In Search of a Major Technological Breakthrough. Part V. The Battle of Human Minds, Hearts, and Guts: Our Economic and Political Past, Present, and Future

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Many people, particularly in the developed world, view the political events of the last five to ten years as chaos putting the ultimate blame on certain “malign” individuals, groups, movements, or “rogue” nations. However, this geopolitical turmoil is easily understood if you recall that politics is the most concentrated expression of economics. The rest is just theatrics. Younger, Poorer, and Unhappier: Why the Young in Many Developed Countries Are Not So Happy Anymore? The 2024 World Happiness Report shows that the young in North America are less happy than the old, while in many Western European countries they are only…...

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