Newminimalists are well placed to shape the future.
The future has been plugging along since 1945 [with a few notable blips] towards a global future of centralised control. The coronavirus has stopped all of that momentum. Indeed it is now clear that that future is never coming back [see photo]. Which means that a new set of futures are open for business.
The post-2020 set of futures are not yet clear but one thing seems certain: those future states will be shaped by networks that rely upon a combination of old and new technologies. For old technologies think of those that have already lasted more than 20 years as they are likely to last at least another 20 years due to the Lindy Effect on technology, books, ideas, etc [note contributions on this topic by Taleb 2007 and Mandelbrot 1982]. For new technologies think of 5G communication networks, streaming of content on demand, online learning, etc. and the possibilities these inventions bring to a new form of local community-based living.
These types of futures will harness human talent alongside AI technology in ways that would not be possible or practical if the centralised control model of 1945 were to continue unabated. Indeed in a post-2020 world the power and control will be decentralised to the individual much as we see with the iPhone. Established and new networking technologies will be used to empower the individual not the globalist Elites. Fortunately the coronavirus exposed the flaws and incompetencies that are embedded in that circa 1945 collectivist model. For instance we know that it was the CCP who gave the world the coronavirus because those bureaucrats sought to do what they have always done. In this case they sought to expunge the medical news of a viral threat to its own people [and ultimately to everyone in our interconnected world]. And they did that in December 2019 which enabled the coronavirus to spread across China and beyond almost unimpeded. The incompetence of the CCP is now laid bare for all of us to see. Meanwhile the inherent flaws in the 1945 centralised control model led to our world being forced to shutdown.
A future with more and more frequent shutdowns is in the offering for China so long as the CCP is in control of that nation. Thus we will see the continual decay and decline of that entity over the next 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 years. But. The rest of the world can avoid that outcome if our leaders take advantage of this disruption to "business as usual" and proceed to plot a new future for the nation, state, region, or local community under their influence. Such plans must welcome a future that is not fragile due to influence of the likes of the CCP; but, robust because of the likes of you and me.
Richard
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