Mm. And you believe those on top will allow this to happen?
You're raw material to them. Something they can consume. You're a chess piece.
One reason I conceal my identity is because my father has some very strange political beliefs, and I'd be embarrassed to be associated with his writings. But as time wears on, the belief that war is the inevitable outcome keeps pressing at me, gnawing at me, like a scratch on the roof of your mouth.
History shows that war is the natural state of things. For roughly a million years, we have been at war. The peace brought by nuclear weapons has been maintained, thankfully. But we see how fragile the world is; this state of affairs holds up until the next generation becomes unhinged, and no longer.
What do you think will happen when the top captures so much wealth production that the rest of the world cannot self-suffice?
Truly. Put yourself there, mentally. Get into the mindset of the greedy nature of those at the top. Those who wish to grow their portfolios and dominate the world. The ambitious.
Those who own the automation pipelines. Those who own the government.
What possible incentive do they have to give up their control? They own you.
And like the middle ages, we have no recourse. We'd lose this fight. And they know it.
Forever. The lever of technology has become so large and terrifying that no one can possibly win.
The only way is to subvert it. And as we approach 8 billion people, achieving any consensus becomes less and less likely.
How high shall we go? Ten billion? Twenty? A hundred?
How far are we from the limit?
These thoughts are uncomfortable. Better compartmentalize them and follow the crowd: don't think about it, pretend it's not true, focus on math and programming and what little you can change.