I wonder if inflation is going to outrun the general increase of gas prices. See, because I've always liked those sci-fi stories that have a future where inflation has just become completely ridiculous. And you know, it's probably pretty accurate. Unless of course the American dollar just becomes completely obsolete. If there is some day in the future where we're all carrying around $100 bills, shopping will eventually become ridiculous. "You want to buy this TV? That'll be $20 million." We'll have to come up with a new unit of currency. Take a page from the British, they have like five over there.
There's sort of a macabre joy in rising gas prices. A black comedy, if you will, of seeing how awful things can get. Things are better than they were a couple years ago, of course, but you should never rule out ridiculous catastrophes occurring. Like maybe the US will decide that Middle Eastern oil is for communists, so we'll only use American oil. That would be pretty reasonable.
You often hear people who have enough spare time on their hands to call themselves "futurists" say that one day money will become completely digital. That's because these people are stupid, or don't have children. Because I would not trust a small child with a credit card, would you? Of course not. Well actually, there are people who give their small children credit cards, but they're either also stupid or rich enough to afford losing it. I don't want to say I hate rich people, because that's rude and discriminatory. I wish they would just stop making it so easy.
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