You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever you used to do, but better.
That is the argument for a phenomenon called technological unemployment, one that is pervading modern society. But is that really the case? Or is it just a futuristic fantasy? What will become of us in the coming years, and what can we do to prevent a catastrophic collapse of society?
Let us ponder and inspect the idea of a socio-economic paradigm shift, and plot a social direction with the help of social cybernation. Democracy, a loaded word, has a lot of connotations and ideologies associated with it; but what does it really mean? And, more importantly, how does it manifest in our current society? The ideological purpose of democracy is for everyone to participate–for the governing power to derive from the people. Unfortunately, when we inspect today’s culture and the governing institutions, this ideological premise is questioned.
