Why TGG Is Betting on Pickleball to Fight AI-Induced Brain Rot – John Lau’s Warning

Why TGG Is Betting on Pickleball to Fight AI-Induced Brain Rot – John Lau’s Warning

At TGG, we don’t just invest in the future — we protect the human operating system.

That’s why, when contributing editor John Lau dropped his latest bombshell at Solomon Grey Capital — “The Rise of AI and the Decline of Human Intelligence: Are We Accelerating Toward Primitivism?” — we didn’t flinch. We nodded.

Because John isn’t fearmongering. He’s citing hard data:

• MRI scans show thinner prefrontal cortex in heavy AI users (Stanford, 2024)

• Teens using AI homework tools score 12–18% lower on fluid intelligence (Nature, 2023)

• By 2030, 85 million jobs lost to automation — mostly middle-IQ cognitive roles (WEF)

The verdict? Cognitive offloading = neural atrophy. We’re getting faster… but hollow.

Enter LIT Sports Global: TGG’s Counter-Play

Last month, TGG launched LIT Sports Global — acquiring the TLP Pickleball Club and signing three Hong Kong pros to build Asia’s premier pickleball academy.

This isn’t a side hustle.

It’s a strategic antidote.

A 2024 Lancet study found moderate racket sports like pickleball reduce cognitive decline risk by 15% — via neurogenesis, social bonding, and executive function training.

Even the AI elite agree:

“Pickleball keeps me fit at 70.” – Bill Gates
“It will crush tennis.” – Elon Musk (2023)
– Jeff Bezos: Private court on $75M yacht
– Mark Zuckerberg: Installed in Palo Alto compound

The TGG Thesis

AI scales productivity.
Pickleball scales human resilience.

Together?
A generation that thinks harder and moves harder — even in a world of neural earbuds and skill-injection implants.

John Lau calls it:

“The red pill is daily discipline — to think harder than the machine, and move harder against the inertia it breeds.”

At TGG, we’re building the court.