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When a society's utilitarian nature overbalances altruism, Jiang says the balance is almost impossible to restore and social collapse follows.
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Altruism
When a society's utilitarian nature overbalances altruism, Jiang says the balance is almost impossible to restore and social collapse follows.
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Capital moves people from an altruistic relational state into a utilitarian state, which is initially productive but eventually becomes cheating, exploitation, and collapse.
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Jiang distinguishes altruistic creativity from utilitarian money obsession: altruistic people tend to be creative, money-obsessed people work harder, and global capitalism accelerates until many people give up.
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"focus more on Africa okay I want to go to Africa and I want to learn more about content so I can comment um..."
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"have two natures an altruistic and utitarian nature and what we've discovered is that um if you break the balance and you become too..."
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"So in other words, bronze became the first real universal currency in the world. And this allowed for rapid development. Rapid globalization in the..."
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"Okay? And we are composed of both sides. So think about when you go to a restaurant. Right? If the meal is good, you..."
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"And at first, that's good. Why? Because when you're altruistic, you don't really want to do anything. Okay? Because you don't want to offend..."
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"So at first, this is good. Okay? Now you're expanding the system. And then you reach a point of its maximum growth. But then..."
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"Right? So you care about the feelings of others. Once capital enters the equation... Then the way that the leader sees you is different...."
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"If you force them, they will revolt against you. So the system must collapse. Okay? So, the argument I'm trying to make to you..."
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"Massive inequality. So, the only result of capitalism is one, massive inequality, corruption, immorality, okay? And alienation, anger, indifference. And this is the world..."
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"But people who are obsessed with money tend to work harder than other people, okay? That's why globalization happens so fast, because everyone's in..."
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"Six years after my initial skepticism about OpenAI's, uh, altruism, I've come to firmly believe that OpenAI's mission to ensure AGI benefits all of..."
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Bronze begins as a weapon, becomes status, hardens into currency, and then teaches the world the dangerous rhythm of capital: rapid growth, total interconnection, elite consolidation, and sudden collapse.
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