Re: i'm tired this stands on its own

[Eric Yost]

>>thesis: we're at the _peak_ of information, not an upward 
slope

This may be the golden age of multiculturalism as well. When 
the oil goes away, so will ease of travel and border 
shifting. Nations will re-assert themselves and most 
savagery and injustice will be localized instead of global.

A mixed blessing in the decline I think. The smaller the 
group, the better it takes care of its people.

As it is, we are halfway between nation-state and global 
village, and have all the worst aspects of both. (If they 
want you to die in a foreign war, you are supposed to do it 
"for your country." If they want you to accept outsourcing 
of your job, you are commended to "face the reality of the 
global marketplace.")