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Each generation has less share of the overall wealth than the previous generation. When does the hopeful idealism convert into positive material change?

infamouscow 4y ago
History books are quite clear about this. When all other options are exhausted, violence has a way of presenting new ones.
- ThorsBane 4y ago
  Violence is almost never a rational choice because it is the last choice. It is a final choice. There are thousands of possible branches still remaining to individuals even if GPTs were to accelerate to GPT-5 and beyond within some months from now. Even if the majority of work as we know it now becomes automated, that will unlock a universal basic income that elevates all people to the status of being a diligent researcher, scientist, engineer, or college student in training towards one of these directions as everyone gets massively boosted because of ChatGPT and other tools and friends like that coming online. The end result of this boosting is a generous universal basic income that makes ancient the concept of needing to work for a "living." Instead people will work to continue the next wave of innovation in products and services across all industries, and in commodity extraction and acquisition even from celestial bodies. Mining operations are already being spun up. 3d printed rockets are being tested in flight. What this means is that momentarily human beings will have entirely new classes of work opportunity that are more badass and interesting than anything before it. Expect astronaut openings by the millons.
ThorsBane 4y ago
The share fluctuates over time as systems evolve and change. The share is not the most relevant piece because shares are tied up in slow-moving ownership structures that may be complex to liquidate if you want spending power. The real value that matters here is how far individual wealth goes. For example, what is the average square foot dwelling area that an American has access to now versus what was considered reasonable and find in their parental generation or grandparental generation or even further back just 100 years ago? Answer: People now have much higher standards of a basic standard of living even if the shares or if the currency amounts and ratios may differ. This is the true North Star in assessing whether or not wealth is meaningfully being distributed and allocated. Diligent and disciplined individuals are able to channel hope and idealistic energy into massive positive material changes in the United States.

infamouscow 4y ago

History books are quite clear about this. When all other options are exhausted, violence has a way of presenting new ones.

ThorsBane 4y ago
Violence is almost never a rational choice because it is the last choice. It is a final choice. There are thousands of possible branches still remaining to individuals even if GPTs were to accelerate to GPT-5 and beyond within some months from now. Even if the majority of work as we know it now becomes automated, that will unlock a universal basic income that elevates all people to the status of being a diligent researcher, scientist, engineer, or college student in training towards one of these directions as everyone gets massively boosted because of ChatGPT and other tools and friends like that coming online. The end result of this boosting is a generous universal basic income that makes ancient the concept of needing to work for a "living." Instead people will work to continue the next wave of innovation in products and services across all industries, and in commodity extraction and acquisition even from celestial bodies. Mining operations are already being spun up. 3d printed rockets are being tested in flight. What this means is that momentarily human beings will have entirely new classes of work opportunity that are more badass and interesting than anything before it. Expect astronaut openings by the millons.

ThorsBane 4y ago

The share fluctuates over time as systems evolve and change. The share is not the most relevant piece because shares are tied up in slow-moving ownership structures that may be complex to liquidate if you want spending power. The real value that matters here is how far individual wealth goes. For example, what is the average square foot dwelling area that an American has access to now versus what was considered reasonable and find in their parental generation or grandparental generation or even further back just 100 years ago? Answer: People now have much higher standards of a basic standard of living even if the shares or if the currency amounts and ratios may differ. This is the true North Star in assessing whether or not wealth is meaningfully being distributed and allocated. Diligent and disciplined individuals are able to channel hope and idealistic energy into massive positive material changes in the United States.