Recent content by chronoclast

Deftly stated. :) You may be right, but I think that the reality of social unrest in America is actually less interesting, though more optimistic. Internally we're poised for a recovery of some years, though (as I've posted already) we have two major internal challenges ahead: aging, and the...

I'm not joking. Historically, as far as we can tell violence has diminished. Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence | Talk Video | TED.com Today there are many more people than in centuries past, and most have better access to food, information, and medical care than societies in...

If Zionism ruled the world, Israel wouldn't have the trouble they still have. I don't subscribe to this paranoia. The world today is actually better in many respects. Technology has made life far easier and expanded our choices. Some people do themselves in with the new freedom. In the big...

I'll offer a few relevant, testable predictions for late 2014 to 2015. I'm not claiming to be a time traveler. The conflict in Ukraine will lead to a boycott of Russia's natural gas, with American gas going oversea to the EU. Russia will occupy a northeastern crescent of Ukraine and this will...