When did Noah build the ark?

Ankesh,

Thanks for thinking.

I know Why you use stories. The water-pipeline is a story I've heard before (Kyosaki, maybe). I just Added to it to Show how things Could have gone.

Suicide Bombers kill themselves because they think they have no future here and now. And the here and now is all that matters as it's all we can be 100% sure about, right?

It's the same reason why things stagnate in dictatorships and socialist systems - No Future see people not expend their time, effort or money into things for their future, unless that includes escaping the current jurisdiction. Why build a business I can never own or enjoy the profits from? Why Produce anything when I can Never enjoy the benefits? It's Those systems - the Delusional Fantasy of man working for other men and Not himself - that turn us into sacrificial animals.

When we can no longer enjoy the fruits of our efforts, we stop providing efforts. We do not invest. What money we have is sequestered away or spent to live. Money in circulation ceases. Progress stops. Welcome to the dark ages again.

I heard, and things might be different now, that on average Japanese people have $90,000 in their bank accounts. They do NOT invest their money. Their money does Not circulate. They are paid Zero Interest and Loans are like 1% interest. And still the money does not circulate.

Why?

Don't know for sure. But if I was to guess I would say... a welfare system for the old and/or Company Benefits.

They don't need to be concerned for their future AND at the same time have an Ingrained Work Ethic. Of course, the younger MacDonald's Generation might have a different view and we'll see in years to come if that is so.

Michael Ross