Interview 1238 – New World Next Year: 2017

by | Dec 22, 2016 | Interviews | 17 comments

Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This year:

Media Monarchy’s 2016 Story: Mass Movements and the Madness of Crowds
The CIA’s ‘Pokémon Go’ App is Doing What the Patriot Act Can’t
Wikipedia: ‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’
Note how quickly the Clowns disappeared post-Election?
How to change your Facebook profile picture to a German flag
#AmericasNextTopPresident
Is 2016 the Worst Year in History?

Corbett Report’s 2016 Story: The Panama Papers
What I Learned From the Panama Papers
The One Sentence Summary of the Panama Papers
Panama Joins International Efforts Against Tax Evasion, Avoidance
PDF: The Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters

Media Monarchy’s 2017 Trend: Cut the Cord and Cancel the Plan
A.I. Awakenings, Smart Meters and Sex Spies
The “#STFU and deal” mentality of today’s tech companies will fuel the impending Luddite backlash
Search: “Neo Luddite”
Apple’s new MacBook Pro kills off most of the ports you probably need
These 3 charts show the collapse of for-profit education

Corbett Report’s 2017 Trend: Rise of the Robots
Killer Cop Robot Kills Cop Killer
Meet Betty The Robot, The Perfect Office Manager
Davos Robot Eclipses Davos Man as Gloom Descends on Elite
The Great A.I. Awakening
The White House’s report on AI and the economy warns of increasing inequality

17 Comments

  1. I believe that much prosperity for humanity lies in the wake of automation, but we need to develop socially before that becomes possible.

    Automation could lead to final and true abolition of slavery which is, regardless of mainstream narrative, still rampant today.

  2. Thanks for 2015 Jameses. It’s been great. You’ve done a fabulous job of reviewing, analyzing and reporting the REAL NEWS. Is it Brock? Whatever. Keep it up. You’re doing a wonderful job on the videos. I certainly appreciate your work, especially in the assistance you provide to the guys. O.K. hang-on, one more swing around the sun.

  3. The Internet license is my prediction.

  4. For 2017 in the United States, I am guessing that there will be this perception (confidence factor) of better economic times (whether based on reality or not). Unfortunately, I also think that the military-industrial complex will gain more funding. By the end of 2017, we may see the housing real estate bubble start to crumble. There will start to be shifts in the Healthcare economic strata (for example: Over the past few years we have seen a proliferation in the building of many health clinics and private hospitals, but this trend will decline). The U.S. oil and gas industry and jobs will start up again during 2017, along with a rise in the price of some commodities like steel, etc.

    In 2017, I think Facebook’s appeal will start seeing a decline. Aspects of Amazon will lose its luster, while we may see different networks appear in which independent companies can deal more directly with consumers. We will see more innovations and connectivity on a local level, such as delivery of goods, services and people. The MainStreamMedia will have less influence on “what is popular or the latest fad / product”.

    • Yea, spot-on nosoapradio. I have been reading about that “big brother is watching shopping experience”. Amazon reinvests tremendous funds into R&D. Years ago, Walmart was considering doing this type of shopping with RFID chips. I bet the cashier-less trend will continue.
      ha! The hackers are gonna love this.

      I am so old school. I even hate the self checkout lanes.

      I miss the days before the big box stores, when downtowns were crowded with independent merchants and grown men supported the wife & family while working there.
      I even remember the spring loaded overhead tubes which the clerk sent to the cashier at the independent department store in Mineral Wells, TX.
      Ex. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/3a/30/f03a30922d691e31a453a4a9e37e6fd9.jpg

      Things were less regulated in those days. As a kid, you could go in the “5 & Dime” and they would have a small pool filled with baby alligators (actually caiman) for sale. During Easter, a small area had baby chicks for sale.
      It is a wonder that I am not sterile. The shoe store had a machine which X-rayed your foot. Being small, I had my little brother put his foot in there while I boosted myself up the machine to look at his bones. The “buzz” of the X-ray was so loud, our Mother finally got us off.
      http://placesandplatypie.com/images/022012-5.gif

      Adventure and exploration during this era are on a different grid.

  5. The “Fear Of Technology” should be considered “Fake News”. It is a false belief in events that are untrue. No matter how much my faction of Transhumanism come out and tell people how false it is, other hacks come out to push more fear on the population.

