The environment of our time

A long time ago, I saw a sentence in a novel, and that sentence was:

"Being born as a human being, a person must understand what kind of world he is in." World, what era..."

I remembered this sentence for no reason at that time.

Thinking about it now, it makes sense.

There is a saying that a grain of sand of the times becomes a mountain when it falls on an individual.

We are all dust under the wheel of the times.

However, if you have a clear understanding of the era you are living in, then perhaps you will be far ahead of others without even realizing it if you just follow the pulse of the times without making much effort.

What era are we in?

Just from an economic perspective.

The world's economy may fall into a period of long-term stagnation.

Now, it may be the period of decline mentioned by Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates

Europe is aging, the immigration problem is difficult, and domestic investment is seriously insufficient.

Those EU countries continue to hold each other back, and the trend of division is obvious. There is a real problem. They are all looking after themselves, and from the perspective of interests, they are all considering the interests of their own countries.

Japan’s problem is that it relies heavily on banks for financing, its land is small, and its market is even smaller.

In the United States, the gap between rich and poor is large, industries are hollowed out, mainly relying on technology and finance, and racial conflicts are serious.

India’s GDP has been severely depleted. The proportion of women participating in the labor force is very low. The country is divided into many states. In the eyes of the internal market differentiation, the entire country is not very reliable.

The four little tigers have long since died, and the four little dragons are barely holding on.

The global trend of thought began to turn left, that is, from the need for freedom and efficiency to the need for fairness. The economy began to enter a period of stagnation, and politics entered the Warring States Period.

This is the era we live in, the international environment.

Everyone’s family is in a mess, and the main thing is to see who can endure it better.