For Silicon Valley, January 20, 2025 may be the Day of Jubilee, when a nation that worships wealth and technology turns Big Tech loose to run an uncontrolled experiment on the entire population with AI and crypto.
To paraphrase Bette Davis: Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
To paraphrase Bette Davis: Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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We have more guns in this country than people.
Remove a few billionaires from the scene and I bet they'll end their uncontrolled experiment really quickly
Buckling up!
But I’m with you, man.
Santacoin
Grinchcoin
Rednosecoin
I say cut the power lines into these AI complexes depower the machine!
Anyone who does like reading science fiction, Aftermath by @levarburton.bsky.social is pertinent.
There are funds like Fidelity Freedom 2040 which didnt even beat inflation, nearly stayed at the same value
It's more startups and a fairly small number of places (Uber, Musk's company), and of course entrepreneurs.
I think it needs regulation.
Japan and other countries are a fan as well.
Unfortunately yet again the US ruins something that could be awesome.
Remember, 401K has only marginal impact for most employees, they got strangulated by SALT exemption gone, higher prices for homes, rents, and everyday products due to tariff
I do not have all the answers.
My hypothesis is that we as a country need to change our relationship with tech, accepting less convenience to gain autonomy. We also need to build community. There are almost certainly other steps we can take.
Government “by the people” appears dead.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer and more stupid!
That would require a period of intense learning and experimenting.
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-basic-income-study-new-findings-work-ubi-2024-12
https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24