« The transhumanist religion could impose its law in a few decades, its apostles are already, in fact, the new masters of the world. They have in their hands the two powers: that of money, thanks to their huge reserves of cash, and that of data, which has always founded political power, knowledge is to control. Traditional institutions are outdated. »
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Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences |
Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences
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« At the end of the 19th century, the threats to coachmen, stagecoach drivers, farriers, the twenty-nine thousand Parisian water carriers, lamplighters, lavenders, taillandiers and blacksmiths were fairly well perceived. On the other hand, no one imagined that in the future there would be microprocessor designers, geneticists, nuclear physicists and astrophysicists, technicians in Tesla factories, cardiac surgeons, airplane pilots, webmasters and smartphone manufacturers. The deeper the technological revolution, the more difficult it is to anticipate the countless new trades. There is no shortage of revolutionary ideas: baby designer, neuro-hacker, Mars terra-trainer, neuro-educator, artificial intelligence psychologist. »
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Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences |
Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences
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« Nevertheless, the hypothesis of the political victory of a techno-conservative party cannot be ruled out. The election of Donald Trump in 2016 in the United States illustrated the strength of an electorate disoriented in the face of the new world that is emerging. The deeper the economic changes and the more disarray in the labour market, the more simplistic parties proposeing simplistic solutions to make everything happen again as before will prosper. »
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Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences |
Laurent Alexandre
The War of Intelligences
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