Science Fiction

I do like science fiction, particularly alternative realities. They give me an opportunity to exercise my critical thought faculties. That said, I would also like to write one. This would require a great expenditure of effort, so I will just write this instead.

Imagine a world exactly like our own. Focus on the last two years of the ‘new flu’. Now forget about your own concerns and think globally. Think internationally. Follow the money.

Let us start with the 2008 – 2009 financial malarkey, where those in the know expressed concern that the financial system had only a few hours more life left in it. Oh dear. Two or three from prestigious financial institutions met up with two or three from the financial wing of the US Gov and had a discussion. Something had to be done and the Gov types were panicking. The financial people smiled or sneered and spoke aloud the largest figure they could think of that the Gov could provide. The Gov agreed.

From that day on, it is difficult to know who exactly is running the financial wing of our governments but it isn’t the governments. The financial people have needed vast injections of currency for over a decade. So far, so good, sort of. Inflation of the basics in the US is quite high but the Gov disagree with these high figures. Now that inflation is becoming painfully high, those in charge have changed their tune. They agree that inflation is high and that this is transitory and so worry more about the ‘new flu variant’.

Why all the focus of attention on the ‘new flu’ for almost two years? What are we supposed to not be looking at? The most important thing for our government is the continuation of government. The most important thing for the financial elite is the continuation of the financial system. Perhaps the people come in third place? My alternative reality is that I place myself and everybody else, first. Government must serve the people and so must the financial system. Most people on the planet don’t like this alternative reality. They really don’t.

So during this ‘new flu’ reality have you noticed what our financial overlords are up to? I am sure you have. They are creating unimaginably vast amounts of new currency. The reasons given for this are memorised by the masses. The elites are currently doing their best to divide us. To get us to be annoyed with each other. To create fear and distrust. To stop us realising the truth.

In my alternative reality the truth is straight forward. The Govt. of the world have pushed their luck a little too far. The financial elites believe their own hype. Twenty years ago, Gordon Brown, announced that he had conquered the business cycle through his own sheer brilliance and then he sold half our gold. Thatcher unshackled our banks a decade earlier and has unfortunately died before realising her error. These people think that they are cunning and clever and they are simply deluded.

Currently, China Gov is selling gold to its own citizens which is putting a downward force on the price of gold. China is putting lots of ‘new flu’ restrictions on it’s ports. Trade will slow and shipping costs increase. There is a big picture here that we are not noticing. Henry Kissinger would have noticed and be massaging things along to benefit of his handlers, the US people indirectly benefiting, sort of. An extended transitory benefit which is coming to an end.

So, which of the above ‘facts’ are relevant? It depends. It always does. Be advised that complex systems do not always behave linearly. There will always be non-linearities and discontinuities. The Gov and financial elites will not accept accountability for any non-linearity or discontinuity. They will eagerly blame the ‘new flu’, Russia or China. The non-critically thinking masses will not like conspiracy theorists offering up a plethora of alternative theories. A Gov. answer requires no thought and will be easy enough to regurgitate at will. A multitude of conspiracy theories will require lots of conscious thought. The horror of having to have an opinion that may prove to be incorrect. The loss of face is unimagineable to many of those who have blagged even the smallest handhold of societal power.

Anyway, this is an alternative reality. In this reality, I run a global intelligence network which anyone can do. (The internet.) The problem with data is analysis. Everything always boils down to opinion. Others may say running a global intelligence network is nice but what impact can I have on the world? This is the same problem all intelligence networks have. The basis of this problem is that the world is a complex system that does not behave linearly because people don’t always behave linearly. Complex systems do not behave linearly.

Am I rambling? Possibly but are you getting anything of value from your own musings of my nonsense?

My alternative reality is that this ‘new flu’ thing is a distraction from the ongoing financial collapse. Our own Gov is a major benefactor of the financial system and a collapse of finance means a collapse of Gov too. Yet again, people come last. Instead of a controlled transitioning we are heading for a discontinuity. For those who aren’t engineers, a discontinuity is a major shock. As in major. Your Gov and financial elites would rather we all experienced a ‘major shock’ than smoothly dismantle many major institutions and base our earthly experience more on reality and less on belief of Gov.

My alternative reality is one where we are heading for a reset. The Gov and financial elites wish the game to continue as long as it can. The people have a major shock. Gov and financial elites carry on with the same game. In this reality, the average quality of life suffers a major shock and is reset to a level lower than most realise. (Imagine no foreign holidays, no car and far less discretionery spending.)

Or

The Gov and financial elite suffer the shock. The people have a transitory shock but after a few years, we realise that we are now living in the ‘paradise’ of the information age. A revolution of greater impact than the industrial revolution.

I could go on and I shall but not now. I have chosen my path. As has everybody else. The difference between me and most can be summed up in a single word, awareness.

You might be thinking of a different word. Good luck with that.

 

Bye for now.