Together, infotech and biotech will create unprecedented upheavals in human society, eroding human agency and, possibly, subverting human desires.
Information technology is continuing to leap forward biotechnology is beginning to provide a window into our inner lives-our emotions, thoughts, and choices. The technology that favored democracy is changing, and as artificial intelligence develops, it might change further. The causes of this political shift are complex, but they appear to be intertwined with current technological developments.
Questions about the ability of liberal democracy to provide for the middle class have grown louder politics have grown more tribal and in more and more countries, leaders are showing a penchant for demagoguery and autocracy. In the second decade of the 21st century, liberalism has begun to lose credibility. Their success in the 20th century depended on unique technological conditions that may prove ephemeral. But these ideals are far more fragile than we believe. The emergence of liberal democracies is associated with ideals of liberty and equality that may seem self-evident and irreversible. Monarchies, oligarchies, and other forms of authoritarian rule have been far more common modes of human governance. For all the success that democracies have had over the past century or more, they are blips in history. There is nothing inevitable about democracy. Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying? I.
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