> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://unprecedented.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # We Are Not Ready - URL: https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/we-are-not-ready/ - Published: 2026-02-16T13:34:03.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-15T23:38:16.000Z - Description: While America sleeps, the broligarchs are cozying up to Dear Leader with plans to make tech fascism impossible to un-install. - Author: Richard Hine - Tags: we are not ready, something big is happening, ai acceleration, authoritarianism, surveillance, tech fascism > Imagine it's 2027\. A new country appears overnight. 50 million citizens, every one smarter than any Nobel Prize winner who has ever lived. They think 10 to 100 times faster than any human. They never sleep. They can use the internet, control robots, direct experiments, and operate anything with a digital interface. > What would a national security advisor say? > ... The answer is obvious: "the single most serious national security threat we've faced in a century, possibly ever." > We're building that country. > ... The downside, if we get it wrong, is... > AI that behaves in ways its creators can't predict or control. > AI that lowers the barrier for creating biological weapons. > AI that enables authoritarian governments to build surveillance states that can never be dismantled. The above is excerpted from "Something Big Is Happening," the [viral essay by Matt Shumer](https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening?ref=unprecedented.ghost.io) that, as of mid-February, has racked up more than 83 million views on X. The quote about AI representing "the single most serious national security threat we've faced in a century, possibly ever" comes from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, whom Shumer describes as "probably the most safety-focused CEO in the AI industry." Among Amodei's rivals — including the likes of Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI — the very notion of safety has been tossed out of the window in the name of acceleration at all costs. All of Amodei's rivals are, of course, cozying up to Dear Leader and [contracting with](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pentagon-embraces-musks-grok-ai-chatbot-as-it-draws-global-outcry?ref=unprecedented.ghost.io) America's Christo-Fascists to build the kind of [surveillance state](https://www.techpolicy.press/dhs-ai-surveillance-arsenal-grows-as-agency-defies-courts/?ref=unprecedented.ghost.io) that can never be un-installed. In his essay, Shumer compares the current situation to February 2020, the moment before, "over the course of about three weeks, the entire world changed." Shumer (as I am prone to do in this newsletter\*) emphasizes that this particular moment is more perilous precisely because, "the future is being shaped by a remarkably small number of people." And, Shumer tells us, this small group is very nervous: > The people building this technology are simultaneously more excited and more frightened than anyone else on the planet. They believe it's too powerful to stop and too important to abandon. Whether that's wisdom or rationalization, I don't know. To me, three things are clear: 1. We're not ready for what's to come. 2. The people building this technology are not qualified to decide the future of humanity. 3. At least one of them is alleged to be a [heavy drug user](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/elon-musk-trump-drug-use?ref=unprecedented.ghost.io) who [frequently displays](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/musk-resumes-his-attacks-on-women-and-democracy/) extreme, erratic, and troubling behavior. As I wrote last month, the broligarchs are the only ones who have gamed everything out. They already have their [exit strategy](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/heads-they-win-tails-we-lose/) in place in the event of "hard takeoff" in which AI makes the rest of us obsolete. --- *Thanks for reading and sharing! And an extra special THANK YOU to all my paid subscribers, past and present, and contributors to my "coffee fund." While paid subscriptions are always welcome, I’m continuing to offer all content free, so choosing a “free” subscription means you'll never miss an issue of UNPRECEDENTED.* [Subscribe now](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/defunding-fascism/#/portal/signup) *To support this newsletter without subscribing, consider a one-time tip at* [*Buy Me a Coffee*](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thedailyedge?ref=unprecedented.ghost.io)*.* --- ***\*Further reading:*** May 2024: [Who Controls Your Future?](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/who-controls-your-future/) [Who Controls Your Future?Resistance may have been effective in the first Trump term. Next time, it may be futile.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-137.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-9.38.22-PM-3.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/who-controls-your-future/) November 2024: [The Future of Fascism](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-future-of-fascism/) [The Future of FascismIt’s not just Tom Homan, Stephen Miller, and Kristi Noem we need to be afraid of.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-138.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2024-11-12-at-1.25.39-PM-2.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-future-of-fascism/) January 2025: [Project 2029](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/project-2029) [Project 2029One thing every tech titan understands: There’s no Superintelligence tomorrow without the support of President Stupid today.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-139.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-5.27.46-PM-1.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/project-2029) January 2025: ["Super Vision"](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/super-vision/) [“Super Vision”Larry Ellison previews the dark side of AI acceleration.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-140.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-01-24-at-11.57.45-PM-1.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/super-vision/) March 2025: [Brave New World Models](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/brave-new-world-models/) [Brave New World ModelsHumanoid robots will soon invade businesses and homes. But what about the workers?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-142.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/brave-new-world-models.jpeg.webp)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/brave-new-world-models/) April 2025: [Elon Has Already Won](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/elon-has-already-won/) [Elon Has Already WonHis goal was never “efficiency.” It was always fascism.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-141.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-8.38.09-AM-1.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/elon-has-already-won/) July 2025: [Abundance Is Coming! (But Don't Hold Your Breath)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/abundance-is-coming-but-dont-hold-your-breath/) [Abundance Is Coming! (But Don’t Hold Your Breath)Today’s union busters promise a wealth explosion tomorrow.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-143.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1491515648211-35ee929a06a4-2)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/abundance-is-coming-but-dont-hold-your-breath/) January 2026: [Heads They Win, Tails We Lose](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/heads-they-win-tails-we-lose/) [Heads They Win, Tails We LoseThe VCs and broligarchs have their exit strategy planned. And it doesn’t include us.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-144.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-02-at-5.57.48---PM.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/heads-they-win-tails-we-lose/) January 2026: [Mountainhead Revisited](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/mountainhead-revisited/) [Mountainhead RevisitedForget Venezuela. Maybe we just “coup-out America.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/icon/favicon-136.ico)UnprecedentedRichard Hine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/68/2e/682e9b3f-92a8-4b35-9f3b-3e61f1face3d/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-3.57.41---PM.png)](https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/mountainhead-revisited/)