CHAPTER 4

Current Government Policy Will Soon Be Ineffective

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

—Abraham Lincoln

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cannot lose.

—Bill Gates

We are finally in a time where insufficient awareness of the accelerating rates of technological change and economic growth has tangible costs to governments and the citizens under them. The incorrect approach can lead to deflationary crises, while the correct approach can monetize this acceleration to a degree that lifts all boats. Continuing with legacy economic, fiscal, and regulatory policies in an era where the ATOM is now more advanced is ...

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