I think a lot of our discussion about this topic is limited because we're still a capitalist society that largely views social trends through the lens of economics. At some point in time, things like "GDP" and income distribution where fairly good proxies for notions like "overall well being" and "aspirational stability" (more thought is required on this second term).
I think as technology progresses, we're going to see the use of money as a proxy for social measurement drift further and further away from actual reality. Any new social paradigm is going to have to start with fundamentals of human nature -- human competitiveness, equal opportunity, etc.
In short, I think our failure to respond to these changes is mostly a failure of us to think clearly about what actually going on in the day-to-day lives of actors in this new technological world. I don't know where we start, but existential philosophy seems like a good jumping board.
My thoughts are jumbled. I'd flush them out, but I need to get back to work.
I think a lot of our discussion about this topic is limited because we're still a capitalist society that largely views social trends through the lens of economics. At some point in time, things like "GDP" and income distribution where fairly good proxies for notions like "overall well being" and "aspirational stability" (more thought is required on this second term).
I think as technology progresses, we're going to see the use of money as a proxy for social measurement drift further and further away from actual reality. Any new social paradigm is going to have to start with fundamentals of human nature -- human competitiveness, equal opportunity, etc.
In short, I think our failure to respond to these changes is mostly a failure of us to think clearly about what actually going on in the day-to-day lives of actors in this new technological world. I don't know where we start, but existential philosophy seems like a good jumping board.
My thoughts are jumbled. I'd flush them out, but I need to get back to work.