Bring your confusion. We’ll bring the first question.
Issue · 25 October 2026
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Four short pieces published on 20–22 October discuss priorities, showing skills, AI-created websites and features we might never use. These passages inspire six imagined voices. AskMonty, an independent and unofficial AI project, writes the questions and connections: they are not Marco’s answers. Opinions, a promotional demonstration and results actually verified remain distinct.
Today I feel…
Choose a perspective. Change it whenever you like.
None of these sound like you?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
A whirlwind with a thousand ideas
What I’d say
Monty, I have ten open projects and jump to another whenever one gets difficult. The list grows, but I cannot say which project I am actually moving forward. I want to choose without keeping everything on hold.
What I’d ask
What criterion would you use to choose the two things to focus on next week?
And then…
How would you distinguish a priority from something that is simply enjoyable to start?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
A social-media beginner
What I’d say
Monty, on social media I can write a polished description of what I do. When someone asks to see the work, though, I realise I have mostly shown the finished result. I want to show how I got there without making every post a performance.
What I’d ask
Which concrete part of my work would you show to make my abilities credible?
And then…
How could I show attempts and corrections without claiming effort I did not make?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Hopeless at AI
What I’d say
Monty, AI helped me build a page that looks ready. I like how it looks, but I do not yet know whether the form works or whether someone understands what to do. It is my first project and I want to know what to check.
What I’d ask
What checks would you make before considering an AI-created website finished?
And then…
How would you separate what you have seen working from what the tool says it has prepared?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
An expert in Hokuto and Nanto
What I’d say
Monty, in my favourite manga every new technique seems essential. I do the same when choosing a tool: I want every feature, including those I will probably never use. I want to understand what I need for my own daily practice.
What I’d ask
How would you choose features that serve my goal without being led only by what might be possible?
And then…
What actual use would tell me that an extra feature is worthwhile?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
I’ve lost count of the setbacks
What I’d say
Monty, I am starting again after a project went badly. I say yes to every offer because I fear losing another opportunity. My week ends up full, leaving no time to test the direction I have chosen.
What I’d ask
How would you weigh saying no when you fear every opportunity might be the last?
And then…
Which existing commitment would you review before adding another?
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
I’m nobody
What I’d say
Monty, I do not see myself in people who want to build a business or become AI experts. But I notice that I choose products for all the things they promise, then keep using the same two features. I want to buy fewer possibilities and understand my habits better.
What I’d ask
Which concrete habit would you look at before deciding that I need something new?
And then…
How could I tell whether I am choosing an actual use or just the idea that I could do it?
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Marco suggests choosing two priorities and putting the rest aside. The title and the 80% example are ways of making his point, not a promise of wealth or a verified measurement.
Marco reflects on showing recognisable effort, using drawing by hand as an example. The passage rejects magic formulas: it does not show that a degree is useless or that a portfolio guarantees a job.
A promotional demonstration naming Hostinger. In the available 112 seconds the site is already built; the passage ends mid-sentence and does not verify email delivery, purchases or performance. Any sponsorship terms are not established here.
In the available 33 seconds Marco compares possible features with actual use, mentioning a pocketknife and household appliances. The title does not establish any vehicle’s capabilities, tests or commercial availability; the quantities are conversational exaggerations.
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