    Here are some articles to read to learn more, if you have questions reach out to me.

    Do Not Fear The AI – http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=4202

    The Fear Of Technological Unemployment – http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=3557

    Imbecilic Dog-God-AI-Delusion – Singularity Utopia – http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=5732

    Steadfast AI Scaremongering – Singularity Utopia – http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=5780

    The real issue is the New World Order Economy not reaching everyone. Another article to help.

    http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=8550

    • I find you’re barking at the wrong tree, friend.

      “What annoys me about this, is that no one to date can list what the issue is with the AI. You have no fact’s to back up the fear”

      There are several facets of technology today which are on the brink of rendering humans (and thus sense of righteousness and morality) obsolete and therefore be placed even more at the will of psychopaths in power. I’ll give one example: assault drones. Those things could GREATLY “benefit” from an AI.

      As is now, they still need human pilots to guide them around, not that this is doing much to prevent slaughter but still there are boundaries to what these pilots will be ready to do, at least I hope so. With a competent AI, drones could be used to “patrol” the revered “homeland” and could easily act as the police, jury, judge and executioner.

      Another thing I’d like to mention would be various DARPA robots. Like that mechanical “hound” which can run 60 mph over a difficult terrain. Give that robot a less then benevolent AI and you have crated a monster.

      • Sadly Mkey you are a bit off.

        You should try reading the articles listed again. Your problem is that you are believing the #MSM hype of technology that does not exist. AI, that you think exists, simply does not. That is not conjecture, it is a fact, because they cannot make it work.

        What they are working on is “Narrow AI” which has nothing to do with real AI. I am not asking you to believe me, believe IBM, because I reached out to them months ago when I was working on my AI Series from my YouTube channel. Now Life got in the why of me finishing that series but the folks at IBM in Zurich sent me the links to the tech they are working on and the specification.

        Also do not view Technology in a vacuum. Just because you see a DARPA Robot working, does not mean it is working all of the time. Robots and Technology in the field does not always behave well in the real elements of weather. Again, stay away from the #MSM Hype.

        • “AI, that you think exists, simply does not”

          Where have I said or implied that? What kind of AI do I think exists?
          Nowhere have I stated that Darpa robots work anywhere, everywhere or at all times. Service and maintenance schedules are not what’s worrying me about them.
          If you can make it run only 6 hours per day, all that means is they’re gonna need 4 times as many to cover the ground 24/7. If they’re gonna have problems with rain, then I guess I’ll have to move to an area where monsoons are common; not exactly what I would call reassuring.

          I’m not expecting nor wishing for a gloom and doom scenario, but several decades ago who’d believe you if you told them drones would be flying around, carrying out extrajudicial assassinations. That’s happening as we speak, it’s become the norm. An A.I. or anything resembling it is the only component missing for an effective game over scenario. Your words notwithstanding, I’ll stay cautious of this issue.

          Technology has this certain feature, how shall I call it, thanks to which with further development it becomes better. So if something may be a bit iffy today, throw some trillions at it and in a while it’s going to become a lot better. This is such basic stuff I won’t even bother backing it up with examples.

          • If you are having a conversation about technology and technological unemployment then by default you are discussing some form of AI.

            So you simply cannot fall back from the issue and deny everything. It is a nice idea, nice ploy, but does not work.

            Either way, I would read the articles I listed and most likely this one I posted a while ago.

            http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=9657

            This way you can avoid #MSM propaganda and be more informed.

            Be well, have fun, enjoy the new year.

  6. I’ve lost 3 jobs to technology already in my life.
    1. Draftsman to CAD/CAM software.
    2. Building Estimator to better CAD/CAM software.
    3. ESL Teacher in Brazil to translation software & phone apps.
    Fortunately, I read “the writing on the wall” and got out early each time. I now have several part-time jobs, two of which require manual labour & repairs.
    I’ll probably be long dead before robots that do the jobs I currently do become affordable.
    “Be afraid, be very afraid!” LOL
    A Happy & Prosperous 2017 to you James & your “Newsbud” colleagues.

