The Technology of Chaos: Structural Change in Global Job Markets & Managing Sociopolitical Instability

In recent decades, countries have had two nations developing in the same space. A “haves” space has emerged, filled with well-paid, educated people, successful entrepreneurs, and their career workers. This space is also filled with “have nots” comprised of the minimally employed and the hopelessly unemployed. The conflict between the two is ancient in its origins. However, the “haves” in this millennia do not come from a single class, or ethnic group, or religion, etc. These people have chosen a career path that enables them to demonstrate their relevant capabilities, remain employed and, in many cases, become very wealthy. The determined “have nots”, with experience by-passed by quickly evolving technology, the wrong education to get a job, limited capabilities, etc., are competing for the jobs offering a subsistence existence. Immigrants seeking to better themselves enter the labor force and compete with citizen “have nots” for jobs requiring minimal skills. They are vulnerable and desperate and can be mobilized into cells, gangs, jihadis, movements, etc., which give them reason for their existence. The explosion of technology facilitates merging these groups into mobs and creating chaos. Power is the motivation for some of these mob leaders. A few seek greater distribution of wealth. Most just want what the “haves” have. The result is going to be increasingly intense conflict. Will Spartacus win this time? And, what would he have done in Rome, if he had defeated its army. As the conflict between the “haves” and those left behind evolves, the “haves” will be using innovative technology for security as well as for earning wealth. Summarizing, this book is about what the “have nots” will do, not about how they feel.