11-01-2024, 09:19 AM
I really like these "view from 30,000 feet" analyses. Thank you.
In your description, I'm struck by the contrasts of distance: an ever-closing distance required for affect, and an ever-widening distance of subsequent effect, as sociological, economic, and technological system have matured. Today, the distance required to "reach out" is as narrow as between a cell phone and eyeball, and the scope of consequent effect can be global. The disparity seems to only be increasing. How much further can it go? Perhaps, when it reaches its maximum, we will see a complete dissolution of the concept of physical distance entirely -- nations, economies, ideologies will no longer be bound by locality at all, but will exist in a colocated "soup" of post-singularity chaos. Imagine that! Unless the heterogeneity disappears entirely, we'll be walking down the street and passing people with total different languages, worldviews, economic systems, governments of choice, etc. How will it all be mediated? It's a mystery.
In your description, I'm struck by the contrasts of distance: an ever-closing distance required for affect, and an ever-widening distance of subsequent effect, as sociological, economic, and technological system have matured. Today, the distance required to "reach out" is as narrow as between a cell phone and eyeball, and the scope of consequent effect can be global. The disparity seems to only be increasing. How much further can it go? Perhaps, when it reaches its maximum, we will see a complete dissolution of the concept of physical distance entirely -- nations, economies, ideologies will no longer be bound by locality at all, but will exist in a colocated "soup" of post-singularity chaos. Imagine that! Unless the heterogeneity disappears entirely, we'll be walking down the street and passing people with total different languages, worldviews, economic systems, governments of choice, etc. How will it all be mediated? It's a mystery.
