While it might not seem pertinent now, a good long look should be cast in the direction of that which sustains the lives of all the players in the game.
Agriculture and what is coming to a store near you...
The corporate take over of independent farmers...and any hope of a "victory garden" to feed your family and neighbors, are being legislated away.
Water is the new gold and natural resources are being swallowed up by factions not wanting to play well with others.
The new paradigm has everything to do with control over every aspect of what will be called life. I've watched it unfold first hand.
Modern agriculture is so complex. America is in a good spot, as is Latin America. China, OTOH, is in SO much trouble when it comes to agriculture.
Zeihan has a long, somewhat tedious section near the end of his book on agriculture, and it's bleak for a lot of places.
But China in particular has urbanized its rice growing regions, and has problems with fertilizers. It also imports a huge amount of agricultural inputs:
"China’s demographic collapse suggests imminent labor force and capital-supplies collapses. And China’s existing, Order-era agricultural system is already the most hyperfinanced sector in history’s most hyperfinanced economy. There is nothing about this that will work in the world to come. There will be no shortage of famines in the post-Order world. Likely in excess of 1 billion people will starve to death, and another 2 billion will suffer chronic malnutrition. Some two-thirds of China’s population faces one of those two fates. And remember, China is also history’s most quickly aging society. The people who will be called upon to manage—or suffer through—mass malnutrition and famine are going to be old."
So important! So eye-opening! I always learn a lot when you summarize the world as you see it. You're a fantastic observer and synthesizer of what's going on large scale. Keep it up!!
That's a big topic to take on but for me, AI is the thing that is really changing everything. I talked a bit to Claude about what Dorsey just did at Block and it said, "One concrete detail that emerged: Block has been using a proprietary AI tool called 'Goose,' designed to automate workflows and increase productivity across the company. That's a real example of what Dorsey means by 'intelligence tools we're creating and using.'"
This is key. Every company is in a race right now to develop the new tools using AI that enable them to be leaner and flatter companies. Every person should be doing the same. By that I mean that everybody who can should be using AI right now to develop the tools to make him be able to do much more, much faster than ever thought possible. That's what I'm doing.
The thing is, this is temporary. How long will it be before the tools we develop today are outdated and replaced by even better tools - requiring even fewer employees. Until you get to the point where you have entire factories run with no humans present. Gee, like they already have in China.
The entire planet is in a race. But most people have no clue. And nobody knows where this will end.
Great article, Steve.
While it might not seem pertinent now, a good long look should be cast in the direction of that which sustains the lives of all the players in the game.
Agriculture and what is coming to a store near you...
The corporate take over of independent farmers...and any hope of a "victory garden" to feed your family and neighbors, are being legislated away.
Water is the new gold and natural resources are being swallowed up by factions not wanting to play well with others.
The new paradigm has everything to do with control over every aspect of what will be called life. I've watched it unfold first hand.
Modern agriculture is so complex. America is in a good spot, as is Latin America. China, OTOH, is in SO much trouble when it comes to agriculture.
Zeihan has a long, somewhat tedious section near the end of his book on agriculture, and it's bleak for a lot of places.
But China in particular has urbanized its rice growing regions, and has problems with fertilizers. It also imports a huge amount of agricultural inputs:
"China’s demographic collapse suggests imminent labor force and capital-supplies collapses. And China’s existing, Order-era agricultural system is already the most hyperfinanced sector in history’s most hyperfinanced economy. There is nothing about this that will work in the world to come. There will be no shortage of famines in the post-Order world. Likely in excess of 1 billion people will starve to death, and another 2 billion will suffer chronic malnutrition. Some two-thirds of China’s population faces one of those two fates. And remember, China is also history’s most quickly aging society. The people who will be called upon to manage—or suffer through—mass malnutrition and famine are going to be old."
Thus, my suspicions have been confirmed...and then some.
Thanks, Steve, for writing this information. I'm going to have to read that book.
You are spot on.
LOVE. IT. Keep it coming!!!!! 🫣
Thank you! I'm so glad this lands. Not my usual writing, but I think it's really important.
So important! So eye-opening! I always learn a lot when you summarize the world as you see it. You're a fantastic observer and synthesizer of what's going on large scale. Keep it up!!
That's a big topic to take on but for me, AI is the thing that is really changing everything. I talked a bit to Claude about what Dorsey just did at Block and it said, "One concrete detail that emerged: Block has been using a proprietary AI tool called 'Goose,' designed to automate workflows and increase productivity across the company. That's a real example of what Dorsey means by 'intelligence tools we're creating and using.'"
This is key. Every company is in a race right now to develop the new tools using AI that enable them to be leaner and flatter companies. Every person should be doing the same. By that I mean that everybody who can should be using AI right now to develop the tools to make him be able to do much more, much faster than ever thought possible. That's what I'm doing.
The thing is, this is temporary. How long will it be before the tools we develop today are outdated and replaced by even better tools - requiring even fewer employees. Until you get to the point where you have entire factories run with no humans present. Gee, like they already have in China.
The entire planet is in a race. But most people have no clue. And nobody knows where this will end.
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