While AI algorithms accelerate global productivity and streamline daily choices, they also quietly disincentivize deep thinking, delay cognitive struggle, and discourage reflection. According to a 2024 OECD report, nearly 27% of jobs in advanced economies are susceptible to automation—not just manual labor, but also roles once requiring high-level judgment and creativity. The neuroplasticity once stimulated by challenge and uncertainty is increasingly outsourced to machines trained on patterns we no longer attempt to understand ourselves...