For many decades, we in International Business, have been amused at the naivety of both Main Stream Media “Journalists”, as well as much of the ‘Public-at-Large’. Both groups having been ‘mesmerized’ by the “Millionaires”, “Billionaires”, even ‘Kadillionaires’ of which are constantly in the news. It appears to be the case, for some people, that the “Wealth” [however acquired (Deceit, Guile, Inheritance, ‘Luck’] bestows [per the ‘Marketeers and Publicists’] the possessor, immediately, of: Great Intelligence, Judiciousness, Omnipotence, and Omniscience).
The reality is quite different. For example, as we have stated previously regarding the CV 19 Pandemic “None of the: Government ‘Experts’; Investment ‘Experts’; Intelligence ‘Experts’; Medical ‘Experts’; nor, Transportation ‘Experts’ saw the CV 19 Influenza ‘over the horizon’. NONE KNEW that it had arrived; nor did they know how to ‘handle it’ as a ‘mere Influenza [RNA, Single Strand iteration (of questionable origins)].
To ponder the scale of the “Lack of INFORMATION” costs, by the aforementioned ‘Experts’ in each discipline, along with their annual salaries and expenditures, and financial losses to their organizations, is equivalent to “Mount Everest” monies, with “Death Valley” effectivity.
The current world-wide economic losses, to businesses and countries, in the trillions of dollars, brought about by obviously effete ‘leaders’ in the various disciplines, evidences their lacks of INFORMATION; all, already possessed monies. They never understood: “The Pendulum Swings Both Ways”. When things are going so well: “They will never stop”; they do.
It is our opinions that Information is MUCH MORE valuable than monies for: It can SAVE LIVES; Keep ‘happenings’ in proper perspective; Minimize physical losses; and Provide longevity in a ‘Entropic World’.
As for Governments: Leaders need to understand that Nations have ‘Associations’ not ‘Personal Friendships’ (there are too many external and internal dynamics preventing ‘long-term’ friendships, as with people). Nations MUST HAVE effective Intelligence Resources (Human Intelligence) [HUMINT], is what we suggest. Electronic Intelligence [ELINT] is by and large too costly, and ineffective, to produce proper results. As an example, America’s shift from Humint ‘Operatives’ to Elint, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, have not put terrorists in Federal Prisons. This waste of taxpayers monies, while really enriching Military Contracting Companies, has not even shown the scantest of ‘Terrorists’ being caught, arrested, and successfully prosecuted in Federal Courts FROM THE ELINT DATA! It has made many Electronic Manufacturing Companies executives very happy though.
We think: Being analytical; Using one’s ‘Enkefalos’; Thinking ‘long-term’; Looking ‘beyond the horizon’; Staying steadfast with a ‘sword of consistency’, is best for Countries’ Leaders, Intelligence Agencies, Business Executives, and ‘the Man on the street’. What one hears, what one reads, what one sees, should be viewed for reasonableness as well as righteousness. If you seek information, find sources that evidence timely data flow, as well as that elusive quality: Wisdom.
Reality: Sometimes, That which “COULD NEVER HAPPEN“, Does.