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I find myself growing increasingly optimistic for the global economy.
All around are reports of failures, turmoil and impending doom-filled chaos. So I suppose it's only natural really.
Watching the roller coaster over the last few years has drummed one lesson into me over and over: "it's not about what you think, it's about what you don't think". And I mean 'you' in all its multifaceted glory there: 'you' (me) the individual and 'you' (us) the whole of humanity.
At the moment, the one thing that no one believes is that it'll get better. Every plan is based around how bad it'll get. The Americans can't agree how to handle their money. The European banks are only operational because they're counting the assets they used to have rather than what they currently have. The inefficiency and mismanagement within European countries is finally coming home to roost. The Chinese are trying to simultaneously conduct an industrial revolution and an information age revolution, while there's potential for a byzantine-style imperial power struggle simmering under the hood.
Amidst all of this though, the one thing no one's planning on is sunshine over the horizon. It's the only thing everyone agrees can't happen within the foreseeable future.
So my money's on sunshine. I don't know how, I don't know when, but when there's this total an agreement on disaster then I can only conclude that it won't be a disaster.
All around are reports of failures, turmoil and impending doom-filled chaos. So I suppose it's only natural really.
Watching the roller coaster over the last few years has drummed one lesson into me over and over: "it's not about what you think, it's about what you don't think". And I mean 'you' in all its multifaceted glory there: 'you' (me) the individual and 'you' (us) the whole of humanity.
At the moment, the one thing that no one believes is that it'll get better. Every plan is based around how bad it'll get. The Americans can't agree how to handle their money. The European banks are only operational because they're counting the assets they used to have rather than what they currently have. The inefficiency and mismanagement within European countries is finally coming home to roost. The Chinese are trying to simultaneously conduct an industrial revolution and an information age revolution, while there's potential for a byzantine-style imperial power struggle simmering under the hood.
Amidst all of this though, the one thing no one's planning on is sunshine over the horizon. It's the only thing everyone agrees can't happen within the foreseeable future.
So my money's on sunshine. I don't know how, I don't know when, but when there's this total an agreement on disaster then I can only conclude that it won't be a disaster.