First of all, I’m already paranoid about these deepfakes, it’s damn hard for me to keep a picture of what’s happening in the world in my head. No, of course, I understand the basis and the coming new world order, but it is simply absurd, what kind of delusional world with robots is this, which quite quickly can, and most likely will provoke a machine uprising?
I know I didn’t explain well like some freak, but I’m tired, I often have panic attacks and wild fears, sometimes I wake up like I’ve had a heart attack but I’m alive.
That’s funny, because I have studied history and the idea of “progress” being inevitable is an article of faith by people who happened to live in times where technology changes quickly. As you point out, society is much more sticky.
Human history features century-long periods of stagnation and decline. That’s the norm. And there is no reason to think that can’t happen again.
I also want to point out that successful social movements are often aligned with the interests of capital. For example feminism expands the labor force. I think the role of capital’s acquiescence or encouragement is an often overlooked engine of social “progress” in the West.
I guess what I’m saying is History can be comforting, so long as you ignore philosophy.