In 1930, with the economy face down in the dirt, ironworkers stacked the tallest thing on Earth in 410 days. Then it opened and almost nobody came. What that empty tower knows about the decade in front of us, and about the four percent of adults quietly training for 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.
Notes Beyond the Map 