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The real reason is that they think everyone is like them. A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it’s trickled into their vision of the future But I would argue it goes somewhat deeper than that. They are aware of how tenuous civilization has becomes, being so dependent on fragile systems that are highly efficient but lack resilience and there is inadequate redundancy and backup. Vital resource shortages could develop more quickly than they can be addressed as a result of an unforeseen shock or uncontrollable surprise event.There are a lot of preppers and survivalists out there, but these folks are in a class by themselves owing to their wealth.SalonThe real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday Jason Rhode
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The real reason is that they think everyone is like them. A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it’s trickled into their vision of the future But I would argue it goes somewhat deeper than that. They are aware of how tenuous civilization has becomes, being so dependent on fragile systems that are highly efficient but lack resilience and there is inadequate redundancy and backup. Vital resource shortages could develop more quickly than they can be addressed as a result of an unforeseen shock or uncontrollable surprise event.There are a lot of preppers and survivalists out there, but these folks are in a class by themselves owing to their wealth.SalonThe real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday Jason Rhode
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: preppers
This could be interesting, too:
The real reason is that they think everyone is like them.
A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it’s trickled into their vision of the futureBut I would argue it goes somewhat deeper than that. They are aware of how tenuous civilization has becomes, being so dependent on fragile systems that are highly efficient but lack resilience and there is inadequate redundancy and backup. Vital resource shortages could develop more quickly than they can be addressed as a result of an unforeseen shock or uncontrollable surprise event.
There are a lot of preppers and survivalists out there, but these folks are in a class by themselves owing to their wealth.
Salon
The real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday
Jason Rhode