The stress on getting credentialed and the zero sum game in the economy

We really are getting rather "hunkered down" in this country.  Lay low and take no chances is what I mean by that.  I think it all started in 1968.  It's part of the syndrome.

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The syndrome is that there are so many good things, and thus you have to compete for those limited number of good things as opposed to creating new good things out of your own industry and drive.  Not good for America, nor the world for that matter.