陳威廉|Mar 15, 2026 01:53
I’ve realized that people really do change. I used to be a big supporter of Peter Thiel (he was an early advocate for Bitcoin back in the day). I fully bought into the whole social Darwinism thing—basically, let everyone compete freely, like a jungle society. The strongest hunters become the kings, and the weak ones might as well just die off early.
It’s that whole 'cut-off line' philosophy: if you’re not capable, don’t waste society’s resources. In the most extreme cases, it’s the anarchism that early Bitcoin supporters championed—everyone should take full responsibility for themselves.
But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve seen how the rich waste resources even more extravagantly, and then I look at how so many people in my country struggle so hard just to get a meal. I’ve started to resonate a bit more with the idea of 'common prosperity.'
So now, I lean more towards Elon Musk’s idea of infinite productivity + UBI. It’s still tech Darwinism, but at least it gives ordinary people a basic safety net to survive.
I still think of the world as an open game, and the game designers should at least cover the subscription fees for the most average players. Of course, for now, we still need a steady flow of human labor as productivity—if you give too much, no one will want to work.
All of this still depends on AI, robots, and other new technologies. Maybe one day, when a plate of pork rice costs as little as tap water, we’ll finally see a future where everyone can move beyond just surviving and start looking forward to what’s next.
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