The Global Circus
How can we truly measure whether humanity is progressing in wisdom or regressing? While IQ scores might fluctuate and access to information is at an all-time high, one revealing metric may be the leaders we choose and the environments they create.
We live in an age where information is infinite, intelligence is automated, and machines can answer questions in seconds. By all logic, we should be smarter than ever. Instead, many have traded deep thinking for endless scrolling, consuming reels, memes, and bite-sized outrage while outsourcing judgment to algorithms and AI.
That vulnerability shows up at the ballot box. Around the world, we keep seeing incompetence, corruption, and spectacle rewarded. This is not only about bad politicians. It is about a distracted, dopamine-chasing society that no longer demands competence.
When people stop questioning, stop learning, and let algorithms do their thinking, they become easy prey for strongmen, populists, and con artists. We are not just electing worse leaders. We are creating the conditions for them to thrive.
In the age of AI, the real danger is not that machines will outsmart us. It is that we will stop trying to be smart at all.