Giga-Minds Will Rule In 2030

A class of super-creators powered by psychedelics will become the architects who vision our Future.

Ted Pulton | May 22, 2021

Mind

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We are at the cusp of profound disruption in global labor markets.

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The freelance job market - aka the Gig Economy - will be 50% of US employment by 2025.

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AI and Globotics will displace jobs at a massive and ever-accelerating rate.

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The Brookings Institution suggests that if automation only reaches 38%, some Western democracies are likely to resort to authoritarian policies to stave off civil chaos.

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Enter the Giga-Mind...

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After years of science centered on our bodies, the focus is now shifting above the shoulders.

Microdosing psychedelics for a competitive edge now reaches beyond biohackers and Silicon Valley overachievers, who have engaged in the behavior for decades.

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Microdosing is finally having its day in the sun.

It is also becoming medicalized. Today, listed on clinicaltrials.gov, there are over 100 trials involving microdosing LSD and psilocybin. Another 90-plus trials are listed for MDMA, aka "Ecstasy," which is proving curative for PTSD.

Psychedelics are rising in culture.

TheThirdWave.co has emerged as a resource and guide that embraces psychedelics as a way to heal ourselves and the world. In his best-selling book on the subject of microdosing, "How to Change Your Mind," renowned Professor Michael Pollan stated, "LSD…is probably less harmful to the human body than Diet Dr Pepper.”

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LSD microdosers steadily outperform non-microdosers.

That's according to anecdotal studies on brain performance enhancement on identical cognitive tasks. A recent study revealed that low doses of LSD acutely increases the presence of BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), which stimulates the growth of new nerve cells and of synapses associated with long-term memory development and brain plasticity while learning new things.

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A pilot study on how psilocybin can treat depression was so impressive, it earned breakthrough status from the FDA.

It used brain imaging to show psilocybin's effects on unfavorable emotional states. But what was even more remarkable was the discovery that the plant-based substance also increases the brain’s ability to rewire and adopt new behaviors, habits, memories and mindset.

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Brain amplifying interfaces that communicate with external devices like Elon Musk’s Neuralink will be miniaturized, implanted and tapped for unlimited knowledge and processing power.

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Not unlike the “Limitless” drug in the movie starring Bradley Cooper, it is entirely foreseeable that a class of super-creators with LSD or Psilocybin-enhanced Giga-Minds will become the creators and architects who will vision our Future.

...will become the creators and architects who will vision our Future.

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Giga-Minds will be the elite among freelancers.

They will command extraordinary compensation and privileges. The tension between loyalty to a single company and the freedom to operate independently will take on new meaning as bidding wars emerge to tie up the best of the best.

This will create holy hell for those responsible for managing human capital, who will be among a corporation’s most highly valued strategic assets (and likely microdosers themselves).

The abundant remaining labor pool of underclass workers will compete fiercely for jobs that fulfill the visions of the Giga-Minds.

They’ll be matched to these tasks by AI-enhanced, human capital exchanges in which real-time bidding and discounting will drive the value exchange.

Those who fail to clear that bar even with re-skilling and upskilling will be relegated to a universal income stipend that governments will have no choice but to fund.

Squawking shareholders will still realize incremental profits from the “improved cost throughput” of reduced payroll and increased productivity.

Welcome to the new frontier of the Giga-Mind. Won't you join us?

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Welcome to the new frontier of the Giga-Mind. A massive war for talent is coming. How will you secure the best to ensure your business not only outperforms the future, but enables you to create and own it?

Knowing is what we do.
What would you like to do?

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