I had to come back to this thread. I don’t want to take away from the original message/theme posted, but since it’s become a bit of a debate as to whether or not we have enough food to support our civilization, or whether other resources like water are more important than food, let me say the following:
We can debate these issues/problems facing humanity day and night as to their relevance (and business opportunities), but here’s thing. It boils down to the question: Can you take care of yourself? It is literally along the same lines of MJ’s book: think beyond the conventional ‘slow lane’ way of thinking and start thinking for yourself (and act on it!). Those who believe that there will always be plenty of food at the grocery store or that water will always run from the tap are thinking the same way that slowlaners think when they say that they are financially okay because they have a good 9-5 job. Fastlaners know that you can’t depend on anyone else (a boss, a job title, the stock market, etc) to guarantee your success. The boss can fire you, the job title can be eliminated, and the market can move against your favor. MJ’s book points out the flaws of the slowlane and how you can get into the fastlane to take control of your financial status. The same can be said about your basic needs too: don’t depend on the grocery store to stock it’s isles full of food, or the farmers to always go on farming, or the land to always be plentiful (etc etc etc). Be self-sufficient as much as possible.
I’m not a doom-and-gloomer end-of-the-world gal. But I do at least acknowledge the fact that natural or man made disasters happen (hurricanes, earthquakes, political unrest, etc etc etc). To say ‘well, that will never happen in my neck of the woods’ is to say ‘I am perfectly safe in my 401K and when I retire in 15 years I’ll be sitting pretty’. To that I say ‘yeah, good luck with that’.
I’m not saying you have to live like me (I know it’s not for everyone). But how much food do you have in your house? Enough to last a few days? A week? A day? (and I’m not talking about that 5 year old bag of frozen peas way back in your freezer…I’m talking about good/solid meals). Do you have any idea how to acquire water (and make it drinkable…without electricity)?
Today we feel naked if we don’t have our electric gadgets on us running at every waking moment. But batteries die out. Power sometimes goes out (entirely). Things happen. Psycologist suggest for humans it will only be a matter of 72 hours before people in masses return to basic survival instincts. At the end of the day are you able to stand on your own two feet and go down the fastlane or will you be stuck in the slowlane trying to figure out if you can eat a dollar bill and get an app to pour you water?
We can debate these issues/problems facing humanity day and night as to their relevance (and business opportunities), but here’s thing. It boils down to the question: Can you take care of yourself? It is literally along the same lines of MJ’s book: think beyond the conventional ‘slow lane’ way of thinking and start thinking for yourself (and act on it!). Those who believe that there will always be plenty of food at the grocery store or that water will always run from the tap are thinking the same way that slowlaners think when they say that they are financially okay because they have a good 9-5 job. Fastlaners know that you can’t depend on anyone else (a boss, a job title, the stock market, etc) to guarantee your success. The boss can fire you, the job title can be eliminated, and the market can move against your favor. MJ’s book points out the flaws of the slowlane and how you can get into the fastlane to take control of your financial status. The same can be said about your basic needs too: don’t depend on the grocery store to stock it’s isles full of food, or the farmers to always go on farming, or the land to always be plentiful (etc etc etc). Be self-sufficient as much as possible.
I’m not a doom-and-gloomer end-of-the-world gal. But I do at least acknowledge the fact that natural or man made disasters happen (hurricanes, earthquakes, political unrest, etc etc etc). To say ‘well, that will never happen in my neck of the woods’ is to say ‘I am perfectly safe in my 401K and when I retire in 15 years I’ll be sitting pretty’. To that I say ‘yeah, good luck with that’.
I’m not saying you have to live like me (I know it’s not for everyone). But how much food do you have in your house? Enough to last a few days? A week? A day? (and I’m not talking about that 5 year old bag of frozen peas way back in your freezer…I’m talking about good/solid meals). Do you have any idea how to acquire water (and make it drinkable…without electricity)?
Today we feel naked if we don’t have our electric gadgets on us running at every waking moment. But batteries die out. Power sometimes goes out (entirely). Things happen. Psycologist suggest for humans it will only be a matter of 72 hours before people in masses return to basic survival instincts. At the end of the day are you able to stand on your own two feet and go down the fastlane or will you be stuck in the slowlane trying to figure out if you can eat a dollar bill and get an app to pour you water?
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