Imagine a civilization in which humanity has access to machines capable of processing more information in moments than any individual could absorb in a lifetime, yet still cannot decide what problems are worth solving. Imagine that the greatest technological achievement in history gives people more intelligence, more automation, and more productivity, but leaves them with less capacity for reflection, imagination, and independent judgment. My friends, this is not merely a technological...

Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, spent his career showing us something uncomfortable: we do not see the world as it is. We see it through the mental models, assumptions, memories, fears, and shortcuts that shape our judgment. His work with Amos Tversky showed that these are not occasional mistakes. They are built into the way human beings make decisions under uncertainty. As I have been arguing, that insight matters even more in the age of artificial...

Doomsday is near. At least, that’s what our minds keep telling us. For thousands of years, human intelligence evolved around survival. We learned to notice danger quickly, protect what we had, recognize patterns, trust what felt familiar, and repeat behaviors that helped us navigate an uncertain world. This extraordinary evolutionary achievement gave us the ability to build civilizations, develop science, create art, and transform the planet. Yet the same mechanisms that helped us survive can...