I noted that the collapse of the MACH 2.2 Supersonic Transport or SST was a major turning-point in history. One of the absolute inevitables of aviation since the Wright brothers was that every decade or so planes got faster.

Real futurism is noting steady changes that do NOT make news.

The main factor that killed the SST was that if someone wanted to contact anyone in Europe in an emergency hurry, he would use the telephone. I remember when telephone calls to Europe were twelve bucks for three minutes (1959 dollars!) and it took seven YEARS to get a phone installed in Austria, a fairly typical situation back then in Europe right through the 1960s.

A quiet but geometrically increasing proportion of our population works from home. I know a number of people in computers who work in South Carolina for firms in California, Washington State and so forth. The price system is now telling us that face-to-face should be done on computer rather than by killing DAYS flying or driving across the country.

PLEASE don’t say I am saying this is a substitute for EVERYTHING. This is just a reminder of the quiet adjustments that take place to adjust to reality while headlines are screaming about the Next Crisis.

The Oil Crisis was major news in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 elections. It was FORGOTTEN in 1980. Reagan just got rid of the crazy-ass price controls the Northeast had been using to get cheap oil from Texas and Louisiana, and the Crisis disappeared for the time being.

A huge percentage of our oil use is the result of Planned Inconvenience, pushed by the same people who make their livings on the Oil Crisis. Planned Inconvenience is the zoning that requires every suburban resident to get dressed and drive to the chopping center miles away if she runs out of milk.

These are just a couple of points about the real future as opposed to the NEWS.

It looks like many cans of worms are open at other sites, such Taki Mag and Chronicles. They are having trouble holding it all together without being RACIST. The catalyst is Buchanan’s book , Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War.

— Shari

AFKAN

In reply to Shari:
That is an excellent point.
People see that it is possible to open the door to The Greater Truth, and not be struck down by The Gods.
That first crack in the Wall is really all we need.