Archive - Shaping Minds

The Trust Paradox.

Exploring why we are forming emotional attachments to software that can't feel, and what it reveals about the loneliness we refuse to name.

3 hrs ago • Maxime Mouton

The Unlearning Curve.

Exploring why the professionals who thrive next won't be the ones who know the most, but the ones who can forget the fastest.

Feb 17 • Maxime Mouton

The Expertise Gap.

Exploring what happens when AI deletes the messy middle of a career, and why the loading screen we skipped was where expertise actually transferred.

Feb 10 • Maxime Mouton

The Post-Prompt Professional.

Exploring the sovereignty stack and the discipline of keeping your highest cognitive functions out of the machine's reach.

Feb 3 • Maxime Mouton

January 2026

Algorithmic Empathy.

Exploring why algorithmic empathy is creating a generation of ghostwritten leaders — and what it costs.

Jan 27 • Maxime Mouton

The Architecture Of Silence.

Exploring why the most valuable strategic asset in 2026 isn't a faster prompt, but the ability to sit in a room and think for yourself.

Jan 20 • Maxime Mouton

The Curation Trap.

Exploring the editor’s delusion and why the act of selecting is not the act of thinking.

Jan 13 • Maxime Mouton

The Cost Of Certainty.

Exploring how the automation of "The Answer" is eroding our capacity for critical judgement, and why reclaiming the friction of uncertainty is the new…

Jan 6 • Maxime Mouton

December 2025

Merit Was Never The Point.

Exploring why merit has always been secondary to visibility, narratives, and power, and why AI is making that truth harder to ignore.

Dec 30, 2025 • Maxime Mouton

The Algorithmic Glass Ceiling.

Exploring why AI is becoming the new corporate gatekeeper, and what humans must do to keep originality alive.

Dec 23, 2025 • Maxime Mouton

The Originality Crisis.

Exploring the quiet decline of human originality in an AI-accelerated world.

Dec 16, 2025 • Maxime Mouton

The AI Brain Heist.

Exploring what happens when we treat thinking as an inconvenience, outsource it to machines, and wake up one day unable to recognise the texture of our…

Dec 9, 2025 • Maxime Mouton

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts