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Silicon Valley Leverages Pandemic-Induced Poverty To Advance Pay For Success Finance – Wrench in the Gears

Silicon Valley Leverages Pandemic-Induced Poverty To Advance Pay For Success Finance – Wrench in the Gears

Silicon Valley Leverages Pandemic-Induced Poverty To Advance Pay For Success Finance


Waves of crises and disasters, often engineered, have made it hard for most to see the sweeping changes the Fourth Industrial Revolution has in the works. Namely the billionaires’ plan to hand entire job sectors over to robots and algorithms, forcing millions into poverty. Dispossessed of their means of economic support the masses can be more readily transformed into “social impact” data commodities, compelled to navigate an augmented reality police state “game,” otherwise known as “smart” cities.
In the wreckage of the global economy, who’s coming out ahead? Forbes reported ten billionaires netted $51 billion in a market rebound that ended April 9. Among them were tech oligarchs Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, and Mark Zuckerberg. Indeed they will be well-positioned to invest in the human capital bonds the Federal Reserve will be promoting in the coming years.
As the 2015-2035 timeline of Global Education Futures predicts, portfolios of the future will be portfolios comprised of people. Indeed last summer Microsoft filed a patent at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to mine crypto-currency through bodily activity, including brain waves. Great, so perhaps we won’t simply be portfolio items, but actual batteries creating wealth for predators from our human essence. Just like the Matrix. Please, someone get me of this ride that is “stakeholder capitalism.” CONTINUE READING: Silicon Valley Leverages Pandemic-Induced Poverty To Advance Pay For Success Finance – Wrench in the Gears