Although there would be times when we would need to go it alone, there would be many others—for example, when artificial intelligence, facial recognition, and cybersecurity are involved—when we all have much more to gain from working with one another.
This reminded me of the Peter Thiel theory (or at least quote) on crypto vs. AI: "“I think since the pendulum has swung back and forth so much over the last 50 years, there is no reason that that’s the future. And it’s actually a choice. Do we want it to be centralized? Do we want it to be decentralized? And what I think AI can mean many different things but if it means you have large databases that are controlled by large governments that can monitor people more effectively, it’s something that could make communism maybe more effective, certainly more scary, more totalitarian than it ever was in the 20th century. It’s not a coincidence along these lines that the Chinese communist party hates crypto and loves AI.”"
