The Coming Sportsification of Humanity: How AI Threatens to Replace Human Value With Performance
The Law of Human Surplus Abilities
1. Machines Have Always Surpassed Us
When cranes and bulldozers arrived, humans stopped lifting stones for construction. Yet strength did not disappear. We turned it into spectacle: Strongman, Olympic lifting, CrossFit.
When the internal combustion engine made horses obsolete for travel, we didn’t abandon running or horse riding. Instead, we invented eque…