jmcgready’s misc universe

78 words on pain and forgetfulness

cut to the quick
and it hurts
in its dull but
insistent way

i bit off more
than i expected
couldn’t stop the
tearing until
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I read this and thought the tsunami of
ever increasing customer whims and expectations
may yet be restrained.

Central Banks Erode World’s Work Ethic by Devaluing Money:

“The good news is that none of this is new.
It’s cyclical.

People and civilizations go through phases
where it seems normal to expect a five-course free lunch.

We are at the apogee one of those cycles now.
And after the top of the cycle? The vomitorium.”

(Via Bits of News.)

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