Top Ten Truths We Need to Remember

There’s no shortage of noise out there.

Every app, feed, podcast, and poorly lit YouTube rant is trying to tell you what matters most right now. Some new pill. Some new crisis. Some loud man with a neck vein threatening to pop because someone asked him to respect pronouns.

But let’s stop the scroll for a second.

What are the actual top ten things humanity should know right now? Not the TikTok wisdom. Not the AI-generated motivational fluff. Not the bedtime story billionaires tell themselves before firing another thousand people over Zoom.

I’m talking about the real stuff. The stuff we feel in our guts. The stuff we pretend we don’t know because knowing it would mean we have to change. Or care. Or give up something comfortable.

Here they are. Ten inconvenient truths. Tattoo them on your spine.

1. Convenience is not wisdom.
We’ve mistaken “easy” for “good.” We want our news in 15-second clips, our meals microwaved, and our morals pre-chewed. But truth isn’t drive-thru. Wisdom comes from sitting in the discomfort, not skipping past it like a Spotify ad. Life takes work. That’s not a punishment. That’s the point.

2. AI isn’t the problem. Idiots with AI are.
Look, AI didn’t wake up one day and decide to write bad screenplays and fake legal briefs. Humans did that. Dumb, greedy, short-sighted humans with too much funding and not enough ethics. If you’re scared of AI, don’t unplug the server—unplug the narcissist running the launch team.

3. Loneliness is killing us softly. And loudly.
We live in a world where we have 500 “friends” and nobody to call when it all falls apart. That’s not connection. That’s a dopamine trap. We weren’t built to live alone, scroll alone, cry alone. Humans are pack animals pretending to be lone wolves. It’s not working.

4. Billionaires are not your North Star.
If your goal in life is to “be like Elon,” you’ve misunderstood the assignment. Most billionaires didn’t build anything—they bought it, exploited it, or inherited it. And then they hired PR teams to spin it like a hero’s journey. Admire skill? Fine. But don't confuse a big number with a big heart.

5. Climate change isn’t a future horror movie. It’s a live-action docuseries.
It’s already here. It’s the mold in your basement, the wildfire on the horizon, the once-in-a-century flood happening every six months. You don’t need a science degree. You just need eyes. This is the part of the movie where the audience starts yelling “Do something!” And we’re the ones on screen.

6. Democracy is not self-cleaning.
It’s messy. It’s hard. It requires more than bumper sticker politics and voting every four years. If you think it’ll just fix itself while you binge old Friends episodes, you’re already in the credits scene of a cautionary tale. Engage. Or get ruled by the people who show up angry and organized.

7. Sugar is the slow death we keep spooning into our coffee.
They lied. Again. It wasn’t bacon. It wasn’t eggs. It was the 42 grams of added sugar in your “healthy” yogurt. And the breakfast bar. And the “energy” drink. If food labels told the truth, they’d just say: This will kill you slower than heroin, but with better branding.

8. Mental health isn’t fixed with a candle and a gratitude list.
Meditation’s great. So is walking. But let’s stop acting like a Himalayan salt lamp is going to cure trauma. Sometimes you need therapy. Sometimes medication. Sometimes it’s cutting off the people who broke you. It’s messy. It’s real. And it doesn’t look like an influencer’s morning routine.

9. History doesn’t repeat, but holy hell does it rhyme.
We’ve got fascists quoting the Constitution while gutting it. We’ve got cults of personality, demonization of facts, and people applauding it like it’s the encore to a Kid Rock concert. The past isn’t even past. It’s just wearing new merch. Learn the damn lyrics before you sing along.

10. You are not your productivity score.
You are not your job title. You are not your follower count. You are not your retirement account balance. You are who you love. How you treat strangers. What you do when no one’s keeping score. The rest is just a costume.

We’re not doomed. Not yet. But we’re playing chicken with a cliff.

The good news? We can still turn the wheel. But it’s gonna take more than affirmations and avocado toast. It’s going to take people waking up, showing up, and remembering that humanity wasn’t built on hashtags. It was built on connection, honesty, effort, and the occasional well-placed middle finger to power.

We don’t need new truths. We just need to stop ignoring the ones we already know.

And maybe, just maybe, act like they matter.

If this hit something in you—good. That’s what it’s for. Drop a comment. Share it with someone who needs to be shaken awake. And if you’re one of the few still out here trying to be human in a world that keeps rewarding robots, you’ve got my respect.
—JH, The Proud Boomer