AI doesn't eliminate navigation in digital products—it delegates it to invisible algorithmic systems. This shift transforms users from active navigators into passive recipients, potentially causing cognitive debt through the loss of formative practices like searching, comparing, and organizing information. Drawing on Bernard Stiegler's concept of pharmakon, the essay argues that technology is simultaneously remedy and poison, requiring a therapeutic approach to design that restores navigation's formative value while mitigating the risks of cognitive atrophy and algorithmic opacity.
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