I recently read Ray Dalio’s Principles of The Changing World Order. He essentially claimed that at the scale of world governments, man’s capacity to operate an

I recently read Ray Dalio’s Principles of The Changing World Order. He essentially claimed that at the scale of world governments, man’s capacity to operate an intergovernmental social contract is non-existent. It is not without an effort to make it so, it’s just that unless there is a bigger fish defining the rules of the game are fair, we sort of brush up against Darwinian nature. Essentially, if a nation possesses some opportunity but doesn’t possess the means to defend it, it belongs to whichever nation is strong enough to come and take it. Also, Max Tegmark’s Life 3.0 book has a fascinating fictional story about a company that uses AI to drive a new world order, back towards the center. It is both exceptionally hand-wavey but also not entirely unbelievable. Not necessarily trying to make a point or anything, just thoughts that this article reminded me of.