Harari contrasted the 20th century with the 21st while forecasting what he said is the current century’s and future economies progressively diminishing need for human beings. He said:
He views the purpose of mankind is technological advancement. To Harari, all these people are useless eaters. They are using the world's resources while not helping us advance towards some un-named end goal.
Note that he is not proposing that we made people more productive. Instead he wants to just end them.
In the Ready Player One universe, people live in stacks of discarded shipping containers. The people live in poverty and squalor and are kept busy and entertained with VR. I believe this is what they envision. They don't want society to break down. They want to kill us over time and make sure we don't use up resources that they feel belong to them.
He views the purpose of mankind is technological advancement. To Harari, all these people are useless eaters. They are using the world's resources while not helping us advance towards some un-named end goal.
Note that he is not proposing that we made people more productive. Instead he wants to just end them.
In the Ready Player One universe, people live in stacks of discarded shipping containers. The people live in poverty and squalor and are kept busy and entertained with VR. I believe this is what they envision. They don't want society to break down. They want to kill us over time and make sure we don't use up resources that they feel belong to them.