By Futurist Thomas Frey
The Resistance Won’t Come From Fear—It’ll Come From Understanding
If you strip away the poetry and look at power dynamics, the biggest resistance to AI, robotics, and automation won’t come from people who “don’t understand the technology.” It will come from those who understand it perfectly—and see exactly what it threatens: their wealth, their influence, and their control over systems designed to extract value through scarcity and friction.
Let me walk you through the resistance groups forming right now, how they’ll fight, and why the battle won’t look like opposition—it’ll look like controlled adoption designed to preserve existing power structures while appearing to embrace progress.
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