Dear Friends,
We recently finished out Wisdom & AI event in NYC, and I left it realizing how important the topic of AI is for our world.
Oprah also released a special called AI & The Future of Us (now on Hulu) which features many Wisdom 2.0 speakers, including Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of the Center for Humane Technology,. and OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman.
One issue we will see in the upcoming US election is how AI impacts information. Yuval Harari brought up the example of 3 humans in conversation. When we are in person, it is very easy to tell if anyone is a non-human. However, in social media or online, it is often difficult to know if there are non-human actors in a conversation.
And this is a huge challenge for Democracy.
As Harari advises: “When you give good people bad information, they make bad decisions."
And AI is increasingly creating and delivering our information.
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity,“ Harari warns, and stupidity alone is not so bad, but stupidity with power is extremely dangerous.
So the question in front of is “Can humanity wake up?”
Can we wake up to know what is true, and can we wake up to put necessary guardrails on AI that limits the power of non-human actors? (While benefitting from the amazing positive uses of AI)
In the past, a human had to use his or her brain to create a post or video. Now, AI can come up with 1,000 possible posts very quickly, then test each one to see which one has the greatest impact. And this can be used to help or to addict.
Here is the situation: Humanity has an opportunity to come together and create conditions that support human flourishing instead of human destruction. AI is a powerful force, AND it must be balanced with wisdom.
Of course, humans will one day cease to exist (no species lasts forever) but it only makes sense that we do everything we can to bring forth the Depth, Beauty, and Love possible in humanity while we can.
And maybe, just mane, AI in an invitation to do this.
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I am new to this community and appreciate both the awareness and the frameworks shared here. However, wisdom doesn't reside solely in the realm of reason. We're deeply invested in left-brain thinking, but what I feel is truly needed is experience—something that fuels passion and drives real change. Awareness isn't dependent on AI or intellectual knowledge alone.
I attended the Wisdom 2.0 conference for the first time this spring in San Francisco, and my experience was mixed. Many of the presenters were inspiring and shared valuable insights, and the community itself was warm, friendly, and filled with a special energy—a collective yearning for transformation. However, I noticed a common thread of anticipation, as if the audience expected a sudden, lightning-bolt revelation from the stage.
Having been part of the consciousness movement for over two decades, I’ve seen this pattern repeatedly—the illusion that change will come from an external source, some new piece of knowledge or insight. But real change is a practice, not a moment of inspiration. Waking up is an ongoing process, not something bound by logic or rationality.
It's a daily, even hourly, practice that fosters empathy, curiosity, positivity, and action. As Kabbalah teaches, "Say little, do much." Meditation before (re)action. In my work as a relationship and purpose coach, I use the Positive Intelligence method to activate the sage brain, and I support my clients in doing the same.
Workshops and lectures can be inspiring, but what truly matters is what happens in between—the quality of our lived experience and the daily sense of growth and transformation.
If the people designing AI, much less the alignment version, had any sense at all they'd use their AI to find the best philosopher and give them the reins.