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Dovetales with two other writings I've seen posted here (on opposite ends of the spectrum): "The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods" by Douglass Rushkoff [1] and "The Future Will Be Technical" by Zach Mandeville[2]. To me, the overarching thrust is that our hopes lie in a socioeconomic mandate to be individually capable of self-suffiency and contribution to the community, at the same time, because this is part and parcel of the atomic element of citizenship: the informed vote.
I will say that I'm not holding out much hope. Beyond the corporate-human cold war that defines much of our lives, the contentiousness of a recent HN post about home-schooling is convincing evidence that many don't want self-sufficiency or community, an informed public or the means to take a stake in public life. They just want... bots. Whether that be their own children or the masses that will serve them in their pods.
[1]:https://onezero.medium.com/the-privileged-have-entered-their...