PAUL LIST AUTHOR OF "MOUNT DOOM"

Guest Available: Paul List - Author, Philosopher, Culture Commentator on the Impact of AI on Humanity 

 Imagine waking up in the year 2030 to a world with only 100 million people. That's smaller than Japan's current population.

Not because of war, not because of disease—but because we let machines do what only humans should.

Imagine a society where family formation is rare, creativity is outsourced and even love itself is simulated… all quietly engineered by an algorithm that doesn’t sleep, doesn’t feel, and doesn’t care.

This isn't just science fiction. This is happening in real time.  

Countries like Japan, South Korea, and China experiencing population declines, due to their ai controlled economy.  Research shows that AI will impact mostly women and urban workers, seeing their jobs overtaken and replaced by ai, thus leading to family collapse due to their inability to economically support families. 

But there's so much more.

  Paul List, Catholic, self-educated philosopher, and author of the anti-AI cultural exposé Mount Doom, is sounding a warning siren not merely about technology—but about a civilizational drift into digital captivity.

With a penetrating analysis of AI’s role in weakening human flourishing, List lays out five distinct pathways through which artificial intelligence is accelerating social decay and population collapse.

#1 - Illusion – AI disconnects us from God's design.

List argues AI is replacing creation with simulation. What was once divine—a tree, a body, a soul—is now offered back to us as pixels, avatars, and algorithms. “A human cut off from the beauty of creation,” he says, “rarely seeks the Creator.” It's a counterfeit world, and too many are buying it. 

#2 - Collapse – AI undermines real relationships and the family.

In the name of convenience, AI is quietly erasing the human bond. Real connection is swapped for interaction with machines. List warns that this shift doesn’t just end dinner table conversations—it ends families, ends births, and eventually ends civilizations. The breakdown starts here.

#3 -Deceit – AI pushes transhumanism with a false promise.

With sleek tech and seductive marketing, AI invites people to “upgrade” their humanity. But Paul List calls transhumanism “spiritual suicide,” saying that machines can't inherit souls, and the soul won't follow a chip into the void. “The eternal promise,” he says, “belongs to the living, not the coded.”

#4 - Decay – AI weakens minds and kills creativity.

As machines do more thinking, humans do less. Paul sees a crisis of competence—where natural intelligence atrophies and unique God-given gifts are cast aside. The Machine doesn’t just steal our jobs; it steals our purpose. “We stop learning. We stop giving. We start slipping into shadows.”

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#5 - Sterility – AI leads us away from love and toward empty pleasure.

With robotics and VR trending toward intimate surrogates, List predicts a disturbing wave of “auto-sexual” dysfunction. “We are replacing the sacred act of procreation with hollow pleasure,” he says. “This is not evolution—it’s extinction by design.” Disconnecting sex from love and life is more than tragic—it’s terminal.

Paul List isn’t bringing platitudes—he’s bringing clarity. Audiences will resonate with his grounded Catholic vision, his brutal honesty, and his conviction that the only antidote to digital decay is cultural renewal anchored in virtue, faith, truth, and human dignity.

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- Author Paul List

In an era dominated by technological acceleration, Author Paul List emerges as a critical voice questioning the direction of our digital evolution.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our lives—from the classroom to the operating room—List warns that unchecked innovation may lead us beyond enhancement and into existential crisis.  

With the rise of transhumanist ideology, which promotes merging the human body with machines, the line between man and machine begins to blur—and Paul List is calling us to draw that line before it disappears entirely.

 In a recent compelling interview with Joe McClane, Author Paul List discussed in depth The CLEAR & Present Dangers of Artificial Intelligence and how he believes, World Renowned Author J.R.R. Tolkien actually sounded the alarm on transhumanism and AI.

“Frankly, AI is the biblical beast here to deceive, destroy, and create an alternative reality,” says List echoing a perspective that is both spiritually grounded and philosophically urgent. His upcoming book tour and media appearances delve into the moral and metaphysical implications of AI and transhumanist ambitions. At a time when Big Tech champions synthetic consciousness and digital immortality, List urges a collective reexamination of what it means to be human.

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"Ai is here to deceive destroy and create an alternative reality"

More than just a critic of technology, Paul List is a champion of the human soul. He highlights how AI, in replacing human intuition, empathy, and creativity, risks ushering in a civilization without substance or spirit. “AI leads us into a soulless void,” he warns, emphasizing the spiritual cost of replacing lived reality with algorithmic simulation. His arguments resonate deeply in a culture increasingly detached from authenticity and emotional depth. Paul List’s message is especially poignant for faith communities, educators, and ethicists who see the rapid march of AI not as progress, but as peril. He speaks not only to the religious symbolism of a coming beast but to the real-world consequences of delegating power to machines that do not—and cannot—comprehend humanity’s divine spark. In his view, transhumanism is not merely a scientific dream, but a philosophical threat to the sacred nature of personhood.  

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