If we assume people are getting more intelligent year on year (this is disputed of course) then we are entering the most fertile mass intelligence period in history. The UK population is collectively hugely educated and arguably more equally educated, thanks to a massive middle-class thanks to globalisation, than ever before.
Which raises the question -What do people want to use their intelligence for..? I have two options:
- To increase their earning potential (& therefore their own personal welfare)
- To increase social justice (& therefore other peoples' welfare)
If the possibility of number two are being blocked by unfair structures and the possibility of number one gets slimmer as the western world gets comparatively poorer. If we were to realise our complete affluence, and organised structures to use it well, then we could focus on the second.
So, what kind of world do we want to use this new mass of intelligence to build ..?
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