03-11-2021, 10:56 AM
(03-10-2021, 10:10 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: Much of what you describe here was forecast some seven decades ago by Kurt Vonnegut in his classic novel “Player Piano”.
Being a Cassandra is always problematic. If you prophesy in a serious way, you stand the near-certain risk of being branded a crank. If, on the other hand, you elect to use narrative fiction, you are unlikely to be considered credible. Vonnegut chose the second path, and did well as a novelist but not as a prophet. Only Ayn Rand managed to be a novelist who was also taken seriously, and she truly was a crank.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.