Gregory Bateson, back in the 70s, nailed our global predicament with a circular chart depicting a self-accelerating feedback loop of population, technology, and hubris reinforcing one another, leading to the spin-offs of starvation, pollution, and war. The same can be posited for the downward spiral of money, power, corruption, and violence. Exhibit A: Russia. Exhibit B: the US. Exhibit C: Everywhere else…