The World has reached the pinnacle of its struggle. The grand mountains have been scaled. Sisyphus no longer needs to roll his stone. Atlas has shrugged off his load. All that is left is for us to enjoy our Dionysian like endeavours.
Man no longer has the basic requirements to be born from and born into a struggle. Yet, there appears to be something sorely amiss. Man no longer needs to work but may work if he wishes to. Yet this trend might last not for very long. As time progresses and the electronically circuitry gets more and more augmented, the elimination will no longer be of a job but of humanity itself.
Man has a search for meaning. It is only through humanity's greatest errors that we created our greatest monuments. These monuments are the dimensions of Mans far reaching projection; virtues, moralities et al.
AI will no doubt make the perfect run of jobs. The Japanese have a concept called "Wabi-Sabi" or the appreciation of imperfection. In a world too perfect would we no longer appreciate flaws, because there might be none to remember?
Positive psychology also points out that when the economy stabilises, the individuals overall happiness either stagnates or deteriorates. Thus, in a world run by AI wherein there is a lack of necessity for us, would we be truly happy? Conversely, it might be the ripest time for a psychologist. Freud expresses that the animalistic Id is driven largely by sexual and aggressive tendencies. Devoid of the larger need to have a mediating Ego, would we run amok? Or would our SuperEgo full of morality kick in?
Would we create our Gods or bash their heads into the dirt. Truly a brave new world!
~NF
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