great stuff JM. you have a very lucid style that is perfect for idiots like me. I'm learning quite a bit by reading your stuff. Check out Elliot Lee if you get a chance. He's a former medium member, was chucked off the platform, and is writing some really good stuff here, very similar to yours. I think you'll like him.
Thanks, Mike! I'm glad these concepts came across clearly and easy to understand. Will definitely check out Elliot Lee. I heard of him and his unceremonious booting from Medium but had no clue what he wrote about. Thanks for the tip!
Everything you've said here makes sense. But as we've learned from the pandemic, complex systems tend to be very fragile. I feel that we're getting ever closer to James Howard Kunstler's "Long Emergency", the return to, as he says, a world made by hand once the fossil fuels are exhausted. Without electricity the whole mess goes down.
Thank you for establishing a Substack! I've added you to my VSW (Very Smart Writers or Very Smart Women, take your pick) list here.
Good to see you here, Jim. Yes, you're spot-on re: the fragility of complex systems. They inevitably fall apart--or in this case, may barely get off the ground. I suspect the whole mess will go down eventually. It's just a matter of when. A lack of electricity would certainly hasten the pace.
great stuff JM. you have a very lucid style that is perfect for idiots like me. I'm learning quite a bit by reading your stuff. Check out Elliot Lee if you get a chance. He's a former medium member, was chucked off the platform, and is writing some really good stuff here, very similar to yours. I think you'll like him.
Thanks, Mike! I'm glad these concepts came across clearly and easy to understand. Will definitely check out Elliot Lee. I heard of him and his unceremonious booting from Medium but had no clue what he wrote about. Thanks for the tip!
Everything you've said here makes sense. But as we've learned from the pandemic, complex systems tend to be very fragile. I feel that we're getting ever closer to James Howard Kunstler's "Long Emergency", the return to, as he says, a world made by hand once the fossil fuels are exhausted. Without electricity the whole mess goes down.
Thank you for establishing a Substack! I've added you to my VSW (Very Smart Writers or Very Smart Women, take your pick) list here.
Good to see you here, Jim. Yes, you're spot-on re: the fragility of complex systems. They inevitably fall apart--or in this case, may barely get off the ground. I suspect the whole mess will go down eventually. It's just a matter of when. A lack of electricity would certainly hasten the pace.
And thank you for the kind words!