I got the idea to begin this thread after scanning through the first two pages of thread titled “Will machines completely replace all human beings?”
my conclusion:
There is no greater threat than competition because competition will eventually drive out ANY form of competition. A threat because if unable to assess rightfully the situation we are today faced with, an unprecedented upheaval must be expected. We are about to find out why Darwinism does not, never did, apply humans.
To answer this question, one has first to ask: is chasing money and wealth accumulation the sole purpose of Life?
Unfortunately it is too late to replace ‘money printed out of thin air’ with currencies backed by intrinsic values such as gold and silver. Our economic paradigm began to inexorably contract with the Information Age, the invention of the computer. What seems to have worked out for millennia, isn’t really as it seems as the model has also greatly improved the ‘art of killing’ on a massive scale.
However, the Information Age has also allowed man’s creativity to surpass itself, it is the main drive propelling technology, and by technology it is meant Robotics essentially. Robotics is a trend that many still regard as science fiction or associate with awesome gadgets. This perception shifts somehow their lack of concern about what is merely ten to fifteen years ahead and will impose upon societies unprecedented shock waves. The only way to avoid the latter is to declare the Information Age as anti-humanitarian but how realistic is it? Can we block the advance of Knowledge itself when societies already rely so much on computerization? Achieving this would send us back to a late 1800’s lifestyle, prior the Industrial Revolution.
The advance of Robotics will affect everybody, from the factory worker to the surgeon as machines will eventually become smart enough to take over their tasks. With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, computers will self-build, and this means that even software programmers, engineers and decision makers will not have a job anymore. The media industry is already close to become entirely digitalized and at some point, virtual characters will replace today actors and TV anchors. Considering this very near future environment, what is exactly the future of money?.. AND competition?
Ending this erroneous perception implies the end of money as we know it. Life itself comes to a zero sum game which can no longer be passed onto the next generations. The market exists as an illusion, or delusion, that society can cheat this very zero sum game. More Knowledge does not lead to more wealth but less materialism.
The metaphysics of competition and
The end of money as we know it
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