Hal ElrodCreator of The Miracle Morning, Personal & Professional Success Coach

Return to Real: The Counter Movement From The Digital World

31 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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A growing counter-movement called Return to Real pushes back against AI acceleration and digital dependency, favoring intentional, embodied living over screen-based abstraction. The movement rejects convenience technologies like Uber Eats and Netflix that minimize human contact and agency in favor of real-world connection and deliberate choices.

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Return to Real is this movement that's taking shape in the world, that there is a segment of the world that's recognizing that the path we're on is unsustainable, that the AI acceleration that's taking place right now does not produce a desirable outcome. It perhaps leaves much to be desired and is forcing us to make intentional choices in our life. You are not analog with intention. You are digital by default, which means if you are not intentionally making choices in your life, we'll live a life where Uber Eats delivers everything you need to your doorstep. You don't have to leave your home, you get all your entertainment through Netflix and streaming services. You do not need to have any form of contact with the outside world or humanity. And you can live your life by abstraction, through proxy, through a screen. Return to Real is the counter revolutionary movement that's taking place right now where there's a segment of the world that's recognizing that they do not want that outcome and there's a craving for everything that we're describing. And that's what Return to Real is.