Is Technology Changing Us for the Better?
Is Technology Changing Us for the Better?
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Publish Date: 2026-03-13 04:55:00
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For this week’s issue of The Tilt, I actually had a different article ready to go. It was another deep dive into my thoughts on AI. I’ve been working on a much larger thesis around this topic for a couple weeks now, sharing pieces of it with a few smart people and getting feedback.
As I was ready to hit publish, I decided to go a different direction.
I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of AI and I’m too close to it right now.
If you’ve been reading the past few issues, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. We’ve talked a lot about artificial intelligence and how it’s going to reshape content creation, marketing, discovery and, honestly, a lot of our lives.
All of that matters. I believe most of it.
But when you spend enough time with something you start to see it everywhere. So this week I wanted to step back and talk about something slightly different.
Over the past few weeks, a handful of small things have happened that have honestly freaked me out a little bit.
Nothing dramatic. Just little moments that made me pause.
Epic Face
The first one happened at Epic Universe in Orlando. We had an amazing time. The Harry Potter ride alone is worth the trip. Absolutely fantastic.
But one of the rides in the Dark Universe area caught my attention for a different reason.
Before you get on the ride, you have to store your stuff in a locker. Pretty standard for theme parks. But instead of using a key or a wristband or a pass code, the locker opens with your face.
You walk up to a camera. It scans your face. The locker opens.
When the ride is over, you walk back up to the same locker, stand in front of another camera, and it recognizes your face and opens again.
It worked perfectly. Smooth. Fast. No friction.
The whole thing wigged me out a little bit.
A YouTube Kid
The second moment happened yesterday at the airport. I was sitting two chairs away from a kid who couldn’t have been more than four…
