cool shock value headline, but let’s read the content of the article:
Studying abroad, for example, is one way that college students often introduce psychological richness into their lives. As they learn more about a new country’s customs and history, they’re often prompted to reconsider the social mores of their own cultures. Deciding to embark on a difficult new career path or immersing one’s self in avant-garde art (the paper gives a specific shout-out to James Joyce’s Ulysses) also could make a person feel as if their life is more psychologically rich.
Doesn’t sound bad? Also, this article is over a year old. Hardly new stuff.
It was just for amusement value. The title is clearly stupid, since not only is it not true, the article discusses at length how people seek meaning in order to be happy.
There has been a lot of research on happiness. People in the most abject circumstances often describe themselves as reasonably happy - because, despite appearances, they still have something to live for and the expectation of things getting better.
And yes, the great reset has been in the making for a long time.
1. Overhaul the social contract 2. Rewire global governance 3. Foster global leadership 4. Enhance the role of cities 5. Get the private sector involved 6. Encourage ethical behaviour
All good and necessary things, so that we can all live happier and healthier lives full of meaning.
It’s all to become as one, where corporations run public utilities and all political offices, where everything is funded and controlled by Vanguard and Blackrock (managing $10 trillion each - approx. 50% of the world’s money between them).
It’s pretty much all going on like this anyway. They are simply more open and clear about it.
As they state: “The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.”
I like this quip: “Moral and intellectual integrity is at the heart of everything it does.”
They go on: "Their activities are shaped by a unique institutional culture founded on the stakeholder theory, which asserts that an organization is accountable to all parts of society. [in other words, to no one and nothing]. The institution carefully blends and balances the best of many kinds of organizations, from both the public and private sectors, international organizations and academic institutions. [in other words, nowhere is beyond their reach]
“They believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.” [and if you don’t come voluntarily, we’ll make you love our future!]
“It’s a good thing that Europeans conquer Africans and that shrewd businessmen drive the dim-witted to bankruptcy.
If we follow this evolutionary logic, humankind will gradually become stronger and fitter, eventually giving rise to superhumans.
Evolution didn’t stop with Homo sapiens — there is still a long way to go.
However, if in the name of human rights or human equality we emasculate the fittest humans, it will prevent the rise of the superman, and may even cause the degeneration and extinction of Homo sapiens.”
Nothing worrying at all about any of these statements
“Tesla will recall more than 1 million cars in America to address problematic power windows. The electric car manufacturer says 1,096,762 cars, which is roughly a third of all Teslas built to date pose a risk to consumers…”
“The recall follows Tesla issuing issue at least 10 recalls in the past 10 months. At this point, if you own the wrong Tesla and haven’t updated it, you might be driving a car that could decide to not tell you your seat belt came unfastened, not defrost your windshield properly, refuse to deploy the airbag if the windows were rolled down, disobey stop signs, or even careen into first responders’ vehicles at crash sites where there were emergency lights and cones. In December, the carmaker recalled 356,000 Model 3s because the rear-view camera could be damaged by opening and closing the trunk, and 110,000 Model Ss because the front hood might open all by itself.”
I’m of the opinion that outsourcing one’s existence to AI ain’t gonna end well.
