Archive - Varun Godbole's Newsletter

A sketch of AI psychosis

A Jungian and Vervaekian perspective

Sep 15 • Varun Godbole

August 2026

LLMs are the high interest credit card of organizational debt

Avoiding failure versus growing from failure

Aug 25 • Varun Godbole

Morality and psychological development

Spiritual bypass

Aug 12 • Varun Godbole

Can my career in AI prove I'm a good person?

Proving Worth versus Providing Value

Aug 4 • Varun Godbole

July 2026

How can I wield an LLM to create real value within complex domains?

Shifting from extracting answers to explicitly mapping value

Jul 14 • Varun Godbole

How can my lifestyle business survive AI?

Surrendering alpha versus consciously defining alpha

Jul 2 • Varun Godbole

May 2026

Why do coding agents make solopreneurs more overwhelmed?

More power, more context, more problems

May 12 • Varun Godbole

How can therapy actually transform my life?

Co-creating transformative goals

May 12 • Varun Godbole

The Assumption Gap - Update

More explicitly tracking the user's theory of mind

May 8 • Varun Godbole

April 2026

Is this meditation a good fit for me?

Finding fit by building self-trust

Apr 29 • Varun Godbole

March 2026

Should I quit my job at Gemini?

I mean, I feel calm and think I'm happy...right?

Mar 12 • Varun Godbole

February 2026

Overcoming ADHD and OCD

From Survival to Heroism

Feb 25 • Varun Godbole

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