The Decline of Wisdom and the Rise of AI
Are we ready for a world where a Nelson or Alexander the Great can no longer rise unless societies collapse? Would we benefit, in fact, from that? Or is AI no match for leadership?
Are we ready for a world where a Nelson or Alexander the Great can no longer rise unless societies collapse? Would we benefit, in fact, from that? Or is AI no match for leadership?
And what does that mean for the next era of strategic alliances? A new NATO? A new period of diminished cooperation between the US and Mexico, the US and European NATO, and so on?
Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?