The Singularity and Ron Paul
You may not know it, but you are probably living in the final generation anywhere on the earth to endure poverty, disease and scarcity of physical goods – at least in the way such things have existed from the dawn of civilization until now.
…Consider that the poorest people in this country who at least have jobs and places to sleep literally have a higher standard of living than the wealthiest person on the earth did less than 150 years ago; 150 years ago, the wealthiest person on the earth didn’t have anything that the poorest today consider basic necessities, like indoor plumbing, electricity, central heating or air-conditioning, antibiotics or a refrigerator – much less things that may not be life-sustaining necessities, but are the luxuries of yesterday that most consider the necessities of today, like cars, televisions, computers, etc.
.. By the 2020s, almost the entire world economy will be information, and there will no longer be significant human employment in service and manufacturing industries. As Kurzweil notes, we’re automating jobs at the bottom of the skill ladder and replacing them with jobs higher on the skill ladder. This may alarm some, but anyone who understands economics knows that it’s glorious, miraculous progress whenever jobs are lost through normal market forces.
…If the prospects for the future discussed in this article excite you, then they are still more reasons, in addition to all of the other benefits of significantly increased freedom, to support Ron Paul, because the freer the country and the economy and the sounder the money, the faster this progress will arrive.
Among many other things, Ron Paul wants to create such a market by busting the medical cartel and the pharmaceutical-industrial complex. Probably the biggest thing you can do right now to massively increase your future standard of living, and that of those you care about, is to devote whatever time and money you can to Ron Paul.
