133 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford 8 Apr \ parent \ on: Jamie Dimon: “We may need a new Bretton Woods” econ
One of the more interesting observations I've heard over the last 10 years is that of Adam Curtis the documentary maker. He stated in one of his films that there aren't any leaders in the world that have a positive vision for the future. They all seem to be trying to use fear as the main force to compel people to trust them. In other words there is some terrible thing coming and they can stop it or will fight against it. Its all reactive and based in fear. Not in a vision or in hope.
Ever since I heard him say this I have listened for someone to come up with a positive vision for the future and the only one isn't from a person. Its from a technology/network. Bitcoin.
I'm reading Atlas Shrugged right now which reiterates those sentiments particularly our top-down (centralised and binary) views of the world.
Put simply, people create everything in their mind first, but if we can't evolve the abstract realities we truly desire that bring about happiness, virtue and reason, then we will suffer through the consequences of our collective faulty minds (and leadership) time and time again.
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Interesting, what is that movie if you remember its name?
That's an interesting point.
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