Recently, a friend spoke to me about his fears for the future of AI — control, greed, power, and the possibility of technology being used badly. In the past, I might have tried to persuade him that if enough people focused on a better outcome, the world could move in that direction. Instead, I simply put my hand on his arm and said, “Don’t worry. We’ll all be fine.”
That response came from a different understanding of reality: not as one fixed track that everyone must collectively steer, but as many possible realities with which we are continually aligning. Attention is directional. What we repeatedly focus on influences the kind of world we experience and the choices we make within it. This does not remove the need for practical action, compassion, or responsibility. It means that fear is not the only lens available to us. We can choose to orient ourselves towards the reality we most wish to inhabit.
