Part 4/7:
Economic Shifts and New Power Dynamics
These rapid advancements also signal an impending paradigm shift in economic structures. Traditional models of economic growth, which rely on population, productivity, and debt, are increasingly untenable. With global population expansion slowing and debts reaching critical limits, the decoupling of GDP growth from human labor through AI and automation is inevitable.
Recent phenomena, such as the explosive rise of meme-driven capital formations, illustrate how quickly money can be mobilized in this new landscape. The crypto and blockchain sectors represent the fastest adoption rates in technological history, with assets like Bitcoin demonstrating markedly consistent annual growth.