I recently rewatched Limitless (2011), a glossy sci-fi thriller that feels eerily relevant in our current AI-obsessed moment. On the surface, it’s a story about a miracle drug that unlocks superhuman intelligence. But underneath, it’s a meditation on the moral cost of instant mastery.
In the age of artificial intelligence — where creativity, scholarship, and even spirituality are increasingly outsourced — Limitless becomes a mirror. It invites us to ask not what we can achieve, but what we might abandon along the way.
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