I think the only solution is to confront the deep root of this issue: you've grown your identity around the current system and your worth as citizen within it,

I think the only solution is to confront the deep root of this issue: you've grown your identity around the current system and your worth as citizen within it, a period of unexpected upheaval is extremely scary. I can definitely relate, especially since the Wall Street Fat Cats (retro is cool) are in an extremely advantageous position vis-a-vis AI. They see how AI isn't just a new internet fad, it's the culmination of computing - and they're investing to match that assessment. But just because we have long battle ahead of us doesn't mean it's over. Hackers built the internet and AI and Silicon Valley for all its fucked-up idiosyncrasies, and I think we (/our predecessors) should be proud of that. This will make me lose any authority I have, but I unironically suggest watching Mr. Robot, a dramatic fiction about an individual "hacker"-type in times of great technological upheaval, and IMO it puts forth a compelling analysis of the various ethical and practical barriers that present themselves therein. For example, "how to influence technology without working at a giant company"