We rely on digital technologies, greatly empowered by AI, to communicate and supply our knowledge, to cultivate and curate our relationships, to occupy and entertain us, to organize our activities, to filter our choices, and, increasingly, to make our decisions. While their benefits are legion, our growing reliance on digital technologies leaves us with underdeveloped internal resources, including the capacity for self-direction and the thoughtful reflection it is grounded upon. Widespread and growing dependence on these technologies is eroding human agency and undermining practical judgment. As the digital world enjoys continuous upgrading, now greatly accelerated by AI, human beings are threatened with a precipitous downgrading. In the face of this trend, we need to fortify human agency and cultivate the practical judgment that puts it to good use.