"....think about the future and not be sad" Elon Musk.
When I first heard about the Great Reset I was sad. This was a black swan event which I suspected had been lurking "out there" for the past decade [see photo].
Just three days ago I was struck by the presence of a world that loves me. This thought came to me as I sat waiting for service. I had a ticket with my number on it but it was not coming up on the overhead screen. I was becoming somewhat agitated, frustrated, and angry. I caught myself staring at all the staff who were not attending to my needs. Then... Suddenly something clicked inside me and I found myself smiling at the staff. This change came about because a random thought had popped into my head. I started to think about the possibility that the world loves me.
The great reset is like those people who were not serving me. It is not for me. It is not about me. It is something that will delay me. It is something that will cause me some loss and pain. It is something that will change the rules that govern my life.
The great reset is about, and for, those who live as a community, group, or collective. And given that such people are in charge, for this moment, in world affairs I have to be vigilant in ways that I never had to be before.
I must prepare for a life with fewer individual rights as these are gobbled-up by the collective. I must prepare for a world that seems to assign benefits, and blame, in a rather arbitrary fashion. I must prepare for decisions to be made by some random sets of analogies not by rational thought derived from first principles. I must prepare to let out a huge belly laugh in response to a lot of what is about to happen around me.
I must prepare to meet Black Swans where none existed before. I must prepare to have redundancy built-in for every important decision. I must prepare for life each day in ways that ensure I am far more agile than the mob. I must prepare for possibilities in my future that were not present in my past. I must prepare to be tested, time and time again, on my values.
Richard.
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