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Field Note · On AI & Skill
The 150-hour threshold, in practice.
What the task-length threshold looks like inside a real week of senior work — and where the hours actually go.
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The Registry — Published Intelligence
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Latest · Signal Report
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Jack Clark × Planet Money · Signal Report · May 2026
Anthropic's co-founder just described, on the record, the mC thesis.
A close reading of Jack Clark's NPR Planet Money interview — AI's trajectory into high-skill knowledge work, the collapse of rote education, and the task-length threshold — and what each says about the world mAInCharacter was built for.
ForLeaders deciding what AI means for their seat
Read the Signal Report
A primary source, read closely — what was actually said, the structural case it validates, and the decisions it puts on your desk.
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Downstream Brief · Forward Map · May 2026
What AI does to the leader who carries the decisions — five layers, four horizons.
Where the displacement actually lands, layer by layer — and the horizon-by-horizon read for the leaders who absorb it.
ForOrganization & Business-Services leaders
Open the Forward Map
Built for mC's two client categories — corporate, NGO, multilateral and government leaders, and the banking / PE / consulting professionals who serve them.
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Career Arc Intelligence · The Model · May 2026
Shorten the climb. Stabilize the arc.
From effort to leverage with more intention — clearer decisions, cleaner positioning, and a contribution that sustains instead of peaking late.
ForProfessionals plotting the next stage of the climb
Open the Model
The model behind mAInCharacter — stages, pathways, and the pivotal moments where counsel changes the slope.
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The Investment Primer · The Empirical Case · May 2026
Spend on yourself the way a disciplined employer would.
The benchmarks behind the 1–5% band, the vehicles that deploy it, and the conversion problem — a sanity check before you spend.
ForFinance professionals budgeting their own development
Open the Primer
A plain-language read of the evidence — what disciplined peers reserve, where it goes, and what makes it convert.
Reference — From the Desk
The Desk
Reference · Q&A
Q&A
The Desk · Questions We're Asked
The questions we're asked, answered plainly.
Plain, evidence-led answers to what senior professionals ask before they begin — what to invest in a career, what AI is doing to high-skill work, and how mAInCharacter actually works. Each answer carries its sources and a path deeper into the registry.
ForAnyone weighing the decision before the first call
Open The Desk
Built for prospects and the curious alike — direct answers first, the evidence beneath, and a link to the fuller piece when you want it.
The Blog — Notes & Dispatches
In preparation
Shorter than a brief, longer than a footnote — field notes from the desk as the registry grows. The first dispatches are being prepared.
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Dispatch · On Career Investment
What a disciplined employer actually reserves.
A short read of the numbers behind the 1–5% band — and why the figure is steadier than it looks.
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Method · How mC Works
How to read a signal report.
A field guide to the registry's format — what a signal report claims, what it sources, and what it asks of you.
In preparation