Om Malik
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(I wrote this last night) On the eve of our Independence Day, I can’t help but think of our current political challenges. It doesn’t matter which side of the political aisle you walk. After all, the reality of our collective future doesn’t change, one way or the other. The challenges facing our society, economy and country don’t change with political affiliation. If not this decade, then soon there after, we will be heading into an unknown technological future. I’m not sure anyone knows if the current architecture of our social norms, rules and regulations is likely to survive a future where we humans have to coexist with what you can colloquially call aware machines. What happens when the core norms of current economic systems are eroded because fewer humans are needed for production? Is it time for a post-capitalist economic ideology?
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Om Malik
@ommalik
(Contd) These are unanswered (and admittedly not fully formed) questions. Yet a version of this future is approaching — this is not dystopia, but rather a reality we are heading into. For this future, every country, not just America, needs a different kind of leadership — technologically adept, adaptable and more willing to go beyond established ideologies. Happy Fourth of July everyone!
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Drew Volpe
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You need to touch grass my friend. Outside of media, people don’t care that much about politics. American is an amazing country and there’s no better place I’d rather be watching this wave of technology come to be. Happy 4th! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Om Malik
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Me too. I don’t much care about politics too, but it is wrong to think our politicians and political parties are not going to impact the future we have coming at us.
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