Funny, that. The industrial revolution brought very real problems and caused very real suffering. True, humanity doesn't die, it just changes, but that's cold c

Funny, that. The industrial revolution brought very real problems and caused very real suffering. True, humanity doesn't die, it just changes, but that's cold comfort to significant chunks of humanity that die precisely because of those changes. It reminds me of something I read yesterday: "Capitalism was so cruel and brutal 100 years ago that people came up with an even worse solution, communism. Rather than make compromises that would take the wind out of communism's sails, the 1 percent of the day decided to back fascism. This caused a war so catastrophic that the 1 percent understood they had no choice but to accept reforms that would make life bearable for regular people. "Then communism collapsed, taking the daily threat of nuclear war with it. Today's 1 percent should be thanking God they got out of the 20th century alive and vowing never to make those mistakes again. Instead they've decided to make every mistake again and turn capitalism back into something that human beings cannot live with. It's from an article[1] by Jon Schwarz in The Intercept, about Donald Trump's victory, but that little bit resonated strongly with me. It's becoming increasingly obvious that something about capitalism needs to change; I'm not sure what, but we can all see effects everywhere around us. The Web Summit is just one more example of what happens when you live in a system that focuses solely on optimizing one variable at the expense of all others. [1]: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/09/donald-trump-will-be-president-this-is-what-we-do-next/ https://theintercept.com/2016/11/09/donald-trump-will-be-pre...