Lucas Miller

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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.
  • 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. 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.
  • For training for a team: Becoming Superhuman.
  • To take an assessment or ask about research: the MMM Institute.
  • To read how he thinks about investing: the Investing page.

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

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