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The “One in8 Billion”
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This was my life!
It really gives you a lot to think about.
That's why I want to believe in the world Musk describes below!
“Humans will be able to live abundantly without having to work.”
If such a future really came, what would you do?
Elon Musk's vision of the futureis quite interesting.
AI and robots work in place of humans, make products, produce food, build homes, and even support medical care.
If that happens, the common sense of society as we know it may be turned upside down.
“If you don't work, you can't survive.”
He's saying that era may come to an end.
Putting together the future Musk envisions, it looks like this.
①A world where AI and robots work
Factories, farming, construction, logistics.
AI and robots take over, one after another, the jobs humans used to do.
People will need to work less and less just to make a living.
②A world where everyone can live abundantly
Large quantities of goods and services can be produced with few workers.
Prices of goods and services fall, and the abundance that only a wealthy few could once obtain reaches many people.
Going beyond a basic income that guarantees a minimum standard of living, Musk envisions a future of “Universal High Income,” in which everyone can enjoy a rich life.
③A world where top-quality medical care is within reach
AI detects disease, and robots assist with precise surgery.
Today, there are huge differences in the medical care people can receive depending on where they live and how much money they have.
There is a chance that this gap could be narrowed.
That said, these are not yet futures guaranteed to come true.
Who will own the wealth created by AI and robots, and how will it be distributed? There are big challenges there.
But what interested me most starts from here.
If we no longer had to work in order to live, what would humans live for?
Working to earn money.
Doing our best to get by.
Saving because we're anxious about the future.
What if the “effort for survival” that took up most of our lives got smaller?
Perhaps for the first time, humans would start seriously asking themselves questions like these.
“What do I actually like?”
“What do I want to experience?”
“Who do I want to spend my time with?”
“What do I want to leave behind in this life?”
Perhaps the wealth of the future will no longer be measured by the balance in a bank account.
How deeply you were moved.
How much you loved.
How much you learned and grew.
How much you made someone happy.
Those things may become what determines the richness of a life.
And one more thing.
In an age when AI can answer anything,a person who has interesting questions, rather than one who knows the answers,will be the more attractive one, I think.
If robots can make anything, then “what do you want to make?” is what gets asked.
If AI helps with our work, then “what are you doing it for?” is what gets asked.
The more convenient things become, the more important human curiosity, imagination, and love will be.
Imagining that kind of future gets me excited.
However, AI creating wealth is not the same as everyone becoming prosperous.
If wealth concentrates in a few hands, a future of widening inequality is entirely possible.
That's exactly why we need to think about the structure of society alongside technological progress.
Now then.
From “What do I do to earn a living?” to “What do I do to live?”
If that shift in the question happens, what kind of life would you choose?
I think so.
For the humans of the future, the greatest talent may be
the talent for finding life fascinating
.
If you want to succeed, sleep first.
If you want to be happy, eat first.
Huh? Is that really all it takes?
“If you want to be happy,
if you want to succeed,
first satisfy your three basic desires.”
Seeing a post like that,
I thought, “That's really true.”
We work hard in order to be happy.
We want to succeed.
We want to earn money.
We want to make our dreams come true.
We want to be of use to someone.
But what are we sacrificing for it?
Cutting back on sleep,
putting together meals carelessly,
ignoring what our bodies are telling us,
we push ourselves again today.
Wait a moment?
We're working hard to be happy, yet
are we not wearing ourselves ragged—
the very selves who are meant to feel that happiness?
The three basic desires are
appetite, the desire for sleep, and sexual desire.
They are the
basic needs for human beings to live.
When we're hungry, we get irritable.
When we're sleep-deprived, our judgment dulls.
When we lack affection and intimacy, we can feel lonely.
In that state,
“I have to succeed more!”
“I have to try harder!”
we keep driving ourselves on.
Doesn't that seem kind of backwards?
Eat something delicious,
sleep soundly,
and share love with the people who matter.
When we're fulfilled like that,
energy wells up naturally.
We can be kind to others.
We feel like taking on new challenges.
Interesting ideas start to come to mind.
Of course, satisfying the three basic desires doesn't
guarantee success.
But to keep forcing ourselves to run
while we're running on empty
is somehow off.
If I succeed, I'll be happy.
That's what I used to think, but
first creating a state in which we can feel happiness,
and then setting out toward success.
Maybe that order is possible too.
Life isn't a game in which the person who endures suffering
is rewarded with happiness in the end.
This one day called today,
really taste it.
Delicious!
Feels good!
Fun!
Love it!
Don't put off
small joys like these.
Rather than sacrificing life for success,
I'd like to aim for success in order to enjoy life.
First, let's sleep.
Let's eat properly.
Let's cherish love.
Happiness isn't a reward for after you've succeeded.
It's allowed to be here in today, too, as you head toward success.
Link to Takumi Yamazaki’s ENGLISH Book “SHIFT”
https://amzn.to/2DYcFkG
Original post (Japanese): https://ameblo.jp/takumi-yamazaki/entry-12983077952.html
