OROBTC asked me a serious question in MA thread about how to plan and
I gave a serious answer perhaps a bit flippant.
I am seriously considering moving to a more sparsely populated area of the world. I can always travel to Asia as a tourist, but I think being in a very populated area is going to be risky as the downturn accelerates. I see police and checkpoints every 1 km here. New police academy recruits by dozens seen walking along the road. As the economy turns down here in Philippines, one will be squeezed between increasing regulations (the dumb asses here want to be like you in the West), the Asian top-down disrespect for minorities (e.g. where I live they have banned driving at night for handicapped people blind in one eye!), increased corruption and kidnappings as the economy turns down, increase petty theft and the filipino attitude of "bahala ka" (meaning it is your problem, I don't care) when they cut you off in the road, throw an object that hits you in the head, run you off the road while you are walking on the side of the road, etc.. I was here before and then during the Asian Crisis, so I saw how the place descended into a hell hole. It was during the peak of the Asian Crisis when everyone was so pissed off, that they attacked me and took my eye. Now I am handicapped because of them, and they want to take away my license to drive!
If anyone is serious about pooling resources in order to purchase and provide security for a safe haven ranch in a low population area that does not tax foreign residents on foreign income, then I am interested to talk with you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_taxation#IndividualsI think who ever is serious about this needs to be thinking about making this a reality in 2016 or 2017 at the latest. I am thinking it may be better to rent and wait for clarity and the best deals (other than trophy pieces, real estate should decline in price, or at least relative to crypto price appreciation for next several years at least). Also a way to familiarize with new places before committing.
I can't speak to those who have family in a Western country that they can not leave. My mother refuses to leave the USA and I love her, but I can't allow that to rule my life. Long ago I realized that my life is my life, and my mother is very independent any way. If you've got kids and you've raised them to be very close to you, and they are too tied down in their jobs, then all I can suggest if you may decide you need to have a bugout plan B. At some point, they may lose their jobs and be ready to get-out-of-Dodge too. Diversification.
As for the role of the Knowledge Age and anonymous crypto-currency, this will affect each of differently depending on our skills and vocation. In my opinion, owning anonymous crypto-currency is going to be vital.
The anonymity and scaling issues I've basically solved. It is just a matter of implementation and then people following the instructions. As much as possible those procedures need to be automated and made dummy-proof. This will take some time, but not too long.
The main unsolved problem is how we can assure that the peer network of the crypto-currency can always function. I haven't started to tackle this problem yet. I think first one needs to have a lot of capital and then start to work on solutions, such a HAM and shortwave radio as backup for the existing internet infrastructure. These low bandwidth backups are why we will need a new design for the peer network such that all the transactions don't have to be relayed to the block chain in order to be confirmed. That is what my design accomplishes, so we'd already be ready for those communications improvements.
My plea is we need to stop competing over who was on first base and just accept that we need to implement what we need to implement. And get 'er done. We'll all benefit according to our contribution to the solutions we need. May the chips fall where they may according to a meritocracy.