Can AI Kill the War Machine?

From Malthus to Thunberg. [Altucher Confidential] December 21, 2023 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( One idea rules the entire world: Earth cannot sustain all life. And it's 100% wrong. [Hero_Image] Can AI Kill the War Machine? [Chris Campbell] CHRIS CAMPBELL Dear Reader, Thomas Malthus. The ONLY reason you’ve heard his name is because he was -- and still is -- a rockstar to the elites. Malthus is the Frank Sinatra of doomsday prophecies. (You see, I’m assuming Frank Sinatra is the original King of Pop, which, of course, is the 100% correct assumption to have.) In other words… Malthus created one of the biggest cults in history, devoted to one idea: reducing the human population on Earth. This isn’t a conspiracy theory, nor does it necessarily require (or negate) a conscious and grand conspiracy among fellows. It’s 100% logical given the recent intellectual history of the West. In short, our entire worldview has rested on a single idea that was perhaps once sound… But, once proven wrong, was never corrected. Lesson learned: Never underestimate the power of willful ignorance. One Idea Rules the World Malthus gained his intellectual footing in the East India Company, a linchpin for the establishment and expansion of the British Empire. During his tenure as a professor at the East India Company College, Malthus realized he was the first human being in history to have comprehensive economic, social, and scientific information about the world around him. It was a fact that would soon come to haunt him. Parsing through the data, he came to an awful conclusion: The majority of humans on Earth are destined to live out their years in great want, suffering, and pain. Thus, came the premise that would shape the paradigm under which we still live to this day: Planet Earth cannot possibly sustain all of the human life that is coming for it. As said, his reasoning at the time was sound: The global population was growing geometrically (exponentially) while the human life-support was only growing arithmetically (linearly). BUT the trend reversed. Today, it’s the opposite. Currently, the global population is growing arithmetically (and peaking) while the global human life-support -- perhaps despite the Malthusian’s best efforts to the contrary -- has been growing exponentially since the late 1800s. Malthus was wrong. But that didn’t matter. This philosophy -- a fundamental inadequacy of life support on Earth -- was generalized into a scientific and economic law that, cloaked in environmentalism, still exists today. 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Estimates suggest that around 99% of people around the world couldn’t read or write during that time. His ideas had a profound impact on the intellectual and economic elites because they were the only ones who could engage directly in them. Obviously, this dynamic significantly influenced how knowledge and ideas were shared and debated during that era. Malthus was hailed as an intellectual giant. What Malthus and his acolytes didn’t account for was the process of ephemeralization -- the emerging ability of humanity to do more and more with less and less. It’s the MOST underappreciated and overlooked aspect of the past two centuries. Which is why… All of the systems from that point on were ultimately driven by one primary assumption: We must create the most logical systems to deal with and cope with the lethal inadequacy of life support on planet Earth. It explains why the most powerful economic machines history has ever known have come to devote the majority of their resources not into raising the living standards of everyone on Earth (positive-sum games)… But instead have operated from a zero-sum ideology (eat or be eaten), creating vast dependencies locally and abroad. This economic engine, consuming vast resources and trillions of dollars, relentlessly advances in its quest to create more powerful ways to kill ever more people, at ever-greater distances, and in ever-shorter timespans. (Doing more with less.) All the while -- ironically, I might add -- ignoring that this phenomenon of ephemeralization has proved Malthus wrong. The natural result is a culture steeped in pessimism. Cynicism, dystopian ideation, and negative prophecy are seen as far more profound than optimism and positive ideation. You might argue: But, wait. An emphasis on pessimism is a survival mechanism, rooted in evolutionary biology. Could be true. But if it is, why do we see periods of history driven by profound optimism? The Golden Age of Athens. Renaissance Europe. The Enlightenment. The American Frontier. By no coincidence, they were also times of artistic, cultural, and intellectual flourishing. As a result, those who represented the pinnacle of wisdom during these eras were vastly different than they are today. Under our own paradigm, we get the midwits -- the Bill Gates’, the Klaus Schwabs, and the Greta Thunderbergs -- upheld as the pinnacles of profundity. And yet… They only appear profound because of the thing which unites them all: a deeply pessimistic attitude about the adequacy of life support on planet Earth. Yes. They are Malthusians. Can AI Kill the War Machine? The Malthusians are so obviously wrong about Earth’s carrying capacity that it only takes 100 words to prove it. I’ll prove it tomorrow. And reveal why Artificial Intelligence could kill the war machine. First, however, our colleague Jim Rickards takes the other side of the argument. He ponders: Could AI start WWIII? Also a worthy question -- if only to help avoid the inevitable dangers and pitfalls of AI. [Click here]( or the video itself to check it out on our brand spanking new [Paradigm Youtube page](. (And don’t forget to subscribe!) [Click here to learn more]( Until tomorrow, [Chris Campbell] Chris Campbell For Altucher Confidential The 2 AI investing traps revealed [must read] Investor and entrepreneur James Altucher made millions during the crypto boom. Many “experts” are now saying… [Artificial Intelligence opportunities could be even bigger.]( But don’t believe the hype. Before you invest one penny in AI… See James reveal the [2 AI investing TRAPS]( that will doom many investors… Yes, making money from AI SHOULD be easy… But most AI investors will fall flat on their faces. Because they don’t know the 2 AI investing TRAPS. 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