STRATEGIES OF WISDOM AND DEVELOPMENT IN SEARCH OF WELL-BEING, DISGUISED IN GENERATIONAL CONFLICTS, WELFARE AND PROGRESS

Abstract

This paper examines the recurring patterns of conflict and innovation in human history, framing them as an "eternal return" driven by generational dynamics and the paradoxical pursuit of order through destruction. It argues that the contemporary age-segregated education system fundamentally generates generation conflicts, facilitating the cyclical re-emergence of ideologies such as nationalism and xenophobia. The analysis then explores how this destructive- creation dynamic manifests in modern economic and technological developments stimulates the dehumanization of corporations and the privatization of knowledge, which can undermine collective well- being. In response to these challenges, the paper presents the Piketty model of "mondial democracy", a radical redistribution strategy that proposes a global justice fund financed by wealth taxes and Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). This model aims to achieve global equality, sustainable "sufficiency" economies, and democratic stability as a viable and wise alternative to the escalating, violent conflicts and extreme inequality that history repeatedly demonstrates are the likely outcomes of inaction. Moreover the paper provides a critical overview of several competing economic and political paradigms, ranging from Universal Basic Income, Peronism and Keynesianism to Neoliberalism, Anarcho-capitalism, Minarchism, contemporary Chinese development, each illustrating different approaches to welfare, state intervention, and individual freedom... Ultimately, the paper argues that all developmental choices - whether economic, technological, or social - must be governed by Wisdom and AW: artificial Wisdom. Wisdom is defined not as efficiency or success, but as the pursuit of dynamic harmony, the rejection of dualism, the integration of diverse forms of knowledge, and the conscious anticipation of violence and manipulation. The conclusion posits that wisdom is the essential, yet often overlooked, faculty for navigating the ambivalences of human relations and for choosing sustainable well-being over short-term welfare and destruction.