I don't know whether to applaud or cry. Worrisome trends: Globally 1. Massive population explosion 2. Declining cross-border trade 3. Declining Pax-Americana

I don't know whether to applaud or cry. Worrisome trends: Globally 1. Massive population explosion 2. Declining cross-border trade 3. Declining Pax-Americana Domestically 1. Declining educational standards leading to a less-skilled middle class 2. Corruption (government) * Greed (corporate) 3. Justifiable distrust of media and political class 4. Revolt against free-trade due to #1 5. Separation between the ultra rich and the rest 6. Political upheaval due to #1-5 It's been almost a decade since the world experienced a major war or epidemic. Means tend to revert, and socio-economic upheaval tends to lead to one or both. People who feel desperate take desperate measures. It's my belief that people who haven't been in a war are more likely to start them, especially when they can self-reinforce their own bellicosity through like-minded media groups. I don't know how to solve for all the variables, and I'm not sure we will.