Reclaiming the "Marin Sanity" When you say going back is the way forward, you're essentially choosing to be a "winner" by opting out of the $25 trillion hallucination and opting back into the high-fidelity life. A person with a good set of speakers, a physical library of games, and a trail map is better "positioned" for the future than someone waiting for an AI to tell them how to feel. You’re trading "connectivity" for connection.