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The note about technology increasing winner-take-all systems is important, and one that has applied throughout human history; technology has always run ahead of
by bbctol 10y ago
The note about technology increasing winner-take-all systems is important, and one that has applied throughout human history; technology has always run ahead of our normal capacity for work, so that by increasing the power of any individual, it ends up increasing the power of whatever individual is lucky enough to be the first to hit it big. More lines of communication and the encroachment of AI onto more industries could push this issue into true unsustainability, with the one hardworking pioneer lucky enough to capture the market owning more means of production than ever.
- HUSSTECH 10y agoI do not think it is possible for me to agree with you more! I've always had a hard time trying to articulate it as well as that however. I came at it from a rather clumsy angle of damage/destruction. Imagine 500 years ago, how much damage could one person do to others. Now as humans have become so much more efficient in almost every aspect, how much damage could be done by a single person? An erratic leader with nukes, a big global tech company running essential services, or even heads of financial institutions and the monetary supply. One wrong move, even if accidental, can be amplified so much in this day and age.