Writing

A field guide to big ideas and deep thoughts.

Kept by a guy whose job is changing in real time. Four subjects live here. Each one gets essays, short notes and the occasional video as they're finished. Anything marked as a placeholder is a slot I haven't written yet.

Big Ideas →Big Ideas → ← Deep Thoughts← Deep Thoughts Snacks ↓Snacks ↓

Chapter I · AI and the future of work

The robots are in the edit bay.

I built the AI tools my studio runs on, and they now do a real share of work I used to do by hand. This is where I write about what that's like, what breaks, and what it means for people whose jobs are shifting under them.

Essay

What's left for God when the pain goes to the machine?

Also filed under faith. Arrives Thursday morning, first as an X Article.

Thursday
Essay

What's left for the human

Placeholder. Written from Jason's answer to what he won't hand to AI.

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Chapter II · Theology and faith

Eleven years in the booth, and a road ahead.

From 2004 to 2015 I made media for a Christian broadcaster and two big California churches. These days I'm on a path toward the Catholic Church. The writing here starts from those years and follows that road, questions included.

Essay

What's left for God when the pain goes to the machine?

If pain has always been one of the roads to God, what happens when a machine gets good at removing it? Arrives Thursday morning. It's still getting dressed.

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Essay

Christmas for 50,000, from the production booth

Placeholder. A story from the church-media years, told the way Jason wants it told.

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Chapter III · Philosophy and ideas

Rules I made for video, and where else they might hold.

Frameworks, lessons that cost me something, and the books I'm reading. Right now that's Aquinas, Dante, Jordan Peterson and Walt Disney, and the list on the About page starts with my dad.

Note · from my studio notes

Head, Heart, Humor

A video that lands needs three things working at once. Head is the think: a clear idea, a reason to care, a point that holds up. Heart is the feel: story, tension, a human you root for. Humor is the connect, and it's my secret weapon.

Humor is the least protected emotion, which makes it the fastest way in. Share a laugh with somebody and they trust you quicker than anything else can earn. We're drawn to people with a sense of humor even when they aren't the deepest or smartest person in the room. It's hard to pull off in a video, but when you nail it you open trust faster than anything I know.

The best proof I have is a set of personality edits I made (a MrBeast one, a Jordan Peterson one, a Good Will Hunting one). They got modest views and brought in more clients than any other content or advertising I've ever made, because they found the right people and made them laugh.

Essay

The thinkers on my nightstand

Placeholder. Why these five, in Jason's words.

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Chapter IV · Men, fatherhood and growth

Building a life worth handing down.

I'm a husband and a dad. This is where I write about family, discipline, and the uncomfortable work of becoming the guy you meant to be.

Essay

Write your own eulogy

Placeholder. Drawn from the men's-group assignments Jason wrote, once he OKs quoting them.

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Essay

What discipline looks like on an ordinary Tuesday

Placeholder. Kept general, no family details.

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