Everyone’s freaking out that AI is making us dumb. But what if that’s exactly the point?

In the wild, knowing everything is survival. One wrong move, and you’re done. But technology has changed that. It gives us room to mess up, to take chances without the world falling apart. And in this new world, being a little “dumb” isn’t just okay—it’s the whole point.

Tech isn’t here to make us experts at everything. It’s here to free us from having to know it all. When AI handles the boring stuff, we’re not losing our smarts—we’re just focusing them where it counts.

Think about coding. Back in the day, if you wanted to build something, you had to know how every part of the system worked. You needed to speak the machine’s language, understand the hardware, and manage every detail. Now? High-level languages and frameworks do the heavy lifting. We get to concentrate on creating cool stuff, not getting lost in the weeds. Does that make us worse programmers? No way. It makes us faster and better.

Or driving. There was a time when owning a car meant knowing how to fix it. You had to understand the engine, the gears, the whole deal. Now, most people don’t even think about what’s under the hood. Cars are designed to handle it all, only alerting us when something’s wrong. The result? More people on the road, fewer breakdowns. Not knowing every detail isn’t a flaw; it’s a win.

The idea that we need to understand everything we use is outdated. It’s not about being the smartest person in the room; it’s about being smart enough to let technology handle the grunt work. AI is here to help us focus on what really matters, leaving the mundane to the machines.

This isn’t about getting dumber. It’s about tapping into a different kind of intelligence—one that values creativity and connection over memorizing how things work. AI lets us be more human by taking care of the tasks that don’t need our unique touch.

Does that make us worse programmers? Absolutely not. It makes us more powerful. The fear that we’re losing something by not knowing every detail? It’s just fear of change. But this isn’t a loss; it’s an evolution. Just like SpaceX stripped down the Raptor engine to what really matters, we can rethink our systems and cut out what’s holding us back.

So yes, I need a product that lets me be dumb. Because being “dumb” isn’t about ignorance—it’s about freedom. Freedom from outdated complexity, from the need to master every detail. It’s about focusing on what truly matters and rewriting the rules. In a world where technology can handle the grunt work, the smartest thing we can do is let it—and see just how far that freedom can take us.