The urgent case for thinking

Our forefathers had time to think, to try things, to reflect. Without instant mass communication, they figured things out in isolation, across distant corners of the earth. Many became deep-thinking problem solvers. Not because they chose to. They had to.

Today, the world feels split: a small bloc of thinkers and makers on one side, a vast mass of consumers on the other. The former create and share instantly. The latter scroll, watch, and click. Endlessly.

With AI accelerating production, the distance between both groups is growing. A few can now produce far more, needing far fewer hands. Meanwhile, the rest consume what’s made — until they can’t.

Because you need to pay to consume.

And you only earn by helping producers produce. But as tech makes them need fewer people, more people may be left out.

It’s more complex than this, but one thing is clear: the world is changing fast, but we’re too distracted to notice.

We all need to forcefully create moments to step back from the flood of output and ask: What will I create? How will I use these new tools? What role will I play in the new world that’s forming super fast?

They say the best way to predict the future is to create it. We have heard that before. But it’s time to think about it like our lives depends on it. It does.