Wireless technology involves existential risk.

We all use Bluetooth and other wireless systems. Those systems give us freedom to operate. When we listen to music. Or do something. Like that. Wireless systems are free from wires, but sometimes we should ask, what if somebody hacks those systems? The effective distance. Of Bluetooth communication. It is about 20-100 meters. Bluetooth 5 has an effective distance that can be longer than 200 meters. And if somebody could hack the Bluetooth key that the system uses for making connections, that would allow that actor to transmit information into those Bluetooth devices. If somebody wants to transmit so-called subliminal acoustic signals to the receiver, that system doesn’t need two-way communication. The high-power electronic warfare system can make that thing possible. 

Hacking those systems is always a big risk. But when we think about things like Brain-implanted microchips. And Brain-Computer Interfaces, those systems allow operators to hack. The person’s mind. The system that connects a person to the computer using the electric neural stimulation can make it possible to transmit. Faked information into the victim's mind. The BCI systems are under development. The existing systems are used to control prostheses.  The BCI systems are also created. To control things like next-generation fighters. The same system can also be used to transmit false information into a person’s brain. 

The BCI system communicates directly with the cerebral cortex. It can be used to create fake memories. If the information comes directly. To the cerebral cortex, that means the victim cannot separate that information from other information. That comes from the senses. So the computer simulation causes the same effect in the brain as natural information. The brain-implanted microchips are tools. That can be used to create fake senses. And those things include horrifying visions about extortion, where the electric impulses stimulate brain areas that control pain or hate. Those things can be used to cause very big damage, and that technology is devastating in the hands of dictators. 

If we think about the technical singularity, where people communicate with the internet using implanted microchips. Those systems are the ultimate tool and ultimate threat for humans. If we are in the technical singularity. And somebody puts. The fake information in that system. That can cause a very bad situation. If we think about a system that stimulates the brain. There is a possibility. Those systems can shut down lobes. That control breathing. Or if that system communicates with the visual cortex, and then starts to transmit things like a computer game in that microchip. That can cause a very bad situation. If that happens while a person walks on the streets. 

Capitalism is a blessing and a curse.

Basically. There is nothing wrong with capitalism. The idea of capitalism is simple. If people like your products, they buy them. And that brings money to your bank accounts. If people don’t like our product, they don’t buy it. And that drives you into bankruptcy. That is the economic Darwinism. If the company cannot sell its products. That removes it from markets. 

Other ways. We can say that if the company cannot answer those new challenges, it will be terminated immediately. In the Soviet Union, there was no capitalism. And the competition between companies. Did not exist. That caused a situation where the merchandise. With bad quality being. Entered. Into shops. Without competition, there was no development. And that turned those products old-fashioned. That raised the Soviets' addiction. To the natural resources. To get Western currency. They sold gas and oil to get dollars, which they needed to buy Western technology. That caused a situation. The Soviet technology started to fall behind. 

The biggest problem in capitalism is that the only thing that means something is money. Companies are made. To bring money for their owners. And that means the benefit of the company owners. The company does as little as possible for other functions. Than functions that bring money into its stakeholders. 

This causes the company to forget its environmental responsibilities. Every investment made to clean water and decrease pollution is waiting until the final warning from the government. Only the last force and laws are things. That forces companies. To clean their wastewater or decrease pollution. Companies wait until the last minute to make the investments. Which allows them to decrease their pollution to a level. That it passes standards touching the limit. Everything that is made after multiple remarks is minimal. The companies, or somebody in the companies. Think that every extra cent. What they use for the environment is out of the profits that the company can share. 

And that is the case, where theoretical capitalism separates from practical capitalism. The thing is that the Western companies' purpose. It has always been to bring money to their owners. The fact is that this is the case, where some Eastern companies differ from Western companies. Those companies' mission is sometimes to deliver their government's agenda. Rather than make a business. That is one of the most important things that we must understand. 

When we talk about things. Like business. We all know about the power. Of the multinational corporations is that. They can make many things more effectively. And cheaper. than traditional corporations. Those companies can hire a person to work in an office in Dubai. That office can belong to the subsidiary. The main company was established. That company in Dubai. The worker can work remotely from their home, which can be in Finland or Sweden. And officially. They work in the company. That is registered in Dubai, in an office. Which is in Dubai. The thing is that those arrangements can save money. The purpose of that subsidiary can be only to act as a labor office. 

