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The one percent discovers transhumanism
The World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland just wrapped up its annual gathering. It isn’t hard to make fun of this yearly coming together of the global economic and cultural elites who rule the world, or at least think they do.
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The title and the title image of the snap are very removed from the tone of the article. The article is a sober analysis about emerging technological and economic trends over the next century published by Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies entitled Utopia or Dystopia. It covers a wide range of topics with brevity and commentary which only highlights issues humanity faces and what is being discussed at Davos to address them. Which is kind of what one would hope the globally influential economic and political elite would be doing - analyzing current trends and planning for the future.
The snap is... "highly politicized" is the best I can come up with.
Rereading the next day, you will not get an argument from me; hashtag drunk snapping.