what are you going to eat in the Knowledge Age
When complex systems collapse, you go into a dark age, not a knowledge age. You don't get an age of enlightenment from regional instability. Sometimes I think Anonymint believes you can will things into existence, but willing a new renaissance into reality amongst a bunch of dindus looting the local storefronts isn't going to happen.
It is interesting to absorb both of the arguments put forward here. You are both thinking on a higher level and it is much appreciated. My position has always been to never discount an opinion because I disagree with it, simply because no one can know the future without some kind of insider knowledge. Much of what we agree with may be down to our personal biases.
The deflationary / inflationary debate is everywhere at the moment. Either situation is plausible and the signs are there for both. But we are in such unprecedented times that it is hard to know which way the dominoes will fall. This isn't a national crisis but a global one.
So thanks for the ideas and also for keeping the debates civil enough that we don't lose track of what is being discussed.