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http://www.prepperfortress.com/economic-chaos-erupting-literally-planet-global-leaders-starting-panic-first-24-hours-dollar-collapse/

OneThousandEightHundred18
Scary, but hard to take too seriously.

It uses a fox news broadcast as a serious reference. It also uses CNN as a reference. Sorry but many people have come to distrust all mainstream media, while the author of the article says "mainstream media" as if that makes the information more credible. It's clear who the demographic reading this is. Hint: it's not young people.

The site is literally dedicated to "dooms day" preparation. Bias much?

The article fails to put into perspective the real role of money, and why/how so much debt exists. No mention of how money is created, or the fact that there is and always will be more debt than currency in the current system. It's a numbers game that is arbitrarily invented. Clearly the website has a right-leaning bias and I don't trust it.

In essence, the article is not entirely wrong but it offers no real perspective on what to think of this from an idealogical standpoint, other than "be afraid."

Don't be afraid. Think about creative solutions that break everything we think we know.


All that said, we humans are in one of the most important and burdening transitional phases in history. Young people alive today probably will see the collapse of all money. The article does a great job playing on the emotions of the elder generation who are unable to see anything except capitalism and are afraid of any alternatives. Some people might see the collapse of money as beautiful and liberating, once the initial shock and hardships are overcome.

It strikes me as odd that people haven't figured it out yet that money is not an efficient way of ensuring the wellbeing of humanity. Why is so much food thrown away while people starve? Why are some people homeless while others have multiple homes they use only a few weeks per year?

No matter what job someone has, it's not justified that any rich persons waste resources while others have no means of acquiring basic resources needed for survival. That's beyond any arguments of "capitalism creates incentive." It steps into the territory of "capitalism creates unnecessary waste and division."

Clearly money is soon to be outdated. Only a matter of time and education.

We need a system that creates incentive, but ultimately eliminates wastefulness. Money/capitalism is failing at the latter, and makes the former so stressful that many of us become indentured servants, effectively.

People are deceived into thinking that scarcity is the problem. It's not. The real problem is the way resources are allocated. There's no point in "making the pie bigger" when all growth only favors those at the top.

Ultimately, when technology gets to the point where most human jobs are replaced by machines with advanced AGI, money will be no longer useful at all. I await that day - the day bankers see eye to eye with homeless people and see nothing but raw equality. After all, what could separate us in a world where nobody needs to work? What point would there be in competition when we are all taken care of?

The paradigm of the article ignores all these points and instead only spreads fear that capitalism is failing without even mentioning that it's not the only way we could organize society in the face of total collapse. In fact, it hints at capitalism being the only solution to get us out of the mess it got us into in the first place. I can't accept that.

Stolen_Authenticity

.. Obviously.. Everyone's 'free' to draw their own conclusions. - Myself.. I must 'feel' more-or-less, the 'other way'.. Since, these days.. Well-based, 'gloom'.. Seems, More in-style, than Ever! ..'Brainwashed'?.. It's possible!?

.. But, on a Non-Sequitur, note.. If 'qualifying' as a pertinent, 'thread'-linked, topic!

http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Study-shows-brain-tissue-changes-after-one-season-of-football-398285961.html

Stolen_Authenticity

..After, just having thoughtfully read, your 'posted' contribution..{I 'skipped' over, your words.. on my 1st 'read'}... I Now, see you, as a noticeably more, {subject-specific}, person, than I ! ..Thankyou, for your thoughtful, posted, analysis!

Stolen_Authenticity

Oct 26, 2016 at 3:54 PM

The Ali-Frazier Battle Of Internet Chess Is Happening This Week

Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster and No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, is just over two weeks away from defending his world championship in New York City. It’ll be a grueling test, with hours-long games spread out over 19 days, but Carlsen will be the heavy favorite. But rather than poring over potential opening moves or studying the intricacies of endgames, he’s heading to the internet to play some speed chess.

Thursday, Carlsen will play Hikaru Nakamura, the four-time U.S. chess champion, in Chess.com’s online Grandmaster Blitz Battle final, which the site is billing as the Ali vs. Frazier of online chess. In the world championship for chess with “classical” time controls, each player gets at least 100 minutes for all his or her moves. But Thursday’s blitz battle will feature a series of games wherein the players get just 5 minutes, 3 minutes and, finally, 1 minute per side.

According to the latest FIDE list, a ranking that uses Elo ratings and in-person results, Carlsen and Nakamura are the second- and third-best blitz players in the world, respectively. (China’s Liren Ding is No. 1.) But according to Chess.com’s newly developed Computer Accuracy & Precision Score (or CAPS), Nakamura may have a slight edge in speed games over the world champion. CAPS is based on a comparison between the humans’ actual moves and the moves deemed best by a computer.

You can watch the match, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern, on Chess.com and Twitch. And if you can’t wait, here’s an appetizer — the two grandmasters playing a private speed game in a hotel room a few years ago:

Stolen_Authenticity

A 'Native' American' ongoing 'protest'.. in the 'Dakotas' ..

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/mandan/protesters-law-enforcement-clash-as-camp-cleared/article_d8170db7-66f9-5f34-916a-35d40097e07c.html

Stolen_Authenticity

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2016/10/27/into-the-heart-of-godlessness-pope-francis-heads-for-sweden/

Stolen_Authenticity

Att. 'NBA' sports fans.. {of which I'm Not}.. whose 'poison'..{or 'weakness'}, is nostalgia. - A 'What-the-hell-happened-to', so-and-so, {retired player}, link.

http://www.celticslife.com/2009/12/what-hell-happened-tocomplete-index.html

Stolen_Authenticity

What happens, if the ongoing 'world championship' is 'tied' after 12 games{?}

May involve, some 'scrolling'.

https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/regulations_match_2016.pdf