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The unraveling of fictions - Azheem Azhar www.exponentialview.co/p/the-end-of-t… (excellent piece) #AI #geopolitics #change #future #skills #identity

For most of history, humanity ran on what I call the Scarcity OS. Resources are limited in this system so the game is about finding them, controlling them, and defending your share. This logic shaped everything - our institutions, our economics, our social structures, our sense of what's possible.
Under Scarcity OS, certain "fictions" emerged. And I use this word carefully. These fictions weren't lies; they were social technologies, coordination mechanisms that worked brilliantly in a world of genuine constraint.
Take jobs... Jobs were a fiction. Not in the sense that work wasn't real, but in the sense that bundling tasks, identity, healthcare, social status, and income into a single institution called "employment" was a specific solution to a specific problem: how do you distribute resources and organize production when information is expensive and coordination is hard? The job was an answer to that question. It was a brilliant answer. But it was an answer to a question that is now ch

Likewise, credentials were a fiction. When evaluating someone's capability was expensive, we outsourced the judgment to institutions. A degree from a prestigious university wasn't proof that you could do anything in particular - it was proof that you had survived a sorting mechanism. The credential was a proxy, a compression algorithm for trust. It worked when the cost of direct evaluation was prohibitive. That cost is collapsing.
Expertise was a fiction. Not the knowledge itself, but the social construct of the "expert" - the person whose authority derived from scarcity of information and difficulty of access. When knowledge was locked in libraries, accumulated through years of study, and distributed through gatekept institutions, expertise was a genuine bottleneck. The expert was a bridge between the uninformed and the truth. That bridge is being bypassed.
These fictions were functional adaptations to real constraints. The job, the credential, the expert, each solved a genuine proble

The Hoarder sees the old fictions crumbling and concludes that the game is zero-sum. If the pie is fixed, the only strategy is to take more of it. Build walls.
Impose tariffs. Retreat to the nation-state. Punish the outgroup. This is Trump's instinct, and it resonates precisely because it matches the Scarcity OS that most people still run internally. The hoarder isn't stupid; he's applying legacy software to a changed environment.
The Manager sees the same decay and tries to patch the system. Redistribute more fairly. Strengthen institutions. Negotiate better deals within the existing framework. This is Mark Carney's instinct. It's more sophisticated than hoarding but it shares an assumption that the pie is still fixed, just poorly divided. The manager wants to optimize the Scarcity OS, not replace it.
The Builder would see something different. If the fundamental inputs are now on learning curves - if energy, biology, and intelligence are becoming cheaper and more abundant - then the

The unraveling of fictions - Azheem Azhar https://www.exponentialview.co/p/the-end-of-the-fictions (excellent piece) #AI #geopolitics #change #future #skills #identity

The possibilities are endless

Remus Robotics

#robot #robots #robotics #ai #future #engineering #ai #artificialintelligence

Imagine the future

Remus Robotics

#robots #robot #robotics #technology #ai #aiResearch #innovation #future

Meanwhile in Germany. Ready for the future. Or not...

"Germany's rail service dealt major blow by government

The government is reportedly walking back #promises to fund major projects for national train operator Deutsche Bahn. DB is beset by chronic punctuality problems, decrepit infrastructure and a lack of investment."

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-rail-service-dealt-major-blow-by-government/a-75590884

#Publictransport #Infrastructure #Rail #Train #Cars #Future #Sovereignty #ClimateChange #Germany #Conservatives #TransportPolicy

#Future #Headlines
They only wanted full compliance

#Future #Headlines Robo Strippers coming soon..l

#Future #Headlines

#meme #comic #knowlege #knowhow #lesson #youth #future #bigtech #privacy #surveillance #diday #internet #online #silliconvalley #freedom #foss #floss #tux #penguin #snowden #trump #usa #surveillance #bigdata #nsa #microsoft #school #opensource #os #software #choice

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

American aquariums say they are working to provide future for Marineland’s belugas
American aquariums say they visited Marineland last week with the goal of "providing hope and a future" for 30 beluga whales that face euthanasia should they not be moved.
#animals #future #Marineland #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11634893/marineland-whales-american-aquariums/

Chris Pratt's Mercy is absurdly stupid AI propaganda
Mercy tells a seemingly topical, cautionary tale about our own immediate future. But following a man put on trial by an AI judge, it's also idiotic and out of touch.
#AI #propaganda #future
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mercy-review-9.7056313?cmp=rss

American aquariums say they are working to provide future for Marineland’s belugas
American aquariums say they visited Marineland last week with the goal of "providing hope and a future" for 30 beluga whales that face euthanasia should they not be moved.
#animals #future #Marineland #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11634893/marineland-whales-american-aquariums/

Chris Pratt's Mercy is absurdly stupid AI propaganda
Mercy tells a seemingly topical, cautionary tale about our own immediate future. But following a man put on trial by an AI judge, it's also idiotic and out of touch.
#AI #propaganda #future
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mercy-review-9.7056313?cmp=rss

🧬🐘 From heat-tolerant corals to "winterized" #elephants, scientists are weighing the use of gene editing to help #wildlife survive threats like #climatechange and disease.

While traditional #conservation focuses on protecting habitats, these new tools could allow us to reinsert lost genetic diversity directly into struggling populations.

👉 https://discoverwildscience.com/the-future-of-genetic-engineering-in-wildlife-conservation-4-271105/

#genetics #crispr #nature #stem #biodiversity #science #future #climate

American aquariums say they are working to provide future for Marineland’s belugas
American aquariums say they visited Marineland last week with the goal of "providing hope and a future" for 30 beluga whales that face euthanasia should they not be moved.
#animals #future #Marineland #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11634893/marineland-whales-american-aquariums/

#future

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