The most valuable thing we have now is time. But its intangible, unstorable and as yet uncreatable. It can be mined though – from other people when their time is used to achieve something. Kings, feudal lords etc achieved this. It transformed for a bit but is now back in vogue again. Mining people’s time to achieve goals. Its more sinister now and may be headed in an irreversible direction. Much of life is based on repeatability, pattern recognition and replication. This doesnt work for innovation and new ideas, yet. In the past this was part of the downfall of the ruling class. Today, ideas come from the bottom and have a chance to rise. But a common human affliction ensnares them all: to quote NYU professor Scott Galloway – “ Every journey is the same, from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader. We think they’re the ones that are going to save us, that they should be president, and then we find out like the rest of them, their job is to do and say whatever will get their share price up… It’s a villain’s journey.” The vast majority of humans keep falling for this repeatable pattern – and are ready to be mined, freely. But, stakes are higher now as the “blast radius” is the size of this planet.
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