Comments on: The short (long) term future… http://www.lspphoto.com/2010/02/the-short-long-term-future/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ptsp http://www.lspphoto.com/2010/02/the-short-long-term-future/comment-page-1/#comment-334 ptsp Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:26:39 +0000 http://www.lspphoto.com/?p=7605#comment-334 It doesnt go away if you ignore it Cla. In fact it leaves you more vulnerable to the next leg down. And the next, and the next. We are post peak oil, and it is all downhill from here, the question is rather if it plays out quickly or realtively slowly as it has done so far for the last 2 years. over the long-term, through many centuries, historians give nations an average of about 200 years before they burn out. Why? Because the "blind optimism" that makes a nation great in the early years of its rise to power and glory becomes, paradoxically, its worst enemy in the end-days. Their arrogance traps them in a self-sabotaging cycle that weakens their resolve, makes them vulnerable to new, unpredictable challenges, ultimately destroying them from within. That happens over and over throughout history, even as their optimistic brains tell them they're still the greatest. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/death-of-us-capitalism-the-final-10-scenes-2010-02-23?pagenumber=1 It doesnt go away if you ignore it Cla. In fact it leaves you more vulnerable to the next leg down. And the next, and the next. We are post peak oil, and it is all downhill from here, the question is rather if it plays out quickly or realtively slowly as it has done so far for the last 2 years.

over the long-term, through many centuries, historians give nations an average of about 200 years before they burn out. Why? Because the “blind optimism” that makes a nation great in the early years of its rise to power and glory becomes, paradoxically, its worst enemy in the end-days.

Their arrogance traps them in a self-sabotaging cycle that weakens their resolve, makes them vulnerable to new, unpredictable challenges, ultimately destroying them from within. That happens over and over throughout history, even as their optimistic brains tell them they’re still the greatest.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/death-of-us-capitalism-the-final-10-scenes-2010-02-23?pagenumber=1

]]> By: LSP http://www.lspphoto.com/2010/02/the-short-long-term-future/comment-page-1/#comment-332 LSP Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:39:09 +0000 http://www.lspphoto.com/?p=7605#comment-332 It's clearly not bullshit Cla, it is our future. Would you rather be ignorant? It’s clearly not bullshit Cla, it is our future. Would you rather be ignorant?

]]> By: clara http://www.lspphoto.com/2010/02/the-short-long-term-future/comment-page-1/#comment-328 clara Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:20:40 +0000 http://www.lspphoto.com/?p=7605#comment-328 Can you stop paying attention to this depressing bullshit please Can you stop paying attention to this depressing bullshit please

]]> By: ptsp http://www.lspphoto.com/2010/02/the-short-long-term-future/comment-page-1/#comment-327 ptsp Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:37:51 +0000 http://www.lspphoto.com/?p=7605#comment-327 It is certainly very good, but there is a lot of overcomplication in that article and focus on minute details. I think you can better understand the situation by watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY It really just comes down to some quite simple mathematics. Sustainable growth is an oxymoron, because if you just look at the arithmetic of steady growth, the numbers become astronomically large in modest periods of time, so you can't have steady growth. It is certainly very good, but there is a lot of overcomplication in that article and focus on minute details. I think you can better understand the situation by watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY

It really just comes down to some quite simple mathematics.
Sustainable growth is an oxymoron, because if you just look at the arithmetic of steady growth, the numbers become astronomically large in modest periods of time, so you can’t have steady growth.

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