# One Useful Thing

> Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** AI
- **Subscribers:** 486K
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- **Weekly growth:** +0.6%
- **Monthly growth:** +2.2%
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-15
- **Author:** Ethan Mollick
- **URL:** https://www.oneusefulthing.org
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/oneusefulthing

## Recent Posts

- [A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/a-guide-to-which-ai-to-use-in-the)
- [An Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinionated-guide-to-using-ai)
- [Claude Code and What Comes Next](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/claude-code-and-what-comes-next)
- [The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-bitter-lesson-versus-the-garbage)
- [Management as AI superpower](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/management-as-ai-superpower)
- [Giving your AI a Job Interview](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/giving-your-ai-a-job-interview)
- [Personality and Persuasion](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/personality-and-persuasion)
- [Signs and Portents](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/signs-and-portents)
- [An AI Haunted World](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-ai-haunted-world)
- [The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-shape-of-ai-jaggedness-bottlenecks)

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