We’ve Been Here Before

From TV to AI,
the illusion has only changed shape.

In 1985,
Neil Postman warned us
about television.

A technology that reshaped how we consume,
how we think,
how we learn.

A technology that turned everything into entertainment,
even truth.

Re-reading Amusing Ourselves to Death today feels eerily familiar.
The fear, the distraction, the overreliance.
The very same alarm bells are ringing again,
this time, in the name of AI.

We were warned:

That we’d forget how to think.
That spectacle would replace substance.
That our attention would fragment.
That our discernment would dull.

Postman believed education could be the answer.
But even then, he admitted,
it wasn’t the best solution,
just the only one we had.

And yet,
We waited for schools to teach differently.
We outsourced the solution.
We hoped someone else would fix it.

Sound familiar?

Today,
it's AI.

And again,
we're waiting,
we're hoping
we’re looking outward:
for fixes,
for saviors.

The real danger isn't technology,
it’s our passivity.

The real frontier
lies in the questions we ask.

We, as in every one of us.

The solution isn't to seek answers,
but to continuously ask better questions.

To seek truth, not appearances.
To trade autopilot for super-awareness.

We reclaim our discernment.
Challenge what we’re shown.
Demand transparency.
And refuse to accept face value as truth.

We don’t need to fear AI.
We outgrow it.

May my book,
Awakened Purpose
be your compass.

May the past be your teacher.
May the future be your becoming.