In addition to weekly podcasts on Wednesdays, we're going to occasionally create short, blunt updates on world events as they relate to the Great Simplification.

Since I plan on speaking, frankly, from the heart on these riffs, and also because my dog, Frank, will either be on my lap or under my chair,

we're going to call these episodes frankly on the tab on the website. And here's the first

one talking about what's going on in Russia and Ukraine. Okay. Ukraine situation, I believe

this has even in the best of cases, shortened the runway leading

to the great simplification.

Our society, for those who have followed my work, has four pillars of subsidies that support

our modern living standards and expectations that are kind of hidden

or at least not talked about.

One is energy.

We are subsidized by energy like a fish in water and we don't even see its ubiquitousness.

We are energy blind.

Number two is credit, freely available, low cost credit for pretty much anyone who's of credit

worthiness, nations, municipalities, etc.

Number three is complexity.

We have a six-continent supply chain that has Byzantine complexity of little spark plugs

and tiny components that we ship around the world that we take for granted.

We'll always continue.

And then the fourth pillar is trust and peace generally.

And it's my opinion that in the best outcome of what's happening in Ukraine right now,

those four things will become more recognized by the general public.

And in the worst case, those things will shrivel and get smaller, which has large implications.

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