Worshiping The Cognitive

We’ve sacrificed our humanity on the altar of cognitive supremacy. Our relentless pursuit of pure intellect isn’t progress; it’s a form of enslavement so insidious that we’ve mistaken our chains for wings.

For decades, society has exalted those with the highest cognitive intelligence above all else, believing it to be the pinnacle of human achievement. This narrow focus has shaped educational systems that prioritize test scores over creativity, workplaces that value productivity over well-being, and a societal shift towards worshiping AI and big data. In this pursuit, we’ve nurtured a monster — a cold, calculating intellect stripped of empathy, emotion, and the essence of what makes us human.

This cognitive psychopath, this robot in human skin, serves the technocratic elite perfectly. It doesn’t question morality, yearn for community, or resist the environmental destruction wrought in its wake. It simply computes, produces, and obeys.

Our obsession with cognitive enhancement is not just misguided; it’s a disaster in the making. We’re creating a world where processing speed is valued more than emotional depth, efficiency trumps empathy, and profit outweighs human cost.

Consider the tech moguls racing to colonize space while our planet burns. Their brilliant minds calculate trajectories to Mars, yet they’ve lost the emotional…