This is actually what Ted Kaczynski said.

He argued that most people spend their time engaged in ultimately unfulfilling pursuits to cope with these abnormal conditions; he called these “surrogate activities”, wherein people strive toward artificial goals, including scientific work, consumption of entertainment, political activism, and following sports teams. Kaczynski states people do “surrogate activities” to satisfy the “power process” in which people strive to be independent and to achieve power over themselves.

He predicted that technological advances would lead to extensive and ultimately oppressive forms of human control, including genetic engineering, and that human beings would be adjusted to meet the needs of social systems rather than vice versa.

In the end, Kaczynski predicted that with the rise of artificial superintelligence, the mass of the population would become a “useless burden on the system”, and the elite would either keep them in a genetically manipulated state of subservience or eliminate them altogether.

This guy had a high IQ and studied in elite universities. I‘m not advocating his actions (killing people) but see his strong forewardthinking. I hope humankind doesn‘t walk the dark path ge described.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

„I known that I don’t know the unknowns“ is even more valuable. This sentence can be said by mastery only. See the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

That’s vibe coding bugging

Wow, can the Tech-Bros bridge the Democrats-Republican-Divide in US? Everyone hates these Uberrich oligarchs (how we call them in Germany „way-too-rich“)

I mean their entire life is running on autopilot. No idea who they are and what they wanna do with their being. Hard questions with possibly tough outcomes. It’s way easier to wander your mind then to focus on your life.

Indeed. Most run on autopilot.

In my German region are many family names called „Lange“ „Langer“ „Langes“ which means tall guy.

I just heard a nice comparision:

• 1 USD equals 1 second
• 1 Million USD is 12 days
• 1 Billion USD is 32 years

If a standard US citizen owns 500.000 in average - this is 6 days vs. Larry Page (120 B) with 3,840 years

And if you think about how the fck they live in such a underfucked placed - take a look here https://maps.app.goo.gl/Zk4pHQMXMp2La2id8

And still we can influence the borders of our thinking. „Willenskraft“ or the power of will is something that only humans have.

You are not the hostage of your genes and your environment. It’s a game of will over the sidelines.

I don’t care.

You might be interested in Kondratiev Cycle‘s. Those cycles are running 30-50 years. We are in the end phase of the IT cycle and begin of a new one. At the peak of those cycle‘s were always market dominating companies. Many of them were broken up by governments.

I assume the new is about regenerative energy and material production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave

One of my most memorable moments were at Urumqi 2006. A town in China were me as a Westener felt absolutely alien. Street and shop signs were in Chinese letters, Russian letters and Islamic letters. No chance to get an idea.

And over there my Visa debit card stopped working at the ATM‘s. I quickly ran out of money. And my visa needed an extension. And I needed money to get it and my passport back. And I had just a single box of salty crackers left. But I got out of the muddle ;)

And everyone is doing selfies and streaming the landscape instead of watching itself. It‘s like being in a country just for the audience.

That was already visible with digital pocket cameras around late 90ies. Cost of photgraphy went to zero.

Not class warfare but political/ ideology warfare is already out there.

Congrats.

Sorry to say but there‘s a hiccup in your thinking: How can you know you would miss it, if you don’t know it?

I don’t know of I‘d miss skydiving, if I miss diving, if I miss flying or even racing. Because I never did it. Still I don’t miss it.

Im happy with it. Better than 中国 or .مصر No idea how to read nor how to speak it out.

Hete is the book about the entire story. Well written by a journalist and a scientist. This Sky Disc rewrote many assumptions of the bronze age in Europa.

E.g. Still they don’t know how they could figure out the stars as it is too cloudy in Europe for those observations. They assume a very ancient trade connection to the Middle East where those star images where known already. And some of the gold for the star decorations where from England and Turkey (if I remember correctly) Worth a read :)

https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Disc-of-Nebra-Plaque/dp/B00A4N7QLE

Do you know the Nebra Sky Disk? This one has a nice science trail. The book about it is awesome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disc