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by nothercastle 892 days ago
Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
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Oligarchs gunna Oligarch.

But the consolidation and the .001% have really gottten in bed together in a way that they never could before. With all their assets intrisincly entangled in the global economy, AI is here to bring the next level of wealth extraction for them, greater authoritarianism and a globalisation like we havent seen.

The wars we are fighting are for who is going to be in charge of the dominant AI entanglements in finance, industry, pharma/health, media, tech, defense, security.

I am optimistic that it will be another tier in the tech evolution I've seen in my life - but a Rising tide of control of how a populous uses/benefits/consumes/produces in a complete AI entangled world, raises all authoritarian systems.

Its bleak for anyone who cant integrate into the Entanglement.

The number .001% should be changed to .1% or 1%.
I was implying that the .001% are the Oligarchs. The 1% are their entourage/minions/buffer-class.

https://i.imgur.com/aMENxsB.png <<--- Wow, I was spot-the-f-on.

However, the list of >100B people obviously doesnt include a lot of people that are in the shadows. Medici is still around, Rothschilds, Germanic-royal-bloodlines in the hapsberg gotha and other lines, etc. And obviously its talking about known "market" worth - but look at how much land and real-estate is owned by people such as Rothschilds, and ilk. -

Billionaires with over $100 billion net worth (as of January 13, 2024):

https://i.imgur.com/qRZcFb5.png

Top 20 of the next tier:

https://i.imgur.com/UFHUAke.png

99% are the chattel.

but who? how does it begin? what are your thoughts on 2024-2028
I know for a fact that it will not be Europe!
if I can break into tech? then maybe it's me.