Seems like you really want to take issue with my post but I have no idea what the hell you're going on about. Sorry for the language, but this isn't the first t

Seems like you really want to take issue with my post but I have no idea what the hell you're going on about. Sorry for the language, but this isn't the first time, so I'm a bit frustrated. Yes, we must deal with it. Yes, there are examples in various formats from the past but nothing directly applicable. Drawing inferences and finding a common ontology would be difficult in the best of times. No, it is not especially scary. I said I was pessimistic, not that I was afraid of anything. So we're living in the latter days of the Roman Empire. It's just a thing that is part of our existence. No, this isn't the first time the world has been rocked with change but the change today is occurring at a much greater rate than ever before. Like I said, I'm not sure we disagree on much. Apologies if it wasn't clear from my comment what my point was. Historical analogies are much more difficult to draw than at any time in our past, philosophical underpinnings of the way governments and groups of people work need to be applied at the principles level and not the policy level, and dozens of trends kick off each decade which will have major impacts down the road. Nothing to fear; this is just where we are. Understanding the problem and talking about it helps gain a common understanding for the required adaptation that will eventually arrive. Evolutionary adaptation can be very painful to experience.