We are watching AI slide from “tool” into “identity upgrade.” And when that happens, we do what humans always do. We other each other, we get addicted to output, and we start confusing speed with meaning.In this episode, we unpack three flavors of productivity, output, outcome, and life. We talk about why time savings often get eaten by validation, rework, and inflated expectations. We look at what the research actually shows, including writing tasks completed significantly faster with higher quality, and customer support gains that disproportionately help newer workers.Then we get practical. You’ll get simple boundaries to test, a few low stakes experiments, and one big question to take into the week.Also yes, we talk about the haunted look in our eyes. Because we have all seen it.