Generational Dynamics World View News

[John]

** 07-Mar-2021 World View: Apology

> To show John I'm really not an adversary, I'll take a break for
> the lenten season (coming up), as it's good to get away from the
> modern life/internet world for a while. In that he is correct. But
> rest assured I'm doing just fine and will continue to try to help
> everyone here by stressing things that maybe they aren't seeing.

> Thanks JCP. I think the good thing about right leaning people is
> that they are OK with debates, criticism and don't get overly
> emotional about particular disputes. Much of the email, text,
> internet posting media is sadly so one dimensional, it is true,
> that we lose out on other ways of expressing ourselves. And we are
> fairly anonymous, so that makes us lash out a bit here and
> there. That's why I never hold anything against anyone. I hope
> others feel the same way. It's only guys like the polytick moron
> that are annoying because there is nothing in their words but
> chaos and foolishness. Their premises are so bankrupt the ideas
> that flow from them are just breathtakingly stupid and
> dangerous.

I wrote that post in reaction to your exchanges with Higgenbotham
where you seemed to be getting --- and I'm not sure what word to use
here --- "emotional" seems too weak, and "out of control" seems too
strong. I also felt that you should be giving greater consideration
to what he is telling you, given his knowledge, experience and level
of expertise.

So let me be clear: I apologize for that post. I did not mean it in
the way it's being interpreted, and I wish I hadn't posted it. Your
contributions to this forum have been valuable, and if you left then
you would be missed by me and by JCP and by many others, even
including Higgenbotham, who has obviously enjoyed his spirited
interchanges with you.

[Higgenbotham]

I wrote that post in reaction to your exchanges with Higgenbotham
where you seemed to be getting --- and I'm not sure what word to use
here --- "emotional" seems too weak, and "out of control" seems too
strong. I also felt that you should be giving greater consideration
to what he is telling you, given his knowledge, experience and level
of expertise.

So let me be clear: I apologize for that post. I did not mean it in
the way it's being interpreted, and I wish I hadn't posted it. Your
contributions to this forum have been valuable, and if you left then
you would be missed by me and by JCP and by many others, even
including Higgenbotham, who has obviously enjoyed his spirited
interchanges with you.

The main thing that comes to my mind after reading what has been posted in recent days is the following:

That's why I have said that everyone should do their own assessment and preparation in line with their unique knowledge and experience. Some will be optimally prepared for the scenario that ultimately takes place and most won't. But if at least some are that is a good thing. I have no problem whatsoever with someone disagreeing with my assessment of the most probable scenario going forward. It's essential that people do disagree and take a variety of paths going forward.

and this:

"Doomsday" has little to do with whether Bitcoin will succeed or fail. That's a tangential issue that has been created to attack the messenger. "You're too pessimistic, that's your problem," with the implication that others who don't have that "problem" can see the correctness of the opposing position.

This is the type of thing I am talking about specifically:

This doomsday stuff has fried your noodle.

Bitcoin is just another bubble in an item that has no intrinsic value. My initial point was that Bitcoin is tulips. The direction of the forum from that point on could have been to ignore that post. It most likely would have been if Bitcoin was still languishing under $10,000. The direction of the forum could have been to discuss the bubbles in other items (IPOs, zombie companies, companies with no earnings, US Treasury Bonds and many others) or any other number of directions.

[Cool Breeze]

** 07-Mar-2021 World View: Apology

> To show John I'm really not an adversary, I'll take a break for
> the lenten season (coming up), as it's good to get away from the
> modern life/internet world for a while. In that he is correct. But
> rest assured I'm doing just fine and will continue to try to help
> everyone here by stressing things that maybe they aren't seeing.

> Thanks JCP. I think the good thing about right leaning people is
> that they are OK with debates, criticism and don't get overly
> emotional about particular disputes. Much of the email, text,
> internet posting media is sadly so one dimensional, it is true,
> that we lose out on other ways of expressing ourselves. And we are
> fairly anonymous, so that makes us lash out a bit here and
> there. That's why I never hold anything against anyone. I hope
> others feel the same way. It's only guys like the polytick moron
> that are annoying because there is nothing in their words but
> chaos and foolishness. Their premises are so bankrupt the ideas
> that flow from them are just breathtakingly stupid and
> dangerous.

