The best edge you can have as a trader these days is thinking for yourself.

AI has trained us to outsource thinking, causing generational brain rot. If you can break down a thesis step by step, without relying on a terminal spitting out pre ordained text strings, you’ll stay in the top 1%, as you aren’t letting your cognitive edge slowly erode.

Right now, the real threat to society isn’t monetary inflation, it’s cognitive inflation. People are outsourcing their brainpower and worldview to ChatGPT, treating it as the source of truth.

The discipline of forming your own conclusions through writing, analysis, and intuition is what will separate winners from the rest. It’s never been easier to stay passive and let information be spoon fed to you.

Yes, the speed of AI will only accelerate. I’m not saying you shouldn’t use it, you should, because ignoring it will leave you behind. Although you need to spend part of your day reading deeply, contextualizing events, and translating them into your own words. Make a habit of high quality thinking.

Otherwise, you’re just another hamster running on the wheel, reacting to the world flying past you.