That has only one customer. The main company that “hires” those people for work. That is one way to reduce taxes and other payments. This is one way to benefit from the multinational position. Of the company. If the company has offices in all Western countries, it allows it to change the HQ location very fast. These kinds of companies might be. A rather clustered form. Of  different companies. Than one company. For an outsider. The company cluster of different-looking companies. It can be the same company. 

Those parts of clusters can act under different business names. Because that makes it easier to handle money flows. Those separated marketing sections that operate under their own business name can also take on other work. Same way. The transportation section. That has its own business name and can also transport other cargo. That maximizes the company's income. Those companies are listed on the stock market. That means almost any person. Those who have enough capital. Can buy those companies, whose value can be billions of dollars. 

What if the FSB buys an international company? And starts to use it for its purposes? Another actor who might be interested in the international companies is drug cartels. International import and export companies are things. That can offer a smuggling tool. For those super criminals. This is one reason why. There are sometimes risks in international companies. Those companies offer a great platform for international and hostile operators. 

The concept of endless economic growth is impossible.

The thing that makes the global economic situation very difficult. Is this. Our economic principle is growth. That continues forever. One way to grow demand is to make new people. The endless growth principle in economics. Created in the Roman Empire. In the Roman Empire, endless wars guaranteed endless growth. And after that, colonialism made it possible to follow that principle. When Europeans conquered a new country. That country needed a new infrastructure. For things. Like troop transportation. When there was overpopulation in Europe. 

The solution was to send people who had no jobs to the colonies. Today, growing economies with a growing population are absurd things. We know that if there are too many people. That means that there is not enough food for everybody. In the Roman Empire. And. In colonial countries, the solution for overpopulation was to send people to colonies. And that caused bloody conflicts. Because native people competed for the same farmlands.  And that is the sad inheritance. From colonial times. 

Before WWI, the increasing population was necessary because people were needed in the army. And before machinery and industrialism. People are needed for work. But then machines took people's work. That left many unemployed people. In the country. And that caused rebellions. When people were not working, they had time to share thoughts that were seen as harmful. Sending people who had no work to colonies made it possible to solve the problems. That's what the idle people caused.  If those people opened the wrong books, they got the wrong influence. And that was not tolerated. 

That means there should always be more people who buy some products. If we think that fuel energy sources like gas and oil are. And raw materials like cotton are things that we use all the time; we face a very complicated problem. That problem is that even if people want to buy cotton and fuel, they need something. That uses those things. If we want to sell things like petroleum, we face a problem. People must have something that uses petroleum. Or they must burn that petroleum in a pothole. 

They need cars, and they buy petroleum for those cars. So they don’t donate money for nothing. If people don’t have cars or motorcycles, they don’t need petroleum for travel. If their car uses electricity, that leaves petroleum stations without customers. The difference between petroleum and a car is simple. People who own a car that uses a combustion engine need petroleum. But people who have an electric car don’t need petroleum for short trips. The thing that makes this picture a little bit complicated is that. People don’t buy cars every year. They don’t buy houses and factory halls every year. 

That means, even if we buy things like cotton all the time. We don’t need new houses. Same way. We need cotton or energy sources. That thing doesn’t mean that we don’t need houses. We all want to live in some kind of house. And that means there is always. Some need for construction companies. But the problem is that we don’t need those companies or their services all the time. When we think. About the growth of the markets. There are different types of markets. Markets of short-period everyday products. Like petroleum. And the markets for the products with long-term use. Reconciliation of those things. It is sometimes very difficult. 

That can keep their values for tens or even hundreds of years. If we want to build buildings, we need some buyers for those products. People can live in the same house. Even hundreds of years. If the house is properly made. When we want to sell new houses to people. We need people who buy those houses. So, in cases like houses, there is a need for new people. A decreasing population means that. People don’t buy as many houses and cars. Than in the past. This kind of thing affects the products. These are meant for long-term use. Even if people buy petroleum, they don’t buy houses. That causes. unemployment in the construction sector.