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Bill Burnett
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Bill Burnett is an American designer, educator, and executive director of Stanford University’s d.school. He co-authored Designing Your Life, which applies design-thinking methods to career and life planning.
2 episodes featuring Bill Burnett

Prof G on Relationships
AI tests whether effort still builds intelligence
The episode connects AI’s educational promise to the risks of weakened learning, damaged trade relationships, neglected marriages, and collective memory.
Sep 11, 2026 · 23 min

Prof G on Relationships
Designers replace perfect purpose with experiments and relationships
The conversation reframes meaning as something built through choices, service, love, and ordinary experiences rather than discovered in one defining career.
Sep 10, 2026 · 1h 4m
