Quick one. The headline’s already in your feed.
You might have seen it: “Peter Thiel’s secret society talks AI takeover and World War III.” A hacker leaked the guest list of his invite-only group, Dialog. More than 200 names: senators, CEOs, a former four-star general, a few movie stars. Real story, by the way. Wired confirmed the leak independently, so it holds up. I checked before I wrote you a word.
Here’s what I want you to catch before the fear sets in.
The headline says AI takeover. The list says something else. Look at what these people actually gathered to talk about: cult-building, being in charge, navigating a world war. That’s not an AI agenda. That’s a power agenda. AI is one line on it.
So the thing in that room was never the machine. It was the people. Same as it’s always been.
And the fear they hand you, that “AI is coming for you” feeling, has a job to do. It gets you to back away. To decide this isn’t for you. To leave the room.
Don’t.
Because backing away out of fear doesn’t protect you from the people on that list. It clears the room for them. The scared person logs off. The calm person learns how the tool works and stays in the conversation.
You don’t have to love it. You don’t have to trust them. You just have to not flinch yourself out of your own future.
Watch. Learn how it works. Keep your head. That’s the whole job, and you’re already better at it than the people who think they’re in charge.
Stay in the room. I’ll save you a seat.
P.S. If this helped, share it with someone who needs it. Let’s be part of the solution, not the panic.