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Intellectual Café is a group of well-read, open-minded individuals who enjoy to get together, chat, and debate. There is no limit in the coverage of issues: from philosophy, to psychology, to sociology, to politics, to history and to the environmental issues. We've got it all covered. If there is an issue worth reading, contemplating, and debating about, the issue is relevant to our group. As a member, you are more than welcome to submit ideas to discuss, debate, or read about. All members can suggest meetups and can host those meetups in which they serve as the moderator and/or the subject matter expert. Being an intellectual is cool in this group and we'd love to get to know you!
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See all- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Ray Dalