Introduction
This is just a clipboard for thoughts on the Great Decisions material between our in-person meetings. It may be just personal, a place for me to try out ideas at leisure when the aging mind does not respond to time pressure. My theme would be about limits. Limited future resources since we consumed the cheap easy to get resources first. The low hanging fruit. This is true of diesel oil, which runs the world, but also all other resources such as copper. Limited ecology as eight billion humans degrade the natural resources that used to be abundant. Limited economic prospects due to emphasis on finance almost unconnected with the real world, abstract derivatives on top of derivatives. The economy is ultimately about the flow of energy and not fiat currencies. Bumper sticker might be DEGROWTH. The views expressed are not always the views of the sponsor. The first post on immigration may be on one extreme, it is my "base case" a strong opinion lightly held, as someone s...