Future of San Francisco Bay Area

In a conversation with Connie Loizos, well known futurist Paul Saffo had this to say

Well, in the very long run, we’re going to have to have a national conversation about wealth redistribution. I’m not a Marxist but [Oxfam] just reported that the world’s 85 richest people own as much as half the world’s population. I’m a forecaster, and I know when something isn’t sustainable.

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  1. Definitely looks like history repeating itself. While wealth concentration certainly has occurred, and will recur, there are pressures, both social and economic that may eventually cause a shift.

  2. I think it’s nice more people are finally saying this stuff out loud in the main stream. ty 4 sharing. maybe they won’t throw us in jail anymore.

  3. Reblogged this on WORK IN PROGRESS and commented:
    In the long run, we’ll all be dead. I suppose nothing is sustainable in the long run. Even so, it doesn’t seem right for us to destroy our environment, or allow a handful of people to hoard all wealth.

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