(the 800 lb. deflationary gorilla in the room)
Pretty fucking dumb.
One of the most dazzling things about humans is their ability to simultaneously understand and not understand things. AT THE SAME TIME!
Boy, are they stupid!
Here’s an ideal example, which no one will ever remember after the first single millisecond of perfect, cosmic-diamond-bullet-in-the-brain comprehension.
Infinite growth is impossible in a finite world. That goes for population growth and debt. And yet, we’ve cantilevered EVERYTHING on the impossible.
Thank you for your time.
Now, go back to fornicating furiously, borrowing at interest, and bailing out the crooks who are too big to bail, jail, or fail. I’ll be with you shortly.