Most people confuse sympathy with empathy—standing at the edge versus climbing into the hole. Empathy means feeling into someone’s experience, not just feeling for them from a distance. It’s costly, vulnerable, and rare. This isn’t about being nice. It’s about genuine connection that transforms both giver and receiver.
Seven American companies built the world you can’t escape. From Ford’s assembly lines to OpenAI’s algorithms, they’ve made life convenient, connected, and completely dependent on their innovations. They’ve also facilitated genocide, normalized surveillance, and crushed labor rights. Progress always demands a price. You’re paying it.
We beat fascism not by shrinking from fear but by building through it. Today’s panic over AI isn’t new; it’s historical amnesia. Humanity has survived greater threats and emerged stronger each time. The question isn’t whether AI will destroy us — it’s what kind of civilization we’re willing to build with it.
In 1929, Charles Mitchell sold the rags-to-riches dream while radio towers broadcast promises of prosperity. Today, Jensen Huang does the same while AI promises to transform everything. Both eras share indiscriminate spending, puppet masters whispering to presidents, and millions believing the future arrives on schedule. History doesn't repeat—it rhymes. And we're dancing to the same deadly tune.
Josh Nash 