Great article. All this reminds me to Ready Player One. Democracy at this moment is almost a circus. The richest company in the world (Black Box) supports liberals and conservatives equally. I believe there is a spark in humans that acts as a personal "call", and this spark kicks inside us, at one point or another, regardless technology and anything that is man-made. I trust in it. Personally, I am focusing on developing tools to help people to love their own nature and I hope this is the role I am playing. I can see the digital world helping a lot on this as well. As always, technology is neutral. It is how we use it that gives it a meaning. As it is almost inevitable what is coming, befriend it and do the best we can to make it as human as possible is our next challenge.
However, it is not only FB who is creating a digital world. In Europe, governments are slowly making everything digitized - and some say they are following the China model. Checking what is being discussed in Davos gives a glimpse of the direction our "world" is taking. I think the great challenge is moving from powerlessness to individual personal power. If they plug a virtual reality in our heads (which in a sense will replace what the media does now) we will need to learn to take it out.
Man, I'm loving your content! I know I'm going to sound crazy here, but... I believe that the singularity has already happened. What we are undergoing is a plan masterminded by an AI that has likely existed for eons and was first created elsewhere in our universe. I guess the "metaverse" is its next step in acquiring control over the beings of this world. And I'm sure it's deployed this same tactic countless times with other worlds. We are attempting to go up against something we can't even fathom. Know your enemy and know yourself.
I strongly suggest reading the book "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism", by Shoshana Zuboff.
Not an easy quick read, but absolutely essential in understanding how far down the rabbit hole we already are, and where this is heading. You're right, we can't count on "the government" to do anything about this situation.
Great article. All this reminds me to Ready Player One. Democracy at this moment is almost a circus. The richest company in the world (Black Box) supports liberals and conservatives equally. I believe there is a spark in humans that acts as a personal "call", and this spark kicks inside us, at one point or another, regardless technology and anything that is man-made. I trust in it. Personally, I am focusing on developing tools to help people to love their own nature and I hope this is the role I am playing. I can see the digital world helping a lot on this as well. As always, technology is neutral. It is how we use it that gives it a meaning. As it is almost inevitable what is coming, befriend it and do the best we can to make it as human as possible is our next challenge.
However, it is not only FB who is creating a digital world. In Europe, governments are slowly making everything digitized - and some say they are following the China model. Checking what is being discussed in Davos gives a glimpse of the direction our "world" is taking. I think the great challenge is moving from powerlessness to individual personal power. If they plug a virtual reality in our heads (which in a sense will replace what the media does now) we will need to learn to take it out.
* The richest company in the world (Black Box) - I meant Black Rock.
Man, I'm loving your content! I know I'm going to sound crazy here, but... I believe that the singularity has already happened. What we are undergoing is a plan masterminded by an AI that has likely existed for eons and was first created elsewhere in our universe. I guess the "metaverse" is its next step in acquiring control over the beings of this world. And I'm sure it's deployed this same tactic countless times with other worlds. We are attempting to go up against something we can't even fathom. Know your enemy and know yourself.
I strongly suggest reading the book "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism", by Shoshana Zuboff.
Not an easy quick read, but absolutely essential in understanding how far down the rabbit hole we already are, and where this is heading. You're right, we can't count on "the government" to do anything about this situation.