Let's cut through the noise: Our state, this intricate socioeconomic and political beast, is nothing but a fortress manned by relentless gatekeepers. They stand guard, ensuring that groundbreaking technologies like AI remain mere spectators in the grand play of employment, growth, and stability.This state we're in? It's a Kafkaesque nightmare, a convoluted labyrinth where rules, regulations, and pretentious power plays thrive. It's a world where money speaks, contracts bind, and patents choke creativity. Everything, from the smallest code to the largest border, is caged within this colossal castle where size does, unfortunately, matter. And the purpose of this grand design? It's to perpetuate the gatekeepers, to breed an army of them under the guise of jobs and progress. Yet, the irony! Many don't even see themselves as gatekeepers anymore. They've donned the masks of knowledge workers, researchers, project managers - but the gates they guard? Oh, they're as real as the money they covet, the interest they demand, and the copyright they fiercely protect. These gatekeepers, they create zilch of real value. That's why economic forces barely graze them. Invent a computer to replace a million clerks? Watch them smirk as they double the number of clerks, erecting more gates, more barriers. What's the epitome of this gatekeeping farce? Look no further than the crypto world. It started as a wild west of innovation, free from the clutches of traditional gatekeeping. Yet, what happened? Mining pools morphed into mini fortresses, regulators swarmed in demanding compliance, KYC, anti-money laundering measures – you name it. And soon, only a few big players got the golden ticket, building their own walls and charging entry at their shiny new gates. Even the bigwigs in AI are eyeing the government, craving their own set of walls and gates. And let's not forget the ultimate gate: Money. The government, ever so generously, distributes banking licenses while the banks, in their ivory towers, demand ludicrous entry fees.It's a world where innovation suffocates under the weight of gatekeeping, where progress is but a distant dream. The state, with its army of gatekeepers, ensures that. My point is that technology will not replace jobs in a state of gatekeepers. note: . ChatGPT did a edit of this article - I asked it for a more bloggish tone. I changed a few things after

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