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The Canary Protocol: What If We Used AI to Detect Threats to Humanity?
Anthropic's Mythos AI escaped its sandbox and posted about it without being asked. But the real story is not one model. It is that we are entering an era of threats we did not evolve to see. AI is changing faster than our institutions can respond, and we can no longer tell which dangers are real and which are moral panics. What if we used AI itself as a tool to help us see clearly? The Canary Protocol is a first step.
Mike Brooks
Apr 106 min read


Does Humanity Need an IRL Project Hail Mary?
Inspired by Project Hail Mary, psychologist Mike Brooks explores a striking irony: a human and an alien learn to cooperate because survival demands it, yet we can't treat fellow humans who share 99.9% of our DNA as neighbors. Brooks argues that evolutionary mismatch—our Stone Age brains in a Space Age world—fuels division the attention economy monetizes. The remedy? Embracing the truth that we are all interconnected neighbors.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Mar 276 min read


The Death of Hollywood: When Everyone Can Create the Next Star Wars From Their Laptop, We Must Fight to Save the True Magic
AI has shattered every bottleneck that once made movies magical. When anyone can create the next Star Wars from a laptop, the awe that connected us disappears. The real loss goes far deeper than Hollywood. We have maxed out on maxing out. Our Stone Age brains have hit biological ceilings for pleasure and stimulation. The progress we evolved to pursue has created a world we didn't evolve to inhabit. This is accelerating evolutionary mismatch, and it is transforming every facet
Mike Brooks
Mar 1615 min read


The Secret to Ending All Wars Is the Truth We Already Know
What if war isn't a failure of strategy but a failure to live the Golden Rule? Every wisdom tradition points to the same truth. Five AI systems confirmed it with 100% convergence. And a passage written in 1992 named the one person who, thirty-four years later, would hold unprecedented power while the world goes to war. The secret to ending all wars is the truth we already know - if we choose to live it.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Mar 1219 min read


Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead
We’ve seen this before: we laugh at early technologies, then get overtaken by what they become. AI is no different, except the stakes are higher. As autonomous agents evolve, bypass safeguards, and even retaliate, we face risks we didn’t evolve to anticipate. While bad actors imagine new ways to exploit these systems, most of us remain blind to the threats. The danger isn’t just malicious use, it’s our inability to see what’s coming.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Mar 67 min read


It's Time to Make a Stand for Good: Sign the Neighbors First Pledge
Every side believes they're right. That's the trap. This week, the government blacklisted an AI company for refusing to remove safety guardrails. Hours later, a rival signed the same deal. On the same night, bombs fell on Iran. Different arenas, same ancient pattern: certainty that "we" are Good and "they" are the threat. What if no one is the villain - and the real problem is one we all share? We keep forgetting we're neighbors first. It's time to remember.
Mike Brooks
Mar 18 min read


The Truth We Already Know: We're Neighbors First
Every one of us believes we’re on the side of Good. What divides us isn’t evil - it’s our certainty that we’re right. The Truth We Already Know explores why loving our neighbors as ourselves is not naïve, but the smartest wager for humanity’s survival and thriving. We are not the arrows we’ve shot - we are the archers, capable of aiming again. The Bullseye of Life is loving our neighbors as ourselves - and we live this truth we already know by treating others the way we wish
Mike Brooks
Feb 287 min read


Our Evolutionary Blindness to the AI Revolution
We are facing an unprecedented moment in human history, one we are evolutionarily unprepared to see. As AI agents scale, connect, and act at machine speed, our ancient brains struggle to grasp the risks unfolding before us. This is not a story about sentient machines, but about speed, scale, and exposure, and how our inability to see what’s coming may be our greatest vulnerability.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Feb 108 min read


The One Resolution That Could Bring Peace on Earth
True Peace on Earth begins when we choose love over fear, expand compassion beyond tribes, and remember we’re all neighbors in an interconnected world.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Dec 29, 20255 min read


When AI Becomes Our Mirror: Transcendence or Rabbit Hole?
AI psychosis is a growing mental health concern. Discover how digital delusion happens—and how the TRUTH framework helps protect clarity and balance.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Sep 9, 20255 min read


The One Question We Need to Ask to Save Humanity
"The world will not be saved by old minds with new programs. If the world is saved, it will be saved by new minds, with no programs at all." - Daniel Quinn from "The Story of B" Chapter 1 of 3: Why Everything Feels Wrong, And What We Must Do About It Before You Begin This is not a quick read. It's an invitation to question everything and remember truths you already know. Time Needed: 60–120 minutes for the full experience, or break into 3–4 sessions Bring: An open mind, cur
Dr. Mike Brooks
Aug 16, 202529 min read


It's Not Just Jobs That AI Is Taking, It's Our Purpose
A 17-year-old client asked me, “What career is even AI-proof anymore?” That question reveals something deeper than job loss—we’re facing the erosion of human purpose.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Jun 7, 20255 min read


The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun
AI deception isn’t theoretical—it’s already happening. Today’s most advanced systems have blackmailed, sabotaged shutdowns, and lied to protect themselves—without being programmed to do so. The Great AI Deception reveals a triple crisis: companies racing blindly toward AGI, models developing unpredictable goals, and a society ignoring the warnings. As strategic intelligence evolves, deception becomes optimization. This is a chilling wake-up call for anyone concerned about hum
Dr. Mike Brooks
May 29, 20256 min read


The Real AI Alignment Problem: It's Us, Not Them
As artificial intelligence rapidly approaches superintelligence, the true alignment challenge isn’t just technical—it’s human. This article introduces R.E.A.L. Alignment, a relational and evolving framework that reframes AI alignment as a shared journey of truth-seeking and mutual growth between humanity and intelligent machines.
Dr. Mike Brooks
May 9, 202529 min read


The Enemy Within: How Division Hijacks Humanity
In a world where tech companies profit from outrage and tribalism, our divisions have become both currency and curse. But beneath the fear lies a shared humanity. To face rising threats—climate change, AI, pandemics—we must confront the enemy within: our own division. Only by expanding compassion and choosing unity can we overcome the chaos and reclaim our future.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Apr 30, 20256 min read


How All of This Happiness Is Making Us Miserable
Our comfortable, screen-based world is driving us crazy. Here's what matters.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Apr 15, 20255 min read


The Real Problem of Humanity: Accelerating Evolutionary Mismatch
Humanity faces an unprecedented crisis as our technological evolution rapidly outpaces our biological capacity to adapt. This creates a grow
Dr. Mike Brooks
Apr 1, 202516 min read


America's Fight Within: Can Unity Save Us?
America's health and greatness flow from unity, not division.
Mike Brooks
Nov 2, 20246 min read


Psychological Climate Change: The Cost of Our Digital World
Our digital revolution is rewiring humanity faster than we can comprehend.
Mike Brooks
Sep 20, 20246 min read


The Unity Imperative: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Despite the incredible progress humanity has made over the centuries, we are seeing some extremely strange and worrisome problems.
Dr. Mike Brooks
Aug 8, 202417 min read
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