Uncle, if computers are getting smarter than people, what's the point of being human?" This question from a 15-year-old captures the existential crisis keeping millions awake at night. For the first time in history, we've created tools that genuinely outperform us at tasks we've always considered uniquely intelligent—and it's messing with our heads in profound ways.

In this episode, we dive into the psychological impact of watching machines surpass human performance and why this crisis might be the most important catalyst for human consciousness evolution we've ever experienced.

Key insights:

* The "mirror moment" when you first see your intelligence reflected through a machine

* Why comparing humans to AI using computational metrics is a category error

* What remains uniquely human: presence, meaning-making, authentic relationships, and wisdom

* How the crisis is forcing us to evolve beyond thinking toward pure consciousness

The reframe: AI isn't threatening human intelligence—it's exposing that we were never meant to be biological computers in the first place.

Real stories: From research scientists questioning their worth to financial analysts discovering their most valuable decisions came from reading human dynamics, not data patterns.

The opportunity: This existential challenge is actually an invitation to discover what makes us irreplaceably human—our capacity for awareness, love, and conscious choice.

💬 How are you navigating the existential questions that AI raises about human purpose?

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