Technology Double-Edge
The world is becoming more connected. Data has quickly become the most valuable resource, second to attention. Companies are able to collect, mine, and process data faster than ever.
The reach of what can be tracked and optimized continues to grow with the progression of technology.
Paul Graham said, "Unless the forms of technological progress that produced these things are subject to different laws than technological progress in general, the world will get more addictive in the next 40 years than it did in the last 40."
All of this data can be used to improve lives or turn people into mindless, dopamine-driven zombies. We can rise to new levels with greater abilities or sink into a downward trend of degeneration. We get the superpower of carrying out complex behaviors to focus our energy and attention on other things. It’s our decision to determine if those are the right things or not.