. The longer you wait, the harder it gets. The most important decision is not to master it. It is to start. Right now. I was reminded of this urgency recently while listening to a powerful episode of the Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis. It captured something I have been thinking about and being asked about constantly: how do we adapt to AI, not just for ourselves, but for our children? The speed of transformation is leaving many people anxious, especially those who built careers in traditional job tracks or are raising kids for a world that no longer exists. Diamandis did not sugarcoat it: “The only job that’s going to survive in the future is entrepreneur.” That does not mean everyone needs to start a company. It means the old blueprint is gone. Schools trained us for stability, for narrow roles in predictable environments. But AI is replacing routine work across every field, from coding and analysis to writing and decision support. In this new world, relevance comes from adaptability, from the ability to think creatively, connect ideas, and solve problems in real time. That is the entrepreneurial mindset. And it is becoming non-optional. Even seasoned builders are struggling to keep up. Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer at Google X, made a striking comment during that same podcast: “Even I, today, am struggling to start a business at this pace. I mean seriously, and I’ve started countless businesses.” He was not exaggerating. He was being honest about the emotional and cognitive whiplash of this moment. Many people assume that once you are displaced by automation, you will just pivot. But most were never trained to reinvent themselves, and even those who were are now scrambling to keep up as the foundational skills shift faster than anyone expected. Mo’s message was clear: we cannot afford to be passive. Adaptation must be intentional. That is where this paper begins, with the idea that brainstorming with AI is the on-ramp to adaptability. If entrepreneurship is the job of the future, then speaking to AI, asking questions, exploring ideas, and building mental agility is how you train for it. You do not need to be a founder. But you do need to become someone who can think independently, create value, and move fast. The tools are already here. The only requirement is that you begin. About a year ago, I faced a choice: join one firm for my next role or build something of my own. I had two non-negotiables if I were to join an established organization. It needed a clear investment vision for how AI and crypto would shape its future. It did not take long to realize that most firms were not ready. The pace of innovation had outgrown traditional institutions, and I could see that adaptability, not scale, was going to be the differentiator. So I made the decision to go out on my own and build partnerships. I began using AI as much as I could, not just in my work, but in how I thought, planned, created, and explored. Slowly, it became my trusted assistant, and ultimately, the foundation of everything I was building as an entrepreneur. Over the past year, I have created a lot of content exploring the rise of artificial intelligence and how it is reshaping the way we live and work. Lately, I have noticed a shift in the questions I receive. Enough time has passed, and the pace of innovation has been so breathtaking, that people are no longer just asking what AI is. They are asking how to get started with it, both for themselves and, increasingly, for their children. Parents want to prepare their kids for a world that seems to be accelerating daily. Students and professionals alike are searching for a roadmap. I chose to go down this entrepreneurial path instead of joining a single firm because I did not believe traditional institutions could keep up with this level of change. I wanted to build my own business and partner with smaller adaptable firms able to benefit from AI like 22V. As I often say, the greatest inertia to AI adoption is human inertia. Put hundreds or thousands of people inside a bureaucratic system, and progress stalls, no matter how good the technology is. If Elon Musk, with all his resources and influence, could not drive change inside the largest bureaucracy in the world, Washington, D.C., how can we expect large organizations to move quickly enough to adapt to AI? That is why I wanted to write something simple, practical, and clear, something that cuts through the noise and emphasizes one essential truth: the first step is just to begin. Like riding a bike, you do not get better at using AI by watching others or reading about it. You get better by doing, by having conversations. This is about building a relationship with AI, one rooted in communication, curiosity, and most of all, brainstorming. Think of it not as a tool, but as a collaborator, a thinking partner that is always ready to help you explore, refine, and expand your ideas. What makes that powerful is not just the information AI can provide. It is how it helps you connect ideas. Some of the greatest thinkers in history, polymaths like Leonardo da Vinci or Benjamin Franklin, were known not for specializing in one area, but for pulling insights from many fields and using that diversity to drive breakthroughs. Charlie Munger called this approach a “latticework of mental models,” a framework for making better decisions by borrowing tools from physics, psychology, biology, and economics. Brainstorming with AI gives everyone access to that kind of thinking. It helps you see across disciplines, test assumptions, and explore multiple outcomes, the way a great poker player weighs every hand. Annie Duke’s Thinking in Bets makes the case that life is one long game of uncertainty, where decision quality matters more than outcome. In that context, AI becomes like having a sharp-minded partner at the table, one who never tires, always thinks in probabilities, and helps you examine every angle before you make a move. I was lucky enough to have a long conversation with Annie Duke a few years ago. We started with Thinking in Bets and poker but quickly migrated to psychology, decision-making in life, business, and everything in between. It was a real-time brainstorming session, the kind where ideas bounce back and forth, expand, connect, and evolve as you talk. We got along well, and we both left that conversation sharper than we started. That single interaction left a lasting impact on me. It reminded me that some of the most important breakthroughs do not happen in isolation. They happen in dialogue. I have referenced her book countless times since then, not just for its ideas, but because it represents what happens when you think out loud with someone who challenges and complements your thinking. Tha