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The Way Forward

FalloutShelter

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1. I agree 100%... but

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 09:33 AM

Jan 2026

I am coming from a less hopeful place.
The age of critical thinking is over as we charge headlong into the abyss of handing over our mental agency to AI.

As a professional artist and author, In see this decline accelerating every day, and it is both depressing and terrifying.

Enshitification is coming for our children’s brains.

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To rebuild the party, we need to rebuild Art, Knowledge and Science. APOD reminded me of all of this today [View all] SorellaLaBefana Jan 2026 OP

I agree 100%... but FalloutShelter Jan 2026 #1

"Don't give up the ship" SorellaLaBefana Jan 2026 #2

My painting.... FalloutShelter Jan 2026 #3

Wonderful. Delacroix is the first person I thought of having seen this. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #4

Thank you very much Smarty.... FalloutShelter Jan 2026 #5

My pleasure, FS. littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #6