Some people think technological acceleration will bail out the current political order. We’ll grow our way out! Or so the logic goes.

But did streaming bail out Blockbuster? Did smartphones bail out Nokia? Or did the Industrial Revolution bail out the monarchy?

The growth did come.
But so did the disruption.

Do you think LK-99 or equivalent breakthrough leads to increased power to status quo countries or more of an arm the rebels situation?

Exactly.

You need to be extremely competent to ride a wave of technological disruption. Even then it’s hard.

And what organizations have capable leaders that can ride the lightning? Global tech and Asian tigers.

What organizations don’t? Western governments.

No free lunch either. We can’t just wait for our disturbingly geriatric leaders to die off, and then “we” get the reigns. If we’re so easily dominated and controlled that a 70yr old sock puppet can steer the ship the problem isn’t with the old leaders, they’re just the symptom.