Troubled times breed hard men,

Hard men fix good times,

Good times breed soft men,

And Soft men drive troubled times.

This is a cycle as old as life itself, inevitable as taxes and as inescapable as death. This is a truth that has befallen mankind throughout its history.

But are we soon to break the cycle? Decades of advancing technologies has seen standards of living skyrocket around the world. The latest developments in AI threaten the next big shift in society and could break these very chains of repetition!

Troubled times could well be a thing of the past. And yet, what will we be left with?

Soft men, selfish men, and m easy times.

In the age of consumerism every want is at our fingertips. Social wages and universal living standards will ensure all have the basic necessities of modern life. What do we get in return?

As seen in recent weeks the civil world is at war with itself. Extremist hate, violent conflict, preventable shootings and a spiralling mental health crisis are but a few of the news headlines. What more will come when there is little else to achieve for?

There is a peak to which technology helps out mankind, before the benefits it provides cost some our creative freedoms or very souls themselves…

We haven’t reached that point yet, but when we do, we must be very careful not to bite off more than we can chew!