I refer you to this article:
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140617145522-25760-cabbies-and-bookworms-go-to-war-with-uber-and-amazon?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0
Posted by Michael Moritz, Chairman of Sequoia Capital and an influencer in linkedin.com
This is a terrific article about the impact of technological change upon old ways of conducting business. It's a variation of the fears of the Luddites at the inception of mass production, the conflict between an obsolete past and an inexorable future.
But there's more. What is unsaid but needs to be told is that we as humans in an ever changing world have to decide just what kind of world we want to have and how active we want to be in creating it. What often goes unsaid as industry after industry is decimated, is that jobs are, and will continue to be eliminated and fewer new jobs will take their place.
So, what do we do when all our needs, basic and ideal, are met? What do we do when there is no need to 'work' in the conventional sense, when we have time and freedom to sit and think?
WIll those of us who are manipulating systems to increase our share of wealth way beyond our needs still talk down about those who are not interested in having 'more'? That day is not far off. Certainly not in my generation but likely in my sons' time and certainly in my grandchildren's.
What happens when the insatiable drive for money and material things has been satisfied, when we have the freedom of choice, what will we do? How will we treat one another? What will we strive for? Will we embrace each other as ourselves, or will we continue to devise schemes to keep us apart?
I ask you: If all your needs are met, and you have as much as you need, will you pursue the discovery of yourself and make new dreams? Will you find such joy in your freedom that you will rejoice that others have it, too? Or will your ego still drive you to be 'better'?
Does the cabbie do what he does because he is driven to do it, or does he shlep people around town to fill more basic needs? Is it possible that if his needs were met, he might instead be composing music or preparing to head of for the stars?
What about you? If technology filled your essential needs and societies advanced enough in their thinking to accept its humanity for its intrinsic and infinite potential, what would you do? Drive a cab?
Cabbies and Bookworms Go to War with Uber and Amazon June 17, 2014
Posted by Michael Moritz, Chairman of Sequoia Capital and an influencer in linkedin.com
This is a terrific article about the impact of technological change upon old ways of conducting business. It's a variation of the fears of the Luddites at the inception of mass production, the conflict between an obsolete past and an inexorable future.
But there's more. What is unsaid but needs to be told is that we as humans in an ever changing world have to decide just what kind of world we want to have and how active we want to be in creating it. What often goes unsaid as industry after industry is decimated, is that jobs are, and will continue to be eliminated and fewer new jobs will take their place.
So, what do we do when all our needs, basic and ideal, are met? What do we do when there is no need to 'work' in the conventional sense, when we have time and freedom to sit and think?
WIll those of us who are manipulating systems to increase our share of wealth way beyond our needs still talk down about those who are not interested in having 'more'? That day is not far off. Certainly not in my generation but likely in my sons' time and certainly in my grandchildren's.
What happens when the insatiable drive for money and material things has been satisfied, when we have the freedom of choice, what will we do? How will we treat one another? What will we strive for? Will we embrace each other as ourselves, or will we continue to devise schemes to keep us apart?
I ask you: If all your needs are met, and you have as much as you need, will you pursue the discovery of yourself and make new dreams? Will you find such joy in your freedom that you will rejoice that others have it, too? Or will your ego still drive you to be 'better'?
Does the cabbie do what he does because he is driven to do it, or does he shlep people around town to fill more basic needs? Is it possible that if his needs were met, he might instead be composing music or preparing to head of for the stars?
What about you? If technology filled your essential needs and societies advanced enough in their thinking to accept its humanity for its intrinsic and infinite potential, what would you do? Drive a cab?
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