The Paradox of Progress: How Societal Control Shapes Innovation and Individual Perspectives

Brainwashing nations on trusting government policies is a special form of mastery – just as cults and certain religious organizations.

This is how I end up with responses directed my way such as:

👉 “You are so dead-wrong on this I really hope you find a way to think deeper.”

👉 “Innovation without GDPR ? No way, at the best, it is a balanced mess that is going nowhere.”

👉 “the EU should crack down much much harder against these foreign oligarchs, time to finally take the gloves off. “

👉”You are conveniently mixing choice and manipulation.”

and even on LinkedIn:

👉 “L take”

One that boils down how individual expectations differ vastly that actually puts this into perspective is:

🗨️ “It looks to me like this is a battle between Enlightenment and Capitalist ideals, and I’m happy to be living in a region that prefers the former over the latter.”

You’ll find happy and satisfied regular people in every questionable part of the world – including Russia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan – I bet on North Korea as well.

I’ve seen that firsthand in Bulgaria with older generations craving a second wave of communism, similarly to the old Stratovarius song, “Fourth Reich”.

When I touch on controversial topics, I defend innovation, progress, competitive advantage, and enabling entrepreneurship.

Of course, that risks stepping on toes, missing some guidelines, and crossing some lines on data integrity. This isn’t DESIGNED to be maliciously taken advantage of; but forcing ruthless paperwork and bureaucracy by design for every single small business – even freelancers and solopreneurs – is annihilating any form of progress and evolution.

Humans have different takes on socialism vs. capitalism even though the goals are all the same: the country (and companies) should be net-profitable and people should be happy. But how we get there is perceived differently depending on which camp you sit in.

Once again, AI or not, it all boils down to human beliefs and actions. The future is ultimately in the hands of people in charge of governments and large organisations, controlling larger cohorts of people due to quality of life or opportunities.

That’s why the most crowded networks boast travel selfies and party reels or cat memes, and why the most highly regarded and populous accounts are not ones on philosophy, psychology, education, or any other form of personal progress and improvement.