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Insightful read and an interesting thought experiment. Unfortunately, executing this in reality is much harder than it seems. While he rightly observes that t
by altern8tif 10y ago
Insightful read and an interesting thought experiment. Unfortunately, executing this in reality is much harder than it seems.
While he rightly observes that the new order will largely be built on supranationals (like Google & Facebook), it is still difficult to run away from nationalistic & economic realities (Brexit is a case in point).
Different nations, states, regions and people are experiencing growth at vastly different rates (in the old order). And it is this widening gap between the haves and the have-nots that is preventing us from achieving the utopia the author speaks about.
We see this in the US, the UK (as seen in Brexit poll results), Europe in general (with Eastern Europeans moving west in search of opportunities), and also in Asia (which sees a growing gap between the affluent and those left behind).
It's well and good to think about ideals, but the real question is really what is the route we must take (and the obstacles we have to overcome) to reach that objective.