This post really resonated with me - I’ve been having similar thoughts recently.
That’s why I found the final paragraph to be a bit of a shock - “ More important: it’s freeing me up to do human stuff like write and reflect right now.”
What? How? This doesn’t follow from the rest of the post at all. Maybe your new less frenetic and more human scale AI usage would be a good subject for the next post.
And I think the missing piece is what prevents this new workflow from eventually turning back into the same productivity ouroboros
I think you misunderstood; the point was that not being constantly in front of Claude or another LLM is what has freed OP up.
That is, stepping away from the laptop is what has given them back some free time and brain space.