RE: Pentagon report says social fabric of states is fraying, which precurses civilizational collapse
That story is from 2014. I think stock markets and big companies are becoming obsolete due to block-chain technology like aragon.one, based on ethereum smart-contracts. I'm dumping all my traditional stocks and investing in tangible goods like wind and solar, robots, AI, electric vehicles, 3D printers, makerspaces, etc. When you look at a company like Ford, you see they are planning to make autonomous vehicles in 2021. Meanwhile, Google's autonomous vehicles are already on the road. Ford also expects to sell non-autonomous trucks for $50k+, but to whom? A handful of wealthy Americans? So now they plan to make people lease a shitty ford through a ride-share program. I saw someone pay $40k for a new truck and then a few years later it was worth $12k, for a loss of $28k to drive 40,000 miles. Stuff like that spells the end of big companies
Check knightscope - you might like it...it was on seedinvest before not sure where to buy now... they are replacing night guards with robots and have existing contracts with Microsoft I think...
Most big corps that backup automation are doing it for increasing profits and dont care about ppl....