Dean Ball: mass human disempowerment may well coincide with high GDP growth
deanwball · x · 2026-09-05
Clarifying his debate with Tyler Cowen, Dean Ball says he's not talking about 'psychological issues': mass disempowerment of humans and the loss of human primacy in world affairs may likely correlate with high GDP growth — a direct rebuttal to Cowen's claim that only demoralization, not net output destruction, needs worrying about.
Related event: Ball: misaligned superintelligence is a threat regardless of GDP(2 posts)→
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