I wrote that post in reaction to your exchanges with Higgenbotham
where you seemed to be getting --- and I'm not sure what word to use
here --- "emotional" seems too weak, and "out of control" seems too
strong. I also felt that you should be giving greater consideration
to what he is telling you, given his knowledge, experience and level
of expertise.

So let me be clear: I apologize for that post. I did not mean it in
the way it's being interpreted, and I wish I hadn't posted it. Your
contributions to this forum have been valuable, and if you left then
you would be missed by me and by JCP and by many others, even
including Higgenbotham, who has obviously enjoyed his spirited
interchanges with you.

Thank you John. I very much appreciate this post. I will heed your word and turn over a new leaf, then, thank you. Please know that my spirited exchanges and love of this site is similar, so if I come off strong in future posts, it's just because of a bit of passion. As someone of Greek descent, I'm sure you've seen such things a lot, in your lifetime.

[Cool Breeze]

The program is backed financially by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

I thought Kill Bill was supposed to be a good guy.

How much more proof do you need that he is not?

This is a good one, I'll have to use it from now on with your permission. I laughed out loud - Kill Bill, lol. I wish he'd get hit in the face again with a pie - at the least.

[Cool Breeze]

Inflation Or Deflation? Market Expert Reveals How It Will All End | Luke Gromen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXukPO-EnwI

I like Luke G, good dude. I'll have to check this out later. Forest for the Trees, indeed.

[Guest]

How bad is the Microsoft hack?

[John]

** 07-Mar-2021 World View: Microsoft Exchange Server

> How bad is the Microsoft hack?

All that's known now is that the hack is disastrously bad.
The full extent of the damage won't be known for days or weeks.
Any organization using Microsoft Exchange Server is probably
already compromised, and there is no simple fix.

*** Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03 ... ange-hack/

[tim]

The quality of what you predict matters. If it is doom and gloom, again, it doesn't matter either. If this is all there is, your kids are going to the dust just like you are, FullMoon. If you don't understand that, there is nothing that can help you. And that's why faith and hope are important for humans, because there is only one who saves, and only one who defeats death. And it ain't you or your mind - or your plans. You are all witnesses against yourselves with this doomsday foolishness. If it is going to happen, and there's nothing we can do, posting here is a complete waste of time.

You are being subjective and not objective. The theory explains what is going to happen and why, it has nothing to do with the view of the individual. Its like trying to say that stating that fall will precede winter is pessimistic and we shouldn't talk about what winter will be like. Its a natural system outside of the control of any individual.

I agree with you on faith, this is the key to breaking the 80 year cycle and might save mankind.

While it is going to happen I do not think posting here is a waste of time. I enjoy reading the opinion of others and we are all in this together.

[Guest]

The program argues that “white supremacy culture shows up in the classroom when the focus is on getting the ‘right’ answer” or when students are required to show their work, while stipulating that the very “concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false”. The main goal of the program is “to dismantle racism in mathematics instruction” with the expressly political aim of engaging “the sociopolitical turn in all aspects of education, including mathematics.”

How can math be racist? Math is a construct of "white supremacy"?

The program is backed financially by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

I hope Microsoft goes bankrupt.

[Cool Breeze]

The quality of what you predict matters. If it is doom and gloom, again, it doesn't matter either. If this is all there is, your kids are going to the dust just like you are, FullMoon. If you don't understand that, there is nothing that can help you. And that's why faith and hope are important for humans, because there is only one who saves, and only one who defeats death. And it ain't you or your mind - or your plans. You are all witnesses against yourselves with this doomsday foolishness. If it is going to happen, and there's nothing we can do, posting here is a complete waste of time.

You are being subjective and not objective. The theory explains what is going to happen and why, it has nothing to do with the view of the individual. Its like trying to say that stating that fall will precede winter is pessimistic and we shouldn't talk about what winter will be like. Its a natural system outside of the control of any individual.

I agree with you on faith, this is the key to breaking the 80 year cycle and might save mankind.

While it is going to happen I do not think posting here is a waste of time. I enjoy reading the opinion of others and we are all in this together.

Please explain to me what "what will happen", then. That something you generally state will happen, again, means little to nothing. Without the details, I know I'm gonna die - but who cares? You have yet to answer that objection.