I resonate strongly with your thoughts. I feel that 2020, and the next decade, will be vastly different than the life we know. In some way it makes me anxious and somewhat fearful, but in another way it excites me. How do you prepare for what's coming when you don't know exactly what will happen? So many things have already started changing: the way we consume our news, crazy new laws that are being legislated that seem to curb individualistic freedoms, increasing unrest in many different parts of the world. It feels like a storm is coming.
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I agree that a massive change is definitely coming. As a sci-fi author myself I often read articles by futurists to find clues about which changes are likely to materialize and then recalibrate my life to try to get ready for them.
My biggest concern at the present moment are the ever expanding bubbles in the traditional financial system and growing resurgence of ultra-right wing factions of government around the world. A global financial collapse would be two fold: 1) causing the usual hardships associated with this kind of collapse and 2) create the perfect environment for Fascism to take hold in the world.
Aside from that, concerns are a massive amount of displaced workers due to A.I., robotics, and self-driving vehicles. America is doing very little to prepare for this and it's going to arrive on our doorstep in about another five years.
Honestly, for most people, I think the smart thing is to work on building several independent revenue streams and diversify holdings as much as you can into fiat, crypto, and precious metals. For the past few years I've been researching crypto friendly countries to move to but it's far more difficult to pick up your entire life and move than I imagined.
In the meantime, I'll be keeping my "ears to the tracks" and seeing how things develop.
This is even more interesting. I find myself somewhat on the opposite side of the political aisle as you (I say somewhat, because I also find I can't fit myself neatly into any one box), and from my point of view it seems that leftist governments are gaining ground. I do agree wholeheartedly however that it is just common sense to build several independent income streams and I have also perused a list of friendly countries to possibly move to. Perhaps we'll be neighbours!
That is very interesting! So many in the crypto world seem to be searching for a new place to call home. It's sad to hear Puerto Rico is changing their requirements to make it more difficult to move there and take advantage of the tax benefits after January 1st. Portugal is the one that is standing out for me right now.