09/05/2026
We spend so much energy afraid of what AI might do to us.
Take our jobs. Outthink us. Decide it no longer needs us.
But look around first. Half the world lives in depravity while a few hold most of the resources. Wars have killed millions. People are still judged by the color of their skin, their faith, and where they were born. We've gotten very good at finding what separates us, and very bad at remembering what doesn't.
None of that required a machine. We did it ourselves, one small, unquestioned choice at a time.
This piece is about the choice that was always ours, and still is. Read it here.
We keep rehearsing for a war that hasn't started, against an enemy we haven't met. Ask anyone what frightens them about artificial intelligence, and the answer comes fast: it will take our jobs. It will out-think us. It will decide, one day, that it no longer needs us, and it will be right. We s