This is how I communicate

When Experience Loses Its Voice in the Age of Algorithms

I’m no football expert or sports expert, but this is how I see it.

When I watched Aaron Rodgers walk out of that press conference, it felt like a moment much bigger than football. What struck me wasn’t anger or attitude—it was fatigue. The kind that comes from spending a lifetime mastering something, only to have it constantly reduced to sound bites and talking points by people who’ve never lived it.

Rodgers wasn’t pushing back against accountability. He was pushing back against a media culture where opinions now matter more than experience. Where influencers and commentators—many of whom have never played at a high level, never dealt with the injuries, pressure, or sacrifices—speak with absolute certainty about coaching, leadership, and performance. Today it’s less about understanding the game and more about driving clicks, views, and engagement.

Rodgers is old enough to see the difference. He came up in a time when analysis was slower, often more informed and respectful, and usually done by people who had actually been in the locker room. Now, narratives get recycled endlessly by people chasing attention, not truth. Walking out felt like his way of saying, I’m done pretending this conversation is serious.

That same disconnect shows up well beyond football.

In today’s sports debates—especially around transgender athletes—the loudest voices are often the furthest removed from the grind of competitive sports. The discussion isn’t really about fairness. It’s about who gets to decide, and who is expected to quietly absorb the consequences of those decisions.

From the perspective of girls competing at high levels, reaching college or professional sports usually represents 15 to 20 years of relentless work. It’s sacrifice, injuries, pressure, and commitment—not just from the athlete, but from entire families who organized their lives around that goal. When people with no skin in the game dismiss those realities, frustration is inevitable.

I think there’s a practical solution that doesn’t rely on hostility or disrespect.

Allow transgender athletes to compete—but create a separate competitive category, especially in individual sports like swimming, track, golf, cycling, and similar events. Keep records, times, rankings, and awards tracked separately. Provide separate changing rooms and locker room facilities so privacy and comfort are respected for everyone involved.

That approach allows participation and recognition without pretending that biology, long-term training paths, and lived experience don’t matter. It respects effort without asking one group to silently give something up for another.

And this goes far beyond sports. Across almost every topic now, social media is shaping public opinion faster than common sense and lived reality can keep up. Algorithms reward outrage, certainty, and volume—not understanding. The most confident voices rise to the top, while the most experienced are drowned out.

If we think this problem is bad now, AI will take it into hyperspace. When machines can generate endless opinions, talking points, and emotional narratives at scale, the line between informed judgment and manufactured consensus gets thinner and thinner. Without grounding ourselves in experience, common sense, and reality, we risk letting algorithms—not wisdom—decide what we believe.

That’s not just a media problem anymore. It’s a warning.