Derek Rydall

We were able to do more things, go more places.

Build more, more productivity, more profits.

But again, many, many costs.

So now we are in an age where, you know, social media and technology promised us ever greater connection and we have never been more disconnected, polarized.

We're in a meaning crisis, a loneliness epidemic.

The smartphone has made us dumber.

And even just on the desk next to you even turned off, they tested your cognition declines.

And now AI comes along.

And again, I saw all of this in the vision before it even showed up.

And that it would be a significant battle because like every great new technology, it promises all kinds of benefits.

And it does initially appear to be the case.

And I do believe AI.

I'm not a Luddite.

I'm not anti-tech.

I love technology.

I just love humans more.

And I believe that we have to remember we're the creators of the technology, not the other way around.

And if we don't know ourselves better than the technology knows us,

guess who's gonna be using who?

And that's already happening.