Thesis

The following is my thesis for a research paper in one of my classes at Georgia Tech, "Innovation in America." The paper will be done by early December.

Our world is rapidly approaching the greatest paradigm shift in human history. We are on the precipice of a quantum leap in human awareness. Technological progress has been improving at an ever-increasing rate since man crafted the first stone tools. We presently find ourselves in a world of unprecedented, accelerating change. The Internet, born less than a fraction of a second ago on the clock of evolutionary time, has already revolutionized our lives. For the first time in the history of this planet, the earth’s parts are being connected together and linked up to a “global brain,” an intelligence greater than anything we have ever known. The union of human consciousness with artificial intelligence will create a civilization so far advanced as to be completely alien to our current selves.

The pace of change has now become so swift that our aging governmental, corporate, and financial institutions can no longer adapt; they are inherently oriented toward the status quo, thus impeding progress. The current economic crisis we are experiencing is the first sign of a breakdown in the world’s monetary-based production systems. The static, bureaucratic organizations running the show are simply incompatible with this rate of change. A new order will soon emerge to replace these obsolete systems. We now have the technological means to produce an overabundance of food, housing, and other goods using automated machines in place of human labor. Once scarcity is eliminated and the earth’s resources are intelligently managed–instead of foolishly fought over–there will be no basis for wars, poverty, or servitude. People will then have the freedom to explore, learn, and create as their heart demands. We are entering an era of unbounded innovation.