Not every human problem has a solution yet, but almost all now seem to have an app, a dashboard or an artificial intelligence “assistant.” Men and women, young and old, are turning to algorithms to escape loneliness, fix relationship problems, write essays, pick movies, check medical symptoms and even compose love letters. The danger is not innovation itself, but how ordinary people across the world are quietly allowing science and technology to monopolize their idea of progress while sidelining culture, friendship, memory, music and meaning.