my friends aren't interested in your cyborg future, normal people problems, there is no universal future, building little league dynasties is building too
Couldn't agree more. A bright vision of the future that doesn't concern itself with the well-being of ordinary people is ultimately just gee-whiz sci-fi nonsense. If we want to talk about making the world better, we have to ask: making it better for whom?
The common wealth of humanity - those extracted resources and developed technologies not earned by anyone alive today, is well more than sufficient to provide everyone a decent quality of life. ( except medical technology )
The vast majority of our current technology doesn't work right so as it gets more complex, that number will only rise. No one is working on getting the basics right; it's all arbitrary iteration disguised as progress.
I also believe that those who are interested in promoting progress should be more focused on the needs of "regular people" rather than on the latest bleeding-edge technological innovation. They also underestimate how important regular people are to keeping progress going.
Couldn't agree more. A bright vision of the future that doesn't concern itself with the well-being of ordinary people is ultimately just gee-whiz sci-fi nonsense. If we want to talk about making the world better, we have to ask: making it better for whom?
The common wealth of humanity - those extracted resources and developed technologies not earned by anyone alive today, is well more than sufficient to provide everyone a decent quality of life. ( except medical technology )
The vast majority of our current technology doesn't work right so as it gets more complex, that number will only rise. No one is working on getting the basics right; it's all arbitrary iteration disguised as progress.
Interesting take on techno-optimism.
I also believe that those who are interested in promoting progress should be more focused on the needs of "regular people" rather than on the latest bleeding-edge technological innovation. They also underestimate how important regular people are to keeping progress going.
You might be interested in reading my take:
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/a-manifesto-for-the-progress-based
New technologies are always used first to perpetuate the current status quo.