The Meiji Era of Humanity - Daniel Faggella

There are times in the history of civilization where change is not an option, only how we change.

By Dan November 16, 2025 December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 There are times in the history of civilization where change is not an option, only how we change. The choice is between: Being dragged kicking and screaming into the future without any control over how our values and ways of doing things will be impacted. Dragging ourselves, kicking and screaming, into the future with at least some control over how our values and ways of doing things will be impacted. We’ll discuss how this dynamic applies to humanity at the dawn of AGI. But first, we’ll see how it applied to human civili

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