I have come to a powerful whitepill: centralization is the enemy of freedom, and decentralization is freedom. Across every field technological advance is presently increasing decentralization, from agriculture, manufacturing, and communications, to medicine, transport, and policy itself.

Natural processes, embodied in physics, and thus the technology that is possible, are creating conditions that not only enable us to be free individuals, but force us to be. If we can just avoid catastrophic failure - most likely being sucked into war by psychogical manipulations - our posterity will inherit a far better world than we live in today.

Regardless of what I personally can achieve at this late stage in my life, I am comforted that future felicity is on tap for my descendants, and the stars are at their feet.

Thanks!