bad news
‘The holes in the global security system are so big now, that you can drive a super-tanker through them.’ - on the hijacking of a saudi oil tanker off the coast of kenya, despite recent increases in security patrols to prevent precisely this kind of thing.
japan cuts retiree benefits, sees doubling of crime rate among the elderly, proposes new anti-crime bills instead of combatting poverty.
[gg is solid stuff, but of late he’s been waffling back and forth between informed and thus credible prophecizing of our impending doom, and talking a great deal about resiliant communities, the topic of his upcoming book. one could make the argument that he’s maybe overstating the problem to help sell his solution, but then again, shit be all crazy of late.]
