Tag: societal change
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What We Call Progress—And What It Cost
People like to ask what happened to the days when a single job—something like retail—could support a family.The usual answers get thrown around: greed, policy, bad luck.But that misses the bigger picture.Some of the things we call progress came with unintended consequences.And whether we want to admit it or not, we’re living in them now.…
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Forcing Humans Back into the Driver’s Seat: Why AI Abundance Needs Accountability, Not Complacency
Science fiction has long painted automation as humanity’s ticket to abundance. With artificial intelligence and robotics advancing rapidly, some dream of a society freed from survival labor, where human creativity and purpose flourish. But that dream won’t simply arrive. If anything, our current trajectory—defined by public complacency, concentrated ownership of technology, and fragile governance structures—could…
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Life after door kicking. 