Topic: [CORRECTED] IT geeks will rule the world. Soon - page 4. (Read 4751 times)
How thought-provoking
During random discussion it finally occured to me: Nerds & Geeks IT geeks/enthusiasts will rule the world in about the next 20 years. In my opinion, it is practically inevitable.
It is now pretty clear few basic technologies will be building blocks of the future and among them the 2 we already know:
- Internet: It has already changed the world. In the next 10-20 years practically EVERYTHING will be done using Internet to a some degree (if it already isn't ?). People won't know how to live without it. Internet is created & run by IT geeks.
- Bitcoin: It its highly probable that it will rewrite the whole financial system from the scratch, and with it - whole economy. And economy rules everything: from people, through companies to whole countries. Bitcoin is also run by IT geeks.
Some facts:
- Huge amount of financial wealth is already owned by IT enthusiasts because of new IT companies such as Google and Facebook.
- Because the IT enthusiasts rule the internet, they influence practically everybody's opinion
- The IT enthusiasts (including early adopters) will [probably] accumulate almost inconceivable amount of wealth because of Bitcoin. And people with the most wealth will rule
- The old people don't understand the new world and won't invest so much in new technologies (just look at Bloomberg/Fox Buisness interviews), so they will be gradually replaced by nerds on all positions of power
Also everybody should be actually quite happy with nerds as their new ruling elite. Reasons:
-Nerds IT geeks are smart.
-Nerds IT geeks are more logical than other people, so are less prone to manipulation
-Nerds IT geeks don't lust money as much as most other people (they care about gadgets and IT stuff instead).
-Nerds IT geeks don't lust power as much as most other people (they care about doing cool things with IT stuff instead). Which implies greater resistance to corruption.
-Nerds IT geeks actually know how to build, run & test complex systems, so if they were to rule globally, that would improve the world a lot (just look what the Internet has done already, and much much more can be achieved)
So if you are not an IT geek, you should welcome your new geeky overlords.
If you are an IT geek, you should prepare for the inevitable and try to be a good ruler for your future underlings.
I know all of this may sound funny, but I am actually quite serious.
It is now pretty clear few basic technologies will be building blocks of the future and among them the 2 we already know:
- Internet: It has already changed the world. In the next 10-20 years practically EVERYTHING will be done using Internet to a some degree (if it already isn't ?). People won't know how to live without it. Internet is created & run by IT geeks.
- Bitcoin: It its highly probable that it will rewrite the whole financial system from the scratch, and with it - whole economy. And economy rules everything: from people, through companies to whole countries. Bitcoin is also run by IT geeks.
Some facts:
- Huge amount of financial wealth is already owned by IT enthusiasts because of new IT companies such as Google and Facebook.
- Because the IT enthusiasts rule the internet, they influence practically everybody's opinion
- The IT enthusiasts (including early adopters) will [probably] accumulate almost inconceivable amount of wealth because of Bitcoin. And people with the most wealth will rule
- The old people don't understand the new world and won't invest so much in new technologies (just look at Bloomberg/Fox Buisness interviews), so they will be gradually replaced by nerds on all positions of power
Also everybody should be actually quite happy with nerds as their new ruling elite. Reasons:
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So if you are not an IT geek, you should welcome your new geeky overlords.
If you are an IT geek, you should prepare for the inevitable and try to be a good ruler for your future underlings.
I know all of this may sound funny, but I am actually quite serious.
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