  7. Fun stuff.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-turn-off-eiffel-tower-lights-for-aleppo-syria-a7474556.html

    The famous lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with the under-siege Syrian city of Aleppo.

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-25/losers-malice-whats-behind-obamas-attacks-putin

    Obama’s frustrations began several years ago. Remember back in 2013, when the US government started a propaganda campaign about Syrian chemical weapons and warned of «red lines» that could not be crossed? Apparently, the US government came within an ace or two of launching massive air attacks on Syria. Putin intervened and the Syrian government gave up its chemical weapons, removing the US pretext for intervention. The print media had a field day showing Putin helping Obama out of a corner of his own making. All the while, Putin kept urging Russian-US cooperation against the jihadists in Syria, trying to draw the United States away from its ruinous policies. To no avail. Who then acted with greater statesmanship, Putin or Obama?

  8. Do you realize how many fake jobs are provided to people today, just to keep the status quo?

    When I say “fake” I mean various job sharing deals and a bunch of low quality, human unworthy jobs in services.

    • “And by whom exactly have those supposedly fake jobs been “provided” for so many generations?”

      The state through its “measures” (a.k.a. insane politicized socialized brainfart) creates jobs which first and foremost have a statistical significance. I can’t be the first person bringing you this information. Just as an example, there’s a plethora of part time jobs created for the sole purpose to prop up statistics, instead of making it possible for people to earn and honest living. Yesterday you had, say, 100 buss drivers working full time for crappy pay. Today you have 200 buss drivers, sharing their jobs and earning half of the same crappy pay.

      Don’t tell me you believe the story of 6% unemployment rate in US lol

      I’ll leave some room for interpretation and allow that in your part of the globe this stuff you’re stating may have some merit. For the part of the world as I know it, it does not.

  9. Technology takes away jobs, usually those that can be easily automated, those that I wouldn’t deem fit for humans anyway. Such jobs would include much of the automated production facilities, mining, warehouse operation, but also many of the jobs in services. Like people still sitting in various booths selling tickets. Those jobs are among the obvious ones that are set to completely become obsolete. How many jobs have been “lost” on high tech farms, for instance? Or in construction? Or even the financial sector, thanks to software? Not so long ago, young adults or students could have gotten a job by shoveling data around, which today would be completely superfluous. Once you digitize everything, it becomes much more efficient to let programs automate many such processes. Thanks to global warming, even the snow shoveling jobs are gone.

    I have not said nor implied 90% unemployment, but we’re slowly getting there. And I do think these statistics are a pivotal point of this discussion. It’s rather difficult to give a precise number, but I’m fully aware that the state is propping these figures immensely to fit their narrative. I will offer a local example:

    – the official unemployed count for 2016 on the national level is 242.337

    – the official number of people ages 19 to 65 is 2.629.651 (for 2011)

    – during the past decade, there’s been quite a dramatic movement of out this country in form of emigration. I’m not aware of any official numbers which makes sense because it doesn’t behoove the state to get emigration in proper context. The figure should be around 150.000 to 250.000, mostly entire families

    – according to official statistics, there are 1.617.280 (June 2016) people who are part of the “active workforce” that is people whom are either working or seeking to get work (according to their special criteria.) Unemployment rate would be 13.6% in the middle of summer, thanks to tourism

    One question begs to be asked: what happened with that one million difference? Granted, there’s a lot falling into that category, but still all those people are not calculated into these skewed statistics. From this standpoint, employment rate stands at about 61.5%.

    Lets account for over 70% of those jobs:

    Manufacturing: 205502
    Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 189042
    Education: 108993
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security: 106523
    Human health and social work activities: 85958
    Construction: 69420
    Accommodation and food service activities: 65233

    Without more detailed looking into this, it’s hard to tell which jobs among these are “safe” to last. I’d deem those in education and social services to be quite secure in that regard, but look at how many of these cater to the failed social state and general consumerism.

    I’ll close with some anecdotal evidence: a friend of mine has been working now for years at the state run employment office. It may be called “employment” but their job is not to employ people. This branch hires about 20 people, most politically appointed and a few actual employees who make the entire place run. My friend is one of these few and his entire workload is consisted of deleting people from the record, that’s all he does. While he should be trying to help people find actual work, all he ever manages to do is delete those who aren’t “active” enough.

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