Merry Christmas.
I planned to write another recap of the best gadgets of the year. I was going to talk about the leaps in AI or the hardware flops. But honestly? I’m tired.
And looking around the internet, I think you are tired too.
Let’s be brutally honest. 2025 has been a vicious year.
It has been tough for a lot of people, offline and on. But specifically, online interactions have devolved into something unrecognizable. It feels like we are living in a constant state of digital warfare. You cannot disagree about even the slightest thing without it spiraling into an endless slew of hate messages.
Nuance is dead. Context is ignored. If you aren’t 100% with me, you are 100% my enemy.
And look, I am not standing on a pedestal here. I am guilty of it too.
I have fired off replies I should not have. I have let a stranger’s bad take ruin my morning. I have participated in the noise because, in the moment, it feels like winning. But it is not winning. It is just pollution.
We have spent the last 365 days screaming into the void while hoping to hurt people we will never meet.
So here is my Christmas wish and my challenge for 2026.
Take a step back.
We do not have to hate each other. We do not have to turn every comment section into a gladiator arena. We are allowing algorithms to trick us into thinking our neighbors are monsters just because they view the world slightly differently.
Think of the possibilities if we stopped.
Think of what we could build, create, or solve if we reclaimed the energy we waste on being angry. Think of how much better your day would be if you read a disagreement, shrugged, and just kept scrolling.
I am going to try harder in 2026. I hope you do too.
Eat some food. Hug your family. Pet your dog or cat. Log off for a bit.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Tony
