Friday, December 2, 2011

The Achilles Heel of Western Civilisation?

The Ancient Chinese used the motto "may you live in interesting times" as a curse (not a wish).

Modern "Western civlisation" puts and pays a premium for certainty, especially the middle class.

It's its "Achilles Heel".

Capitalism is in trouble because ...

Capitalism is in trouble because it relies on 2 unnatural (thus inherently flawed) premises: a) Trust b) certainty or the quantification of risk