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I liked reading books since when I was 12. I would read anything challenging, even if I wouldn't understanding. I was also reading books of lyrics. I remember

I liked reading books since when I was 12. I would read anything challenging, even if I wouldn't understanding. I was also reading books of lyrics. I remember reading lyrics of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Sex Pistols songs, way before I actually listen to their music. That gave me an appreciation of the words/meaning. On the Sex Pistol's song "God Save The Queen" they sang: "God save the queen 'Cause tourists are money And our figurehead Is not what she seems" I am not discussing the political aspect on the governing systems (Kingdom vs Anarchy), but the phrase "cause tourists are money" has so much wisdom in it. In modern 'american' language we would say "money talks, BS walks". Just like NBA shat up and rolled over (oh yes they did) for China, Netflix (and the likes) do for Saudi Arabia. There was a discussion a couple of days ago regarding users migrating from WhatsApp to Signal/Telegram and how "a few friends" declined, forcing the "many" to either ostracize them, or stick to WhatsApp. MBS/Saudi Arabia do the same. If you want us, shut up and keep the status quo (murder, rape, inequality, torture). They got trillions of $. Wegot two options. Shut up and roll over (Netflix, NBA), or isolate them and allow them to develop similar/close services. The third option that "slowly they will join us".. well.. how slowly is slowly? 1 year? 5? 100? never? I fear they (SA/MBS) will always be 100 years behind this 'democratic' curve.

cbozeman 6y ago
Probably about 25-35 years. That's about how long we can subsist on current proven oil reserves given the amount and given the yearly consumption of oil and accounting for usage increase and fluctuations. Which is another way of saying we have 25-35 years to get electric cars up and running and to really "solve" the alternative energy crisis. This is why we need to be pouring massive amounts of money into fusion power research, because if we can crack that nut, we're set. Or hey, maybe never. Look at other Middle Eastern nations.

cbozeman 6y ago

Probably about 25-35 years. That's about how long we can subsist on current proven oil reserves given the amount and given the yearly consumption of oil and accounting for usage increase and fluctuations. Which is another way of saying we have 25-35 years to get electric cars up and running and to really "solve" the alternative energy crisis. This is why we need to be pouring massive amounts of money into fusion power research, because if we can crack that nut, we're set. Or hey, maybe never. Look at other Middle Eastern nations.