Happy New Year - My Holiday Letter
I snail-mailed a holiday letter to friends with article links that I believe prepare us for the turbulence ahead. I was careful not to preach. I see some problems developing, that I've watched develop over the last decade. I see a few solutions. I sometimes am struck with a panic - if we solve all three problem areas, will life be suddenly boring and adventureless? There must be a German word for such a fear. Like "scheudenfraude" but a word that means "the fear of civility-induced boredom that only arises in the space of continually escalating mayhem."
Of course life will still be bearable with civility-induced ennui. I mean to say: of course life will be bearable should civility break out. In the wake of solved problems, there will be a vacuum, which will be excruciating and make us want to revert to the excitement of apocalyptic weather, violence, tragedy and news headlines that make us feel so alive.
Honestly, how would you sell civility to people addicted to excitement? That is the fourth problem.
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Further Reading:
Millions of animals are dying from the Australian wildfires, and the environment will suffer for years to come: cnn.com
The World's Cash is Disappearing. Bankers Aren't Sure Where it Went: wsj.com
"The shadow banking sector, now called by the more polite term 'private debt market’ has roughly tripled in size over the past few years and one estimate puts the size around $1.2 trillion," marketwatch.com
Second Parkland Shooting Survivor Dies of Apparent Suicide: thedailybeast.com
Iran news: Sudden troop deployments "shattering" for military families amid Iran threats: cbs.com
"The previous two deployments were all planned and so we had time to get ready this one was-- this one threw us for a loop," Hertle said. cbs.com
Larry David: The Incredibly Happy Life of TV's Favorite Grouch: gq.com
This work by AJ Fish is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Honestly, how would you sell civility to people addicted to excitement? That is the fourth problem.
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Further Reading:
Millions of animals are dying from the Australian wildfires, and the environment will suffer for years to come: cnn.com
The World's Cash is Disappearing. Bankers Aren't Sure Where it Went: wsj.com
"The shadow banking sector, now called by the more polite term 'private debt market’ has roughly tripled in size over the past few years and one estimate puts the size around $1.2 trillion," marketwatch.com
Second Parkland Shooting Survivor Dies of Apparent Suicide: thedailybeast.com
Iran news: Sudden troop deployments "shattering" for military families amid Iran threats: cbs.com
"The previous two deployments were all planned and so we had time to get ready this one was-- this one threw us for a loop," Hertle said. cbs.com
Larry David: The Incredibly Happy Life of TV's Favorite Grouch: gq.com
This work by AJ Fish is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
