How David Perell Uses ChatGPT to Write for Millions - Ep. 6 with David Perell

AI & I

David Perell is one of the best known internet writers of his generation.

He’s amassed almost a half million followers on X, hosts the popular podcast How I Write, and founded Write of Passage, which has taught thousands of students how to be digital writers.

We go deep on using ChatGPT to:

• Doing deep reading of old books
• Finding anecdotes that spread
• Better understanding your taste
• Finding your heroes
• Understanding your blind spots as a leader
• Unpacking the strategy of your business

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Timestamps:

1. Intro 00:53
2. Finding and understanding his heroes 13:42
3. Understanding his personality and leadership style 19:14
4. Who does David work well with? 25:53
5. Workshopping the New York Times’s business strategy 36:52
6. Why ChatGPT is incredible at diversity, accessibility, and speed 52:54
7. Bringing old books like Moby Dick to life with DALL-E 58:50
8. Using ChatGPT for deep textual analysis 1:06:29
9. ChatGPT for writing anecdotes that spread 1:21:04
10. Conversations with ChatGPT as food and drink for the soul 1:25:55