This is dedicated to...

This space will be dedicated, for the most part, to the proposition that those at the top are either clueless or indifferent to those at the bottom. I know this isn't a particularly new concept, but the proof, documentation, and application of it may be, in the sense that some of the underlying assumptions by which we live are flawed. If this proof fails, so be it; the state of knowledge will still have been advanced. If it succeeds, maybe we will be one small step closer to saving ourselves, our children, their children, and so on. For example, consider the following:

• We are at war. Get used to it.
• We are going to be at war for the remainder of our lives. Prepare for it.
• We have been at war since the beginning of human history. Accept it.

There have been periods that most people recognize as periods of peace - the 1990s, for example. There have not. There have been relatively quiet periods when preparations for war were taking place beneath the radar. More to come on the many aspects of this as time goes on.