Algorithms Are Controlling Us – and Humanity is at Risk

The internet was supposed to be a tool of empowerment - connecting people, enabling free expression, and creating opportunities without barriers. Instead, we’ve handed control over to algorithms we don’t understand, can’t see, and didn’t vote for.

Every day, billions of people live inside digital systems that decide:

>>> What we see and what is hidden.

>>> Whose voices are amplified and whose are silenced.

>>> What gets attention, and what disappears into the void.

These algorithms aren’t neutral. They are designed for profit, not progress. They reward outrage over truth, distraction over focus, and consumption over action. In doing so, they are fragmenting society, distorting democracy, damaging mental health, and eroding trust at every level.

This is more than inefficiency. It’s a systemic danger to humanity’s ability to think, act, and collaborate freely.

Impact if We Don’t Act

>>> Critical voices and messages go unheard.

>>> Progress slows because meaningful ideas get drowned out.

>>> Societies polarise and lose the ability to solve problems together.

>>> Individuals lose agency over their own lives.

So what are we going to do about this massive problem?