"Sometime in the next 20 years, maybe sooner, there will be another '70s-style raw-material crunch: a disruption of oil supplies, a sharp run-up in agricultural

"Sometime in the next 20 years, maybe sooner, there will be another '70s-style raw-material crunch: a disruption of oil supplies, a sharp run-up in agricultural prices, or both. And suddenly people will remember that we are still living in the material world and that natural resources matter. " Very true, in consideration of the article on the Rent seeking economy recently posted (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5548730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5548730). Vanity, thy name is apps.