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It’s Getting Worse
Something has to be done
In 2021 many thought it had gone as low as it could go. But close observers of it in 2022 who did the hard work of crunching the data and plotting the longterm trends agree that 2022 marked a nadir that will get progressively lower over time.
How could we have closed ourselves off to it so resoundingly when at first it appeared to be exactly what was missing in this world of limited attention and messy divisions?
How did it sink to such depths when we had such hope for it only a decade ago? Many attribute its sudden dip to a senseless entanglement with blockchain and an unwillingness to recognize the importance of real world market dynamics. (Full disclosure here — I was an early investor and still remain cautiously optimistic). Others blame supply chain issues and those certainly can’t be discounted. Nevertheless, when we stop playing the “blame game” and really look at what went wrong we can see a much more human failing: its persistent inability to move hearts and minds.
How could we have closed ourselves off to it so resoundingly when at first it appeared to be exactly what was missing in this world of limited attention and messy divisions? That we are a divided country goes…
