GE. People who drag lightning have never spliced funds into channel.
I swear, splicing is like some kind of black magic. I must have listened to a dozen pods on it, and yet it still feels like something out of Harry Potter... "Accio channel resize!"
Throughout human history, we only went towards ever harder moneys. Until the 20th century.
Throughout human history, we only went towards ever more dense forms of energy. Until the 20th century.
I understand the reason why softer money beat out harder money (gold) in the 20th century (speed of transactions in the age of telecommunication outpacing speed of settlement to such an extent that the hard-to-transport and verify hard money no longer had much ability to serve as a check on the paper claims created against it).
I have no clue why so much of humanity just suddenly decided to go "fuck abundant, cheap, reliable energy, let's do windmills and shut down our nuclear plants".
Also: Are these things related?