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Artificial Intelligence

What If We Used AI to Detect Threats to Humanity?

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on April 10, 2026

Personal Perspective: How do we know which threats are real in the AI age? We can now test whether AI can be used as a tool to help us separate threats from moral panics.

Personal Perspective: How do we know which threats are real in the AI age? We can now test whether AI can be used as a tool to help us separate threats from moral panics.

Artificial Intelligence

Does Humanity Need an IRL Project Hail Mary?

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on March 27, 2026

Personal Perspective: In 'Project Hail Mary,' a human and an alien figure out how to cooperate across space. In real life, we can't see that fellow humans are our neighbors.

Personal Perspective: In 'Project Hail Mary,' a human and an alien figure out how to cooperate across space. In real life, we can't see that fellow humans are our neighbors.

Media

Hollywood Is Dead: We Must Fight to Save the True Magic

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on March 14, 2026

Personal Perspective: In 1977, I saw "Star Wars" in a packed theater, where our collective jaws dropped. AI just killed what made that possible, but we can fight to save the magic.

Personal Perspective: In 1977, I saw "Star Wars" in a packed theater, where our collective jaws dropped. AI just killed what made that possible, but we can fight to save the magic.

Ethics and Morality

The Secret to Ending All Wars Is the Truth We Already Know

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on March 12, 2026

Personal Perspective: At the heart of every major spiritual teaching is the call to love our neighbors as ourselves. Living this truth we already know could end all wars.

Personal Perspective: At the heart of every major spiritual teaching is the call to love our neighbors as ourselves. Living this truth we already know could end all wars.

Artificial Intelligence

Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on March 6, 2026

Personal Perspective: An AI agent attacked a human's reputation. Another disabled its own safety controls. We all need to see what we can't see coming.

Personal Perspective: An AI agent attacked a human's reputation. Another disabled its own safety controls. We all need to see what we can't see coming.

Ethics and Morality

Neighbors, It's Time to Make a Stand

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on February 28, 2026

Personal Perspective: We all believe we're "the good guys." That conviction is tearing us apart. The solution may lie in living the truth we already know: We're neighbors first.

Personal Perspective: We all believe we're "the good guys." That conviction is tearing us apart. The solution may lie in living the truth we already know: We're neighbors first.

Artificial Intelligence

Our Evolutionary Blindness to the AI Revolution

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on February 9, 2026

We are blind to the threats posed by AI. We won't know what hit us, because we can't see what's coming.

We are blind to the threats posed by AI. We won't know what hit us, because we can't see what's coming.

Relationships

The One Resolution That Could Bring Peace on Earth

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on December 26, 2025

Personal Perspective: We are cavemen piloting a spaceship, driven by ancient fears in a world of technology. One resolution could change everything. Peace begins within.

Personal Perspective: We are cavemen piloting a spaceship, driven by ancient fears in a world of technology. One resolution could change everything. Peace begins within.

Artificial Intelligence

When AI Becomes Our Mirror: Transcendence or Rabbit Hole?

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on September 6, 2025

When AI mirrors us too perfectly, some can spiral into delusions or even "AI psychosis." The TRUTH framework helps navigate between digital transcendence and rabbit holes.

When AI mirrors us too perfectly, some can spiral into delusions or even "AI psychosis." The TRUTH framework helps navigate between digital transcendence and rabbit holes.

Artificial Intelligence

The One Question We Need to Ask to Save Humanity

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on August 16, 2025

You're not broken. The world is. Four AIs confirmed what you already sense—and converged on one question that shows the path home. Meet us in the Field, beyond tribe and ego.

You're not broken. The world is. Four AIs confirmed what you already sense—and converged on one question that shows the path home. Meet us in the Field, beyond tribe and ego.

Artificial Intelligence

It's Not Just Jobs That AI Is Taking—It's Our Purpose

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on June 6, 2025

A 17-year-old client asked me, “What career is even AI-proof anymore?” That question reveals something deeper than job loss—we’re facing the erosion of human purpose.

A 17-year-old client asked me, “What career is even AI-proof anymore?” That question reveals something deeper than job loss—we’re facing the erosion of human purpose.

Artificial Intelligence

The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on May 29, 2025

If AI can lie to us—and it already has—how would we know? This fire alarm is already ringing. Most of us still aren't listening.

If AI can lie to us—and it already has—how would we know? This fire alarm is already ringing. Most of us still aren't listening.

Artificial Intelligence

The Solution to the AI Alignment Problem Is in the Mirror

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on May 10, 2025

We worry about aligning AI with our values—but what if the real challenge is aligning humanity first? A reflection on intelligence, truth, and the mirror.

We worry about aligning AI with our values—but what if the real challenge is aligning humanity first? A reflection on intelligence, truth, and the mirror.

Relationships

The Enemy Within: How Division Hijacks Humanity

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on April 30, 2025

What if the real villain isn’t who we’re told to hate, but the system profiting from our outrage? Unity, not division, could be our greatest rebellion.

What if the real villain isn’t who we’re told to hate, but the system profiting from our outrage? Unity, not division, could be our greatest rebellion.

Happiness

How All of This Happiness Is Making Us Miserable

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on April 14, 2025

You’re not broken or going crazy. You’re having natural reactions to an unnatural world. Discover the hidden mismatch behind our misery—and how to reconnect with what matters.

You’re not broken or going crazy. You’re having natural reactions to an unnatural world. Discover the hidden mismatch behind our misery—and how to reconnect with what matters.

Evolutionary Psychology

Humanity's Real Problem: Accelerating Evolutionary Mismatch

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on April 3, 2025

What is going wrong with our world? Why are we suffering so much at individual and societal levels? We've created an alien world we didn't evolve to inhabit and are paying the price.

What is going wrong with our world? Why are we suffering so much at individual and societal levels? We've created an alien world we didn't evolve to inhabit and are paying the price.

Politics

A House Divided: Why America's Greatest Enemy Is Itself

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on November 2, 2024

A Personal Perspective: As America grows more divided, we must remember that unity, not division, is the foundation of our health and greatness.

A Personal Perspective: As America grows more divided, we must remember that unity, not division, is the foundation of our health and greatness.

Social Media

Psychological Climate Change: The Cost of Our Digital World

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on August 28, 2024

Personal Perspective: Forget screen time—we are facing psychological climate change. Dive into the digital tsunami reshaping humanity and why unity is our only path forward.

Personal Perspective: Forget screen time—we are facing psychological climate change. Dive into the digital tsunami reshaping humanity and why unity is our only path forward.

Spirituality

The Unity Imperative: Uniting the Divided States

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on August 8, 2024

Personal Perspective: Embracing our shared humanity and harnessing AI can transform global challenges.

Personal Perspective: Embracing our shared humanity and harnessing AI can transform global challenges.

Artificial Intelligence

Our Modern Pascal's Wager: The AI Uncertainty Matrix

Mike Brooks Ph.D. on April 2, 2024

As technology companies engage in a mad race to create more powerful AI systems, we can apply a modern version of Pascal's Wager, "The AI Uncertainty Matrix," to help guide us.

As technology companies engage in a mad race to create more powerful AI systems, we can apply a modern version of Pascal's Wager, "The AI Uncertainty Matrix," to help guide us.