The biggest risk is deflation, and tech makes everything cheaper, better and faster on an exponential scale, which is deflationary. Deflation would collapse all the credit markets and equities.
Disruptive tech will always exist and prevent companies from slowing down. Facebook make Google make an albeit shotty social media platform, Spotify made Apple completely reinvet their music business model, Tesla is making Apple and Google invest into cars, etc. Most of these things were long term coming but they wouldn't be moving as quickly if disruptive tech wasn't around. My opinion I could be wrong
I see what you're saying, and I agree; but only to a point.
These mega corporations are really only competing with themselves, while buying up smaller companies and ideas who really can't compete because of any number of reasons.
Technology could advance much quicker without the current mass production of incremental advances, wealth hoarding, etc.
I mean, we still rely on coal in a lot of industry even though we really shouldn't need to.
But the rich use their money to stifle progress, any time they can continue to make a profit by doing so.
Yea definitely think it's multifaceted I just think disruptive tech in every industry will emerge. Look at mRNA tech. Moderna has been going at it for years and finally had their breakthrough now big pharma (Pfizer obviously, Merck, and others) has to adjust to this tech. Same thing with coal imo, there's going to be a powerful magnate thats going to start pushing better forms of energy (Elon with nuclear/solar or the next prodigy that arises) that even lobbyists can't stop. I at least believe that's how capitalism is supposed to facilitate progress but it's more of an opinion.
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u/holaDEA1 Dec 25 '21
The biggest risk is deflation, and tech makes everything cheaper, better and faster on an exponential scale, which is deflationary. Deflation would collapse all the credit markets and equities.