The fundamentals of education historically have been Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic, known as the 3 R’s. We have been conditioned to believe that growth is always good, the one exception being “weight”. Most of us do not want to grow our weight anymore and would enjoy a decline in weight. Zero growth in weight once I left high school would have been ideal based on the current insurance tables.
Most people do not understand the exponential growth curve. This may be one of the most important concepts you, your children, and your grandchildren should understand because it will affect every person on this earth unless of course Our Heavenly Father intervenes soon. Actually, this concept supports Divine intervention soon. Prophets have been anticipating a change on earth. The Mayan calendar projects an end of the current eon.
The following 8 part video provides one of the best explanations on why I believe that commodities are one of the best long term investment strategies. Don’t be concerned about the mathematics other than understanding that the arithmetic is accurate and adequately explains where we are going with the current growth rates and consumption rates. Our motto of “simplify” may be forced on us sooner rather than later.
