it’s not questions

Interestingly, the five wealthy unnamed, all from the upper echelons of the world of tech investment and hedge funds, wanted to know how to keep the guards from attacking them and protect their food stores from danger, instead of finding ways to prevent disasters. hands of hungry peasants.

After the limousine picked up Rushkoff from the airport and brought him to what he called the “meeting room,” he was subjected to a lengthy conversation about the future of technology, which began as a casual conversation. Over time, the true intentions of the billionaires became clear.

“They started in a harmless and sufficiently predictable way. Bitcoin or Ether? Virtual or augmented reality? Who will get quantum computing first, China or Google? Then they got to the main concern: New Zealand or Alaska? Which region will be less affected by the impending climate crisis? Did it get worse from there? What was the bigger threat: global warming or biological warfare? How much planning was required to survive without outside help? Should the bunker have its own air source? What was the probability of groundwater? Su announced that it had almost completed the construction of its own underground bunker system, and asked, “How can I maintain control of my security forces after the incident?the article says.

The author says that his interlocutors were thinking about the question of loyalty at that time. They know that armed guards will be needed to protect their territory from raiders and angry mobs. One of them has already secured a dozen seals. But how to pay security guards when even crypto wallets become worthless? What could prevent them from finally electing a leader and going up against their former employers?

I tried to reason with them. I made a pro-social cause for partnership and solidarity as the best approaches to our collective long-term goals. “The way to get your bodyguards to show loyalty in the future is to treat them like friends now,” I explained. Don’t just invest in ammunition and electric fences, invest in people and relationships. They rolled their eyes at what must have sounded like hippie philosophy,
– says Rushkoff

The author of the article, which examines the impact of digital technology on people’s lives, writes that now the wealthy are trying to provide themselves “fancy bunkers” and several companies that offer “post-apocalyptic products” have turned to him to help with their sales. their products. For example, a startup called Vivos sells luxury underground apartments that can be installed at missile mines and other decommissioned military facilities. These shelters have swimming pools, games, movies and even whole restaurants.

The biggest problem, Rushkoff writes, is that these bunkers only drag on the inevitable. Instead of investing in the improvement of the world, they seek a way to isolate themselves from it and its problems.