fully accepted it years ago. my first wife back in the 1960s was half Native American, and she introduced me to some tribal shamans. they told me back then what was going to happen; so far it has transpired exactly according to their predictions. when i asked them how they knew, they said, “our grandfathers heard it from their grandfathers, and so on.” when i shared this with my friends back in what is now silicon valley, no one believed me.

yesterday i happened to tell this same story to a friend on the island where i live in south asia. he responded, “oh yes, it is the same with us. our ancestors knew, but nobody listened.”

the powers that be seem determined to fly this thing right into the ground, while we stand around idly discussing it.