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So what happens if the crisis comes prematurely and the heroes end up being nomads? Do they develop "hero" characteristics in their elder years?

Yeah, I don't see the Taliban meaning it when they say that they've decided to stop attacking. Most of the fighting we're doing now is in Pakistan, not Afghanistan.

Not too much. The Nomads just have a bit more skill. The Boomers... well, you see the excellent job they're currently doing as managers.

Here's what I've seen and this goes into both GD theory and TFT. At their best, the Nomads are skilled, pragmatic people who can lead the country through difficult times. At their worst, they are destructive, nilihistic, and willing to tear everything down to get what they want.

I have a question of my own, though: How do we survive the coming crisis? No matter what form we think it'll take, it's a relevant concern. Steve Jobs had a very good view of the life crisis. He often reminded himself that the "worst case scenario" is death. He lived his life accordingly. At the mo...

Well, Britain and France will likely be fighting each other and I think Germany will be on Britain's side, but the others are still unclear, at least to me.

Hmmm, minimal risk of getting caught and a big chance of making big money... yeah, I can see plenty of people taking that opportunity. I do expect more trials and criminal charges, but not until we have a full-scale collapse. Then we'll have a bunch of finger-pointing, saying that this is what we've...

Hard to believe they were actually able to do that, since Boomers aren't exactly known for competence in management. In the 1980s, most of the regulators were either Boomers and I would bet that at the time, there were still a fair amount of older Silent regulators keeping an eye on things. In the 2...

I have a question of my own, though: How do we survive the coming crisis? No matter what form we think it'll take, it's a relevant concern.

> You're equivocating between the question of person responsibility > and the broader question of how this constellation of institutions > became so corrupt. There's what's wrong with Xers. You claim that you want everyone to go to jail, but when it comes to describing what's really going on, you m...