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sendoilplease on October 5, 2008 - 9:58am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

GREAT post HO, as always.

A problem of "Scale" and perspective to set priorities.

We’re still (thinking) at the nation level, or even, some might say, still thinking globally,...Because the numbers are real, the decline in global production is coming, and ... soon... priorities switch from nation, to community, to family, to self.

I bet many of us here started focusing on the "family" part quite a while ago (and if you're like me, have been dragging them kicking and screaming into the Real 21st century).

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Todd on October 5, 2008 - 10:38am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I believe Scale will be dictated by Finances and Time. In other words, priorities will (should) be set by what can actually be accomplished given these constraints. This will be true of not only nations but also individuals.

Now in reality, I believe that what will occur will be a clusterf..k of grandiose plans (both governmental and individual) that have no chance of success and will never come to fruition. This will lead to receding horizons making it even more difficult to succeed as time is lost and costs escalate.

Todd

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