Money is just a way of keeping track of what fraction of future output of our civilisation we decide to award to each individual and entity.
And national borders are just lines in the sand that most powerful AIs in the world, called armies and built out of bureaucracy, machines and people drew between themselves to share resources and people they exploit between themselves so they can continue exploitation and hoarding of most dangerous tech without major conflicts, which they learned in two wars, are not good for them, because they became too strong for their own good already.
And societal roles nowadays are like red Santa Claus. Nearly pure marketing vaguely drawing from preexisting superstitions.
I can't tell you anything about your middle manager but empathy gives you feelings of other people as you imagine them, not necessarily accurate feelings of other people.
And national borders are just lines in the sand that most powerful AIs in the world, called armies and built out of bureaucracy, machines and people drew between themselves to share resources and people they exploit between themselves so they can continue exploitation and hoarding of most dangerous tech without major conflicts, which they learned in two wars, are not good for them, because they became too strong for their own good already.
And societal roles nowadays are like red Santa Claus. Nearly pure marketing vaguely drawing from preexisting superstitions.
I can't tell you anything about your middle manager but empathy gives you feelings of other people as you imagine them, not necessarily accurate feelings of other people.
These are insights you can get while sober.