MY THOUGHT FOR DAY
MY THOUGHT FOR TODAY
By Tyrone Thomas Jr.
By Tyrone Thomas Jr.
Let me keep it one hundred, because that's the only way I know how to be.
We scroll through feeds flooded with AI-generated posts, AI-written "news," AI-crafted "wisdom"—and we call that progress?
I am not mad at the technology. I sometimes use tools to sharpen my message, the same as I'd use a hammer to build a house. But when the majority of what we see, read, and hear isn't coming from a human heart, a lived experience, or a soul that's walked through fires of life … what are we really building?
AI transforming healthcare, banking, education and even democracy .... Cool. But where's the transformation in how we treat each other?
Where's the surge in brotherly love?
Where's the collective commitment to being our brothers and sisters' keepers?
I see more algorithms deciding what we believe and less attention to elders passing down truth. I see more engagement on distraction than on destiny.
And don't get me started on the ssuperficiality issue or "trending topics."
I see more algorithms deciding what we believe and less attention to elders passing down truth. I see more engagement on distraction than on destiny.
And don't get me started on the ssuperficiality issue or "trending topics."
Barefoot boots and Japanese head spas while communities are fracturing, young people are lost. And while our ancestors are whispering, "Please dont forget to remember who you are" We prioritizing aesthetics over ancestry and convenience over covenant.
I believe Africa isn't "emerging"—she's remembering. And if we're not careful, AI noise is going to drown out the drum that calls us home. Not because the tech is evil, but because we keep outsourcing our voice, our vision, our very humanity to systems that don't love us, don't know us, and weren't designed to protect us.
I speak this not to be controversial. But because my heart won't let me stay silent. If we're moving "forward," let it be toward greater love. Toward authentic conversation. Toward spaces—digital and physical—where our truth can breathe without being scraped, sold, or synthesized, muted , white-washed or sensered .
Legacy or humanity isn't built by bots. Liberation or love for one another cannot be coded by technology, and freedom will never be the top priority of capatalist corporations. These things can only be created by us. Hand to hand. Heart to heart. Truth to truth.
So today, I'm asking: What are you creating that no algorithm or coporation could replicate? What love are you pouring out that no dataset could predict? What good deed will you do today to help someone in need?
Let's talk. For real.
— Tyrone Thomas
Co-Founder, Blaqsbi.com & Founder Cashback Invest Global
Building ecosystems where value, voice, and vision circulate throughout our community.
Co-Founder, Blaqsbi.com & Founder Cashback Invest Global
Building ecosystems where value, voice, and vision circulate throughout our community.
P.S. These thoughts came from my spirit.. not AI...
