Children today are growing up with unprecedented access to information, intelligence, and AI.
But I keep wondering:
What happens when human beings stop exercising their own intelligence because artificial intelligence becomes cognitively convenient?
In schools, we cultivate intelligence and test memory.
But wisdom, discernment, emotional regulation, reflective thinking, and intellectual humility are rarely treated as developmental priorities.
Reading The Intelligence Trap reminded me of something important:
High intelligence does not protect people from irrationality.
In fact, intelligent people may become better at rationalizing bias, defending identity, and selectively interpreting evidence.
Perhaps the defining educational challenge of the AI era is no longer:
“How do we make children smarter?”
But:
“How do we help human beings remain deeply reflective, self-aware, and fully human?”
I don’t think wisdom can remain an accidental byproduct of adulthood anymore.
I think it must become part of childhood itself. What are we doing to make that happen?
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