Once again, the finite earth is gradually losing the race against technology and population growth, as John von Neumann indicated. Covid-19 spread as far and as rapidly as it did because of this phenomenon. Covid-19 might actually have been a minor factor in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, since it increased his isolation from other people, which left him more often alone with his own thoughts. Both the virus and the Ukraine War, by the way, each in its own fashion, disrupted supply chains, contributing to an element of deglobalization, however short-lived it was. It is just that because
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