Three paths forward, each challenging what we value most.Photo by Josh Johnson on UnsplashI suspect artificial intelligence may eventually accomplish what generations of socialists have struggled to achieve. And the irony is that capitalism may ultimately be responsible for making it happen.What makes this possibility particularly uncomfortable for me is that my political instincts lean libertarian. I have never been particularly enthusiastic about government-supplemented incomes, wealth redistribution, or expanding the state’s role in economic life.Yet the more I consider the potential consequences of AI-driven automation and its displacement of human labor, the more I recognize that a greater degree of centralized collective support may be necessary for society to continue to prosper.The economic arrangements I have long defended, particularly free markets and the principle of...