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Stewart Patrick makes sensible points about the need for the US (and the world) to align its policies with the powerful megatrends of dramatic demographic shifts, a deepening environmental crisis, and accelerating technological innovation.
However, Donald Trump is not a rational, thoughtful leader. i do not think that these megatrends will thwart his plans. He will do what he thinks he can get away with in the next 4 years. He couldn't care less what happens in the long run, after his tenure.
Après moi, le déluge!
Since Trump's horizon is short-term, I think he "risks becoming a modern-day version of the Persian King Xerxes, who, when stormy seas destroyed his fleet and his best-laid plans, ordered the waters to be lashed"!
Kul
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Summary
As President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term, he will encounter three major global challenges: demographic shifts, climate change, and rapid technological advancements. Aging populations in developed countries and the need for immigration to sustain economic growth clash with Trump’s restrictive immigration policies. Meanwhile, the intensifying climate crisis demands action, but Trump’s dismissal of climate science and commitment to fossil fuels undermine necessary efforts. Additionally, the rapid rise of AI and synthetic biology presents both opportunities and risks, requiring regulation that Trump’s administration may lack. To succeed, Trump will need to adjust his policies to navigate these powerful forces effectively.
Key quotes
"In the shadow of depopulation, immigration will matter even more than it does today.
"Trump’s positions won’t alter scientific reality, the same way Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ injunction that state officials strike the phrase 'climate change' from public documents won’t alter scientific reality."
"Not two years ago, thousands of technologists warned that AI companies were 'locked in an out-of-control race to develop... ever more powerful digital minds that no one—not even their creators—can understand, predict, or reliably control."
Stewart Patrick makes sensible points about the need for the US (and the world) to align its policies with the powerful megatrends of dramatic demographic shifts, a deepening environmental crisis, and accelerating technological innovation.
However, Donald Trump is not a rational, thoughtful leader. i do not think that these megatrends will thwart his plans. He will do what he thinks he can get away with in the next 4 years. He couldn't care less what happens in the long run, after his tenure.
Après moi, le déluge!
Since Trump's horizon is short-term, I think he "risks becoming a modern-day version of the Persian King Xerxes, who, when stormy seas destroyed his fleet and his best-laid plans, ordered the waters to be lashed"!
Kul
Click here for the article
Summary
As President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term, he will encounter three major global challenges: demographic shifts, climate change, and rapid technological advancements. Aging populations in developed countries and the need for immigration to sustain economic growth clash with Trump’s restrictive immigration policies. Meanwhile, the intensifying climate crisis demands action, but Trump’s dismissal of climate science and commitment to fossil fuels undermine necessary efforts. Additionally, the rapid rise of AI and synthetic biology presents both opportunities and risks, requiring regulation that Trump’s administration may lack. To succeed, Trump will need to adjust his policies to navigate these powerful forces effectively.
Key quotes
"In the shadow of depopulation, immigration will matter even more than it does today.
"Trump’s positions won’t alter scientific reality, the same way Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ injunction that state officials strike the phrase 'climate change' from public documents won’t alter scientific reality."
"Not two years ago, thousands of technologists warned that AI companies were 'locked in an out-of-control race to develop... ever more powerful digital minds that no one—not even their creators—can understand, predict, or reliably control."
Thanks for sharing - interesting article. It makes you think that humans will become a coveted commodity like oil and migration policies will turn on their heads. And yes, it's only until an unregulated AI slaps DJT in the face, will it dawn on him what this all means. It'll take something like '...adversarial governments and terrorists to create new or resurrect old pathogens as biological weapons.' for him to wake-up to the benefits of AI regulation...!
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