We definitely are, but you're free to go and live in some rural place. For now.
The main problem is not the technological advancement per se(there is still time before the tech is good enough and, hopefully, competing countries will be able to get there roughly at the same time - so that China won't enslave us all in the name of "democracy" and socialism)
The problem is the political decrease in freedom we've been experiencing for the last 200 years in the name of safety, terrorism, health or whatever the excuse of the day is.
This is a worrying trend and it seems like the entire world is progressively getting less and less free.
This coupled with the increasingly sophisticated technology is a recipe for disaster.
Again, the solution can be to run away. "Progress" can't reach everywhere at the same time.
I've already ruled out living in the USA or the rich part of Europe and I fear the tiny country I'm in will become as bad as the rest within 20 years.
My plan by then is to move to South America or maybe some Caribbean island.
The main problem is not the technological advancement per se(there is still time before the tech is good enough and, hopefully, competing countries will be able to get there roughly at the same time - so that China won't enslave us all in the name of "democracy" and socialism) The problem is the political decrease in freedom we've been experiencing for the last 200 years in the name of safety, terrorism, health or whatever the excuse of the day is.
This is a worrying trend and it seems like the entire world is progressively getting less and less free.
This coupled with the increasingly sophisticated technology is a recipe for disaster.
Again, the solution can be to run away. "Progress" can't reach everywhere at the same time.
I've already ruled out living in the USA or the rich part of Europe and I fear the tiny country I'm in will become as bad as the rest within 20 years.
My plan by then is to move to South America or maybe some Caribbean island.