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“Writing is kind of like flirting. So, if everyone is using the same pickup lines, then … even if you have like the most effective pickup line, it becomes boring. The second problem is writing is thinking, and you can tell if someone wrote about something and they never really experienced it, they didn't go through it.”

Marketing Against The Grain · Media & Creator Economy · October 2026

“Writing is kind of like flirting. So, if everyone is using the same pickup lines, then … even if you have like the most effective pickup line, it becomes boring. The second problem is writing is thinking, and you can tell if someone wrote about something and they never really experienced it, they didn't go through it.” — Ruben Hassid, Marketing Against The Grain

Context

The hosts noted that they and Hassid, an AI educator, now write every word of their newsletters themselves. Asked why not just build an AI writing-style skill, Hassid says it locks you into one predictable voice, while real writing should change as the writer does.

Transcript

Marketing Against The Grain Around 01:20 into the episode
Ruben Hassid

That's the least ambitious introduction I've ever received, right? Like, hey,

Speaker 3

…Kieran. How, when it comes to writing, that we're all going completely away from AI, and that Ruben's writing every word of his newsletter, you're writing every word of your newsletter. We're all using AI far or less in our writing, which is, I think, very interesting, just as an aside.

Ruben Hassid

Yeah, writing is kind of like flirting. So, if everyone is using the same pickup lines, then once again, I mean, even if you have like the most effective pickup line, it becomes boring. The second problem is writing is thinking, and you can tell if someone wrote about something and they never really experienced it, they didn't go through it. So,

Kieran Flanagan

let's break this down a little bit for our audience, Ruben. So, I started with AI, and most of the content I created for external people was how to use it for creating content. And back when the models were, especially Claude, back when Claude came out with, I can't remember the model,

Speaker 3

3.5, I think.

Kieran Flanagan

I was having incredible results using AI for write-in, and that was like what I did for a year. And I'm similar to you now, I try not to use it at all. But let's try to break this down. So, if I'm listening to you, and I'm like, well, why can't I just build a writing style, right? And then AI can…

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