What happens when humanity gets so good at inventing the future that it forgets to check whether the future actually wants us there?
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes from watching the world get smarter while its problems get dumber. We can build machines that learn, systems that scale, technologies that promise to remake existence itself. And yet, somehow, we keep finding new and spectacular ways to make a mess of the place. Progress, baby. What could possibly go wrong?
Colleagues have a title for that feeling: “The inevitable outcome of the avoidable.” It’s the subtitle attached to “Song 20,” and it reads less like a track description than a verdict delivered by someone who has watched the disaster unfold in slow motion.
What If 2030 Is Our Last Song? Colleagues Sound the Alarm
By A. DavisOct 22, 2026, 21:02 pm0
13What happens when humanity gets so good at inventing the future that it forgets to check whether the future actually wants us there?
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes from watching the world get smarter while its problems get dumber. We can build machines that learn, systems that scale, technologies that promise to remake existence itself. And yet, somehow, we keep finding new and spectacular ways to make a mess of the place. Progress, baby. What could possibly go wrong?
Colleagues have a title for that feeling: “The inevitable outcome of the avoidable.” It’s the subtitle attached to “Song 20,” and it reads less like a track description than a verdict delivered by someone who has watched the disaster unfold in slow motion.
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