Greece: the beginning and the end
Ironic this is in Greece, no?
In the West we credit Greece as the beginning, the pillar, of our culture. And now, thousands in Greece protest, some violently, because their government won't (magically) continue to offer them work and money and benefits and program and education and retirement and vacations and services, for far less then their true cost.
I list 2016 as the end date of the destruction of everything. Yes, the end date. The Western world is trillions in debt and living on other's money, other's productivity, other's work. Make no mistake. I'm not suggesting that the US, for example, or France, say, will disappear. No. This is about the destruction of everything you know and expect and believe in and are certain of.
We are in the early days of the smartphone wars. At its resolution, in a few short years, the planet will be remade, just as at the conclusion of World War 2. The smartphone is the most powerful personal technology ever available to the masses. And it is rapidly spreading throughout the globe. Not everyone has a car. Hell, not everyone has a toilet. By the end of this decade, everyone will have a smartphone. Nearly the entire planet will have the equivalent in access and connectivity. Nearly the entire planet will be able to interact and transact and upload and download on an equal, or nearly equal basis.
This has never happened before. Never in all of human history. And, it's happening at the very time when the Western world can no longer pay its own debts! Notice the motto listed on this site, at the footer: the future is evenly distributed. From the day you were born the playing field was not level. This has shaped everything about your world. Within a few years, that unlevel playing field will be leveled. Permanently. Then who will the Greeks turn to? Who will you turn to?