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RE: Robots Are Coming For Your Job!!!!
You lived through wave 1...not wave 2 is hitting...the office worker.
I agree with industries at the top of the block chain list. The entire real estate market, one of the largest based upon the impact on the economy, is going to see massive chain to due blockchain and, in my view, virtual reality.
We are in for a bumpy, yet fascinating ride.
Yes we are...and I am extremely optimistic about the future. Technology is taking us places we never imagined. Problems of today will be a distant memory in 5-10 years. For example, I think we will laugh that we argued over healthcare (at least the cost of it) in 10 years....that industry will be radically different, and cheaper, once technology really gets in there.
The challenges are going to be how individuals and society, as a while, adapt while embracing the change.
Agree that technology can take us there, bu t never underestimate the influence of big money and politics. For years, we've had the technology for fully-electric automobiles, yet the oil industry influenced the automobile manufacturing sector to ensure that fossil fuel burning vehicles are our affordable and primary choice. In terms of energy, think Nikola Tesla. We could have had free, clean energy for all, for decades now. But JP Morgan and Edison had other, more greedy ideas. Not trying to pee in your Cheerios, here, but reality dictates that no matter how progressive technological advances are, politics and greed can and will erect barriers to adoption if anyone else stands to lose money. One way we can combat this problem is to get involved in government, stay involved and resist the very corruption that causes this phenomenon. We can make the changes needed, but it requires our involvement.
The bankers are the core of it all throughout the last 150 years. It really boils down to them. They run the corporations and the governments since they control the money supply. Things are starting to change on that end.
The one advantage the bankers had is that they never operated under the nation-state model. That model was for the masses, they operated internationally from the start. They made money and operated wherever they wanted without regard to borders. Now we are seeing the internet, blockchain, and crypto giving the same advantage to the average person. That is the how we will see things change. For years, they controlled the message because they owned the media. While that is still true, more people now realize that Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw were the kings of fake news. Information is now available as long as one has an internet connection.
And yes innovations have been shelved for decades.