The Ultimate Guide to Prompt Engineering, Economist Tyler Cower on How ChatGPT Is Changing Your Job, and More

Hello, and happy Sunday! Let’s start with some housekeeping.

We published two new audio essays: Gareth Edwards’s riveting story about the secret father of the PC, and Evan’s latest piece, about how to evaluate when to invest. If you prefer to be informed verbally, give them a listen. Like and subscribe to Every on Spotify so you can get our essays in your feed, and let us know what you think in the comments.

There are only two days left to get a discount when you sign up for our new course, Maximize Your Mind With ChatGPT, which starts on February 5. It’s a four-week program that marries cutting-edge AI with the best of what psychology knows about developing your potential, and Dan Shipper is teaching it with clinical psychologist Dr. Gena Gorlin. 

Now, on to everything we published this week, along with our take on the latest tech and business news.

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“The Ultimate Guide to Prompt Engineering” by Michael Taylor: We spend a lot of time around here arguing that AI is the next big thing. However, if you only spend a passing amount of time using ChatGPT, you may think we are full of it. The key? Learning to prompt correctly. Read this in-depth guide to prompting from engineer Michael Taylor. 

🎧“Economist Tyler Cowen on How ChatGPT Is Changing Your Job” by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: We’ve read Tyler Cowen for years and consider him one of the smartest people on the internet. So it was with great pleasure that we were able to have him on Dan’s podcast to hear how he uses ChatGPT. Listen or watch to learn how the renowned economist uses AI to think faster and better. 

“The Zone of Deployment” by Evan Armstrong/Napkin Math: When you identify an exciting business, it’s tempting to go all in—you naturally want to invest in it or even work there. But before you throw your life savings away, you need to keep three key concepts in mind: business quality, price, and portfolio construction. Read this to learn why tech got so drunk on valuations and how you can know when to deploy capital.