It is good to live in an environment tending to abundance, than one of scarcity. However, it does mean individuals need to establish some competency in career, finances, history, government, science, math, and psychology to do well in their chosen endeavors. Some of these areas may not be high on your personal priority list, but important to you because of their impact, whether intended or unintended; so, it’s a wise person who makes the effort to know. Here are some facts for your consideration on the way things work.
Exponential growth challenges us to keep up and to discriminate the really useful information from the superfluous. Computers, data base management systems, and artificial intelligence, all systems we don’t personally control, serve to assist with effective use of available information. What do you think would happen if something went wrong with that? There is real risk involved in securing the right authoritative information, accessing the right information we need, not to mention the security implications of an on line presence.
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