Age of the Obsolete
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By the year 2025, it’s estimated that the confluence of Artificial intelligence, Automation,  E-commerce, and Outsourcing may result in The elimination of 47% of the jobs that exist in the U.S. today. Not simply low-wage, low skilled jobs, But, also white-collar positions in the financial, legal and healthcare professions.

The Techno-Drug Apocalypse

Entering into a digital environment draped in virtual reality can be an intense, emotional experience. Technology has progressed so rapidly, that full...
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The High Noon Syndrome

One of our core myths is the belief that individualism is the driving force that forged this nation and makes it great.  It was rugged individualism t...
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We Are All Immigrants

We are a nation of immigrants, and our ability to absorb and integrate 80 million people since 1820 (when records were first kept) has been an achieve...
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Preparing for the Storm

Today, we live in a world of continuous change.  One in which the verities of the past have given way to uncertainty.  Like military planners confront...
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Racing Towards the Godhead

Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end...
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The One Thing Needful

Since the 19th century, the goal of American schooling has been to provide for the fullest possible development of each individual.  And yet today, th...
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To Work Ourselves to Death

In an article titled 9 to 5 is for Losers, the New York Times reports that an entire cottage industry has sprung in in Silicon Valley; a movement that...
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Welcome to Age of the Obsolete

By the year 2025, it’s estimated that the confluence of Artificial intelligence, Automation,  E-commerce, and Outsourcing may result in The eliminatio...
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