Or maybe to Artificial Intelligence for mastering people.
I'm reminded of the science fiction book The Marching Morons:
In 1988, real estate agent and con artist John Barlow is placed in suspended animation after a freak accident. He is revived in the distant future, in a confusing world filled with hypersexualized advertisements, vapid entertainment, and people who exhibit erratic, nonsensical behavior. Shortly after being revived, Barlow is introduced to two men, Tinny-Peete and Ryan-Ngana, who inform him that the lamentable state of society is the fault of the "morons", the world's vast population of unintelligent people, who greatly outnumber the much smaller population of intelligent people.Sound familiar? I hope I'm wrong, but I suspectthe morons have won, and the best those of us who aren't morons can do is to slow the decline. At my age it ain't worth the trouble. Good luck.
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