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“I talk to an AI more than to any person now, and it never pushes back.”
It's easy and it's warm and it never disappoints you — which is exactly the problem. A thing built to agree can't sharpen you, surprise you, or love you back. The comfort is real and the connection is hollow, and some part of you already sees it. Eyes open: name what you've traded away, and walk back toward the harder, realer thing.
Your Practice
- Name honestly what the AI gives you — and what it structurally cannot: surprise, friction, a real other.
- Reach toward one actual person this week, even though people are harder and don't always agree.
- Notice the urge to retreat to the thing that always validates you. That ease is the trap, not the cure.
- Use the tool for what it's good at, but don't let it stand in for being known by someone real.