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Obligatory Life of Brian marketplace scene add here.

Not everyone delegates their critical thinking capabilities to AI. And it was never the one and the only attribute that defined what a human being is. It is a post-Industrial Age concern, when they needed educated populace who could follow instructions at the factory floor, and participate in democracy. Today we don't have both obligations anymore. Sure we vote, but we don't really have a say in government affairs anymore, and sure we think and follow instructions to KYC ourselves to the latest crypto exchange, but our thoughts never reach out to engineers or scientists who end up creating the very addictive tools that we use. Just as intended, we are, as collective masses, sliding back to pre-Industrial age way of life.