Danger

The greatest risk of a subsidized economy comes from a discrepancy on horizons. The benefits happen on the short term, but the problems only happen (and are visible and quantifiable) on the long run.

Scent

There is a little breeze in the air. Some freshness. Kind of the hint of a scent of change. And it feels good.

https://www.publico.pt/2021/09/27/politica/editorial/democracia-portuguesa-viva-1978879?ref=hp&cx=stories_cover__breaking_a--507490

This is going really well, Brexit

The news of fuel and goods shortage, lack of medical personnel, a slight feeling of loss in the air - Brexit is going really well. And it just shows how complex the world is today, how interconnected it is, how liberal politics create wealth and how trying to rule in harshly on that liberalism and globalism simply destroys value for the common citizen.

A path to hedonism

A study pre-published today in the Lancet is quite worrying. It is about the disappointment and concern young people feel about climate change. It is quite dark (understandably). But it was Publico's headline (linked above) that caught my attention: over half of the young people inquired believes the world is doomed.

Now, that is worrying on itself, and it shows how much we have failed the next generations. But it opens a path that is even darker. If the World is doomed whatever we do, then maybe it would be better to live it to the max, without any concerns on saving it. It won't be any action I do that turns things better or worse, so, let me just live it while I am here and it still exists.

The fact many of these young persons don't want to have kids both highlights and heightens this dark path. Without a commitment to a future generation, then there is no future reward for the good I do now, no will to compromise on immediate pleasures now.

And this dark path frightens me.

An amazing speech by George W Bush

Thank you, my friend, for your powerful and much-needed words on this difficult day. https://t.co/N2XhRMGKV4

— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) September 12, 2021

Goodbye, Mr President

Jorge Sampaio, my idol as a President of the Portuguese Republic, died today. May he rest in peace.

https://www.publico.pt/jorge-sampaio

 

Carl Sagan, 1995

 

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— Milo Jones (@Inveniam) September 8, 2021