However it pans out, the big money’s endgame is consolidation of wealth, making everyone below them noticeably poorer, and everyone else involved believes they can ride the wave.

Data centers that became worth running before the pop will have a change of ownership continue to run. Anything else will be gutted and parted out or dumped in a bin depending on the quality and skill of the vulture. It will be done with the least amount of empathy imaginable.

Perhaps your future camera could automatically fog any individual that you haven’t received prior consent from.

And yes, I realise this idea has a number of technological requirements that may not exist yet, or cannot reliably exist ever, and requires the trusting of some authority in a world where noone of that esteem seem to be able to exist.

I would define one type of ‘dumb’ as people who upon learning they are making errors, refuse to apply any effort in improving. I have met lots. I am it sometimes too.

Another type of ‘dumb’ is ones that care nothing for others and cannot even foresee that caring broadly for and uplifting others is actually caring for yourself. I will also fail at this one often.

An asshole is often a deliverer of pure toxin where ever they roam, a jackass is one burdened with delivering unpleasant but often necessary information which is poorly received since they lack diplomatic skills, and a dick head is someone who forces their presence and opinions unnecessarily into situations and places where they are unwelcome.

I thought globally we could institute Highlander rules for billionaires. Legal to kill each other and the winner gets to keep all the money of the losers. There can be only one! And then, you know, there will only be one of them and that might just sort itself out.