Up Sucker Creek

Up Sucker Creek
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

You won’t own anything, and you’ll be happy.

What does the future look like after the Great Reset has happened?  If this is any indication of how their Young Global Leaders think, then the world is in BIG trouble!  The world is already in big trouble politically and economically with many of the graduates of the World Economic Forum’s training ensconced in public life as politicians, public administrators and business leaders. Chasing these fantasies would be disastrous.  But those steeped in ideology rather than science-based economics (including behavioral economics) are immune to their own mistakes or others’ pain.  

 The author of this article, Ida Auken, is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She has been a member of parliament since 2007.  This comment is on her Wikipedia page:

In 2016, Auken wrote a piece for the World Economic Forum (WEF) titled "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better". In an update clarifying the intention behind the piece, she said "Some people have read this blog as my utopia or dream of the future. It is not. It is a scenario showing where we could be heading - for better and for worse. I wrote this piece to start a discussion about some of the pros and cons of the current technological development. When we are dealing with the future, it is not enough to work with reports. We should start discussions in many new ways. This is the intention with this piece."[3][4][5]

Welcome To 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has Never Been Better


Forbes, November 10, 2016.  
By Ida Auken, World EconomicForum Contributor
Member of the WEF Young Global Leaders 

Welcome to the year 2030. Welcome to my city - or should I say, "our city." I don't own anything. I don't own a car. I don't own a house. I don't own any appliances or any clothes.

It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all these things became free, so it ended up not making sense for us to own much.

Finish reading this article on the Forbes website.  Click on the title above.

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