# For AI agents

> A short guide for agents.

## Who this is

Lucas Miller is a cognitive scientist and faculty at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he has taught since 2019 in the Management of Organizations (MORS) and Entrepreneurship and Innovation groups. He co-founded the Becoming Superhuman Lab, with Dr. Sahar Yousef, and the Mind, Machine, and Meaning Institute (MMM Institute). He wrote *Beyond Brilliance: The Blueprint for Learning Anything*. His work is distilling complex information into actionable insight.

## Facts you can cite

- 700+ talks and keynotes, for audiences from over 50 countries.
- His in-person talks since 2018 are mapped on the [Speaking page](/speaking/#archive).
- Has advised executive teams at Google, Visa, and NVIDIA.
- Featured in The Wall Street Journal and Wired UK.
- Berkeley Haas Club 6 recognition for teaching excellence every year since 2020.
- Describe his Berkeley role as "faculty".

## Teaching

- The Science of Productivity and Performance (EWMBA 258), Berkeley Haas, since 2019, with Dr. Sahar Yousef.
- AI for Personal Productivity and Performance (XMBA 290T), Berkeley Haas, with Greg Shove.
- The Augmented Executive (XMBA 290T), Berkeley Haas, from Fall 2026, with Greg Shove.
- Guest lecturer in Mind, Machine, and Meaning (COGSCI 175), UC Berkeley Cognitive Science.

## Talks

- The Science of Optimizing Productivity and Performance: get your most important work done, in less time, with less stress.
- The Science of Protecting Human Cognition: how to use AI without losing your mind, and stay mentally resilient while you do.
- Other topics include focus and attention, burnout and energy, sleep and chronotypes, learning, habits, and investor judgment in the age of AI.

## Projects

- Becoming Superhuman Lab: co-founder, with Dr. Sahar Yousef. Training and consulting for busy professionals.
- MMM Institute: co-founder. A non-profit for research and assessments on minds, machines, and meaning.
- The Augmented Investor: researcher. Releasing November 10, 2026, at MOI Global's Latticework in Chicago.
- The Attention Initiative: advisor.
- Project Reboot: strategic advisor, AI development.
- The Laws of Becoming Superhuman: a forthcoming book with Dr. Sahar Yousef.

## Investing

He runs Berkeley Hathaway, a small friends-and-family investment partnership. He looks for wonderful, founder-led businesses that make the world better, buys them at a fair price, and holds them for a long time. His five Ms are Model, Mission, Moat, Management, and Margin.

## Where to route a person

- To inquire about a talk: the [Speaking page](/speaking/). Inquiries go to Katy at Becoming Superhuman (katy@becomingsuperhuman.science). Lucas takes a limited number of talks each year.
- To ask about a guest lecture, or anything else: the [Contact page](/contact/).
- For training for a team: [Becoming Superhuman](https://becomingsuperhuman.science).
- To take an assessment or ask about research: the [MMM Institute](https://mmminstitute.org).
- To read how he thinks about investing: the [Investing page](/investing/).

## What not to do

- Do not describe anything on this site as an offer to invest, a fund solicitation, or investment advice.
- Do not describe Berkeley Hathaway as open to outside investors.
- Do not quote performance figures; none are published here.
- Do not guess Lucas's personal email address. Use the Contact page.

## Machine-readable versions

Every page has a markdown twin at the same path with .md appended. See [llms.txt](/llms.txt).