Just reverse the question, what makes you believe all these negatives are true?
You have some secret documents on R&D labs that you can say tech advancement stagnated?
You probably don't understand how big world really is, you probably don't understand how many different companies are there working on making stuff more efficient. All mobile phones looking the same for last 5 years is not "tech advancement stagnated".
There is also no single "world vision" and these "massive" geopolitical problems might be less of a problem then what media is presenting.
Deglobalisation and "less economic efficiency" seems like a good idea for me, first world people buying less crap built by exploited workforce from third world countries seems like a plus.
All that talk about "disconnecting" people for me is nonsense - people are connected more then ever I keep friends that I rarely see nowadays - but we are still good friends. Randos on the internet shouting at each other or teenagers playing MMOs instead of running in the woods is not convincing argument for me.
When I ride train - yes I read internet on my phone - yes I would never talk to strangers and never was even when I did not have internet on my phone, I would use Walkman to listen to tapes back when I was younger.
Problem with Walkman 20-25 years ago was that batteries were crap, headphones or earphones were crap and had cables that would break after month or two of using, nowadays I can listen music from my phone whole day and use earphones without any cables.
What I see is that the most capable people I know are working on making ads more efficient, one of the most visible latest innovations is people delivering food on bicycles, and don't even get me started about crypto.
So that's what I'm asking - what is there to be optimistic about? Say, in the 1950s you could be optimistic about all the home automation tech coming out, like dishwashers, washing machines, cars etc. getting better and more affordable. I find it hard to get excited about a future of startups where for a small subscription fee they send you some rubbish every month to exploit your dopamine reaction to novelty and surprise. A lot of 'innovation' seems to actually make our lives worse lately, and it seems like a trend that will continue.
Again you focus on what you see. I wanted to point out that you might want to think on what you don't see or don't know.
Like all biochemical F500 companies or energy companies - do you happen to know any biochem engineers? I don't know any.
If you take look at F500 list it is not like Apple, Google or Facebook hire all the people, they hire something around 150k people each and there are a lot other companies that hire around the same amount of people.
There is no evidence that people at Pfizer are somehow less smart than ones working at Apple :)
I would never let any software developer run any part of oil refinery :)
You have some secret documents on R&D labs that you can say tech advancement stagnated?
You probably don't understand how big world really is, you probably don't understand how many different companies are there working on making stuff more efficient. All mobile phones looking the same for last 5 years is not "tech advancement stagnated".
There is also no single "world vision" and these "massive" geopolitical problems might be less of a problem then what media is presenting.
Deglobalisation and "less economic efficiency" seems like a good idea for me, first world people buying less crap built by exploited workforce from third world countries seems like a plus.
All that talk about "disconnecting" people for me is nonsense - people are connected more then ever I keep friends that I rarely see nowadays - but we are still good friends. Randos on the internet shouting at each other or teenagers playing MMOs instead of running in the woods is not convincing argument for me.
When I ride train - yes I read internet on my phone - yes I would never talk to strangers and never was even when I did not have internet on my phone, I would use Walkman to listen to tapes back when I was younger.
Problem with Walkman 20-25 years ago was that batteries were crap, headphones or earphones were crap and had cables that would break after month or two of using, nowadays I can listen music from my phone whole day and use earphones without any cables.