GenX

  • The old breakup line from our youth coming back but this time it’s the United States breaking up with the Global Order. Here’s a Gen X classic video that fits beautifully: The new US tariffs are just the beginning of the final unwinding of globalization that was initiated by the Americans starting in 1944, through…

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  • As a Gen X, I was not a huge fan of The Beatles growing up. They came onto the music scene in the early 1960’s. By 1970, the band had broken up and went their separate ways. However last weekend I was going through some old 33 rpm LP albums, and found this gem. The…

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  • Remain calm! All is well!

    Ah yes. It’s been quite a month, America. How are we feeling? One of my favorite scenes from the Animal House movie is at the very end when the Delta House, after being expelled from Faber College, sends the parade crowd into a panic. Ramming Speed! The panic is starting to rise as the second…

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  • In Elon We Trust?

    This week Elon Musk announced the Tesla “Cybercab”. At the same time he announced “We, robot everything” Which leads us to ask the obvious question “Would you trust an autonomous system?”. Even if it was built by Elon Musk’s Tesla? System engineering safety into a product is a difficult task. Notice I said “into”. You…

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  • Not even talking about the Donald Trump and Hunter Biden trials which are good for media ratings and that’s leading to increased monetary donations to the Trump and Biden campaigns. No, I’m talking about the big money, power, politics, corporate welfare machine “system” We The People have allowed to grow and become unmanageable. As a…

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  • Into the (decade) Abyss

    Hello again my friends. This entry is here to discuss the decade of chaos 2024-2033. “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine” – R.E.M. It feels like everything, everywhere all at once is coming apart. That is because it is. The end of Globalization. The end of “Pax…

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  • Long time no see. It seems the whole world is coming apart (and it is). In the next series of blog posts, I will attempt to address multiple layers of history and social / economic cycles to explain what’s happening in our world, focused on the waves of change and where we might be going.…

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  • Van Halen – 1978 – back then it was all about love, or the lack thereof. So here we are, 2022. Standing on the edge, looking down… Welcome to the end of retirement perhaps as your parents and older friends have done. As a Gen X, I believe we were built for this time and…

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  • U.S. adults aged between 21 and 38 years old will prioritize “necessity spending” over the next decade, Bill Smead told CNBC on Monday. — Read on www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/10/14/millennials-to-trigger-changeover-point-for-the-us-economy-bill-smead-says.html

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  • According to Nietzsche, maximum nihilism is reached in the overthrow of old systems by actions that amount to total destruction: To be nihilistic, one must lack the capacity to go beyond… — Read on arcdigital.media/dave-chappelle-punches-up-55dfe906efb8

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