I’m certainly not a fatalist – except maybe in terms of monetary economics – which seems to have “fatal” rules of it’s own – or rather, it’s own self-annihilating logic. On the contrary, we Homo Sapiens (“wise man”) hold our destiny in our hands. But we need to start acting like it.

Yes, I’ve evolved to think a hard, fast economic crash – rather than a slow stair-step decline and decay would be best. Though, going back 5 years ago, I certainly didn’t, but did think it was likely – at least, within less than a decade.