We successfully pulled off Phase One of The Great Progression book project and now head into to Phase Two with reporting in China and Europe and deep-dive interviews with experts from many fields
The one thing that worries me is privilege. Will the 1% want the company of the other 99% of us? I think not, so how will we the 99% position ourselves to reap the benefits of this new era?
Do you sit around and imagine ways for the future to be bad? It is a serious question.
And another serious questions is, why do so many people obsess over inequality (oppressors v oppressed)?
Humans as individuals and groups have never had equality - there have always been oppressors of some sort. The USA really represents the first time that the majority, and now much of the minority, have even had an equal opportunity... and that system, meritocracy, is under attack. But, when have the 1% ever not existed?
Do you think the 1% are the ones creating these recent and upcoming AI advances? I assure you they are not. Perhaps the developers and owners will be the new 1%, but i doubt the existing 1% will let themselves be easily replaced...
BTW, AI isn't just emerging in the US. As is typical, since the success of the printing press, innovation related to a selected specialty is emerging in multiple spaces (in this case, Europe, China, US, Russia, maybe Israel).
Plus, this is an area of technology where open source has a hand in the game. Meta is using significant resources to enable "open source AI" - available to the world... which is how MIT approaches everything (don't lightly dismiss their significant contributions to open source).
Tangent to the 1%, the "laws of nature" introduce inequality - we are all born with different and unique abilities. No two people have ever had the same abilities. That matters. Are we going to try to change the laws of nature (physics, chemistry, biology)? We are far from understanding the human DNA well enough for those hacks...
Another thing related to the 1% is sheer luck. Having a great ability in an era when the talent has no value, well, that is bad luck. More bad luck is being born in a time when your talent matters, but you dwell in a place where it doesn't matter.
I'm trying to defend my statement that the 1% has always existed.
So, why worry about it? I personally think that they players will insure the 1% continue to exist and as a byproduct, the rest of us will benefit. Then someone that wants political power will come along and start their mantra, "you are being oppressed"...
No, I never have the sense you are negative. I find your thoughts to be informative . In fact, I get a good deal of comfort from “So, why worry about it?”. I suspect that even though you are better informed about matters that are important to me, we are more alike than different or maybe I’m being optimistic…
i have a clear bias toward optimism. On trait "neuroticism" of my Big5/OCEAN profile, i'm a 3 (rarely have negative feelings, anger, fear, etc.). so maybe i'm overly optimistic...
Inspiring to say the least.
Great news and a fantastic opportunity.
I wish you well both with your writing and travels
congrats
Good luck. Hope your book sells and the ideas spread
The one thing that worries me is privilege. Will the 1% want the company of the other 99% of us? I think not, so how will we the 99% position ourselves to reap the benefits of this new era?
Do you sit around and imagine ways for the future to be bad? It is a serious question.
And another serious questions is, why do so many people obsess over inequality (oppressors v oppressed)?
Humans as individuals and groups have never had equality - there have always been oppressors of some sort. The USA really represents the first time that the majority, and now much of the minority, have even had an equal opportunity... and that system, meritocracy, is under attack. But, when have the 1% ever not existed?
Do you think the 1% are the ones creating these recent and upcoming AI advances? I assure you they are not. Perhaps the developers and owners will be the new 1%, but i doubt the existing 1% will let themselves be easily replaced...
BTW, AI isn't just emerging in the US. As is typical, since the success of the printing press, innovation related to a selected specialty is emerging in multiple spaces (in this case, Europe, China, US, Russia, maybe Israel).
Plus, this is an area of technology where open source has a hand in the game. Meta is using significant resources to enable "open source AI" - available to the world... which is how MIT approaches everything (don't lightly dismiss their significant contributions to open source).
Tangent to the 1%, the "laws of nature" introduce inequality - we are all born with different and unique abilities. No two people have ever had the same abilities. That matters. Are we going to try to change the laws of nature (physics, chemistry, biology)? We are far from understanding the human DNA well enough for those hacks...
Another thing related to the 1% is sheer luck. Having a great ability in an era when the talent has no value, well, that is bad luck. More bad luck is being born in a time when your talent matters, but you dwell in a place where it doesn't matter.
I'm trying to defend my statement that the 1% has always existed.
So, why worry about it? I personally think that they players will insure the 1% continue to exist and as a byproduct, the rest of us will benefit. Then someone that wants political power will come along and start their mantra, "you are being oppressed"...
or maybe i'm being negative...
No, I never have the sense you are negative. I find your thoughts to be informative . In fact, I get a good deal of comfort from “So, why worry about it?”. I suspect that even though you are better informed about matters that are important to me, we are more alike than different or maybe I’m being optimistic…
optimism is preferred!!
i have a clear bias toward optimism. On trait "neuroticism" of my Big5/OCEAN profile, i'm a 3 (rarely have negative feelings, anger, fear, etc.). so maybe i'm overly optimistic...