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The Nick Panayotopoulos blog on global systemics and dynamics
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
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