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Today, I\u2019m about to take the stage at one of Asia\u2019s biggest human resources conferences\u2014alongside one of my personal idols, physicist Dr. Michio Kaku.<\/p>\n

My talk will be about how we\u2019ve used AI at Mindvalley to accelerate productivity, creativity, and innovation. It\u2019s a story that\u2019s made our company an academic case study in AI transformation.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll also address something darker\u2014something that\u2019s hijacking our minds, our votes, and our shared humanity.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the way AI is being used not to elevate us\u2014but to divide us.<\/p>\n

We see it every time we open TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube and get served content that perfectly matches our outrage.<\/p>\n

So today\u2019s newsletter is about this darker side of AI.
It\u2019s about how AI is being weaponized to divide society.<\/p>\n

And how ALL of us, but the immigrant and the person marching to get them out \u2013 are both being hijacked to serve a greater political purpose.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s begin with the algorithm<\/h2>\n

Not the kind that builds robots.<\/p>\n

The kind that feeds you headlines. Curates your outrage. Hijacks your empathy.<\/p>\n

The kind that fuels TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and X.<\/p>\n

These algorithms don\u2019t just reflect your beliefs.
They sculpt<\/strong> them.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the uncomfortable truth:<\/p>\n

AI doesn\u2019t care about democracy.
AI cares about dopamine.<\/p>\n

It optimizes for one thing: engagement.
And the fastest way to get engagement?<\/p>\n

Fear.
Outrage.
Division.<\/p>\n

So what do we get?
Not truth.
Not nuance.
We get emotional bait.<\/p>\n

Headlines like:<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump ends the H1B Visa program.\u201d
\u201cDemocrats halt the government because they want healthcare for illegals.\u201d<\/p>\n

And who benefits from this firehose of emotional manipulation?<\/p>\n

Not the wise.
Not the kind.<\/p>\n

But those most willing to say anything, no matter the cost.<\/p>\n

And right now, the cost is being paid by immigrants. The very people we once promised to welcome, protect, and uplift.<\/p>\n

America: the immigrant myth<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s start with the United States, where this lie has taken root the deepest.<\/p>\n

In his recent speech at the United Nations, Trump declared that the U.S. government is being shut down because Democrats want to give healthcare to illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n

Sounds outrageous, right?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what he doesn\u2019t tell you:<\/p>\n

The actual portion of the U.S. healthcare budget that goes to undocumented immigrants?<\/strong><\/p>\n

< 1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a typo. Emergency Medicaid expenditures for undocumented immigrants are estimated to be less than 1% of Medicaid\u2019s total spending.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s for emergencies\u2014like if someone is bleeding out on a highway after getting hit by a car. The American way is to save a life.<\/p>\n

The alternative? Let them die.<\/p>\n

But 1% is still something, right? That could be going to regular Americans. How dare those undocumented folks leech off tax-paying Americans?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s the other great myth that the White House is perpetuating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Far from draining the system, undocumented immigrants contribute $97 billion in taxes annually<\/strong>\u2014equivalent to the tax output of the entire state of Ohio.<\/p>\n

Yes, you read that right. The average undocumented immigrant in America actually contributes between $8K to $10K a YEAR in tax revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now imagine everyone in Ohio being told they\u2019re not allowed to access any healthcare\u2014even emergency care\u2014despite paying taxes.<\/p>\n

And when people say, \u201cWell, they came here illegally,\u201d<\/em> let\u2019s talk history:<\/p>\n

For decades, the U.S. had a rotating door<\/strong> policy with Mexico.
Undocumented labor was quietly welcomed<\/em> to do the jobs Americans wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Reagan tolerated it.
Bush tolerated it.<\/p>\n

It only became a \u201ccrisis\u201d when fear became a campaign strategy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I want to be very clear, I\u2019m not suggesting we allow illegal immigrants into countries; countries have border policies for a reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n

America spends $25 billion in budgeted per year on policing its border. What I am against is the villainization of undocumented migrants, the tearing apart of their families, people not having the right to due process and fair trial, because these are tactics that dictators use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a conscious civilized society, we need to be very, very aware of these tactics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama himself deported $3M people from the United but it was done with due process \u2013 there are fairer, safer ways to deal with illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n

But before we move on, let\u2019s talk about crime. Trump has been suggesting that undocumented immigrants contribute vastly to crime. Data from the Cato Institute tells another story.<\/p>\n