> I am talking about the state of the world and its future on average global terms. There is little cause for optimism on global terms. The decentralization t

> I am talking about the state of the world and its future on average global terms. There is little cause for optimism on global terms. The decentralization that Kevin Kelly, Thomas Friedman and others lauded has led to a predictable increase in global insecurity by almost every measure (See below). The self-organization and techno-utopianism Kelly predicted in "Out of Control" (A book I loved enough to read twice) hasn't materialized - quite the opposite in-fact. International Peace Institute: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/cperry1848/viz/InternationalPeaceInstituteIndexofIndexes/InternationalPeaceInstituteIndexofIndexes https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/cperry1848/viz/Intern... World Bank Political Stability Rankings: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_political_stability/ https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_political_stabi... IMF Financial Stability: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/GFSR?page=1 https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/GFSR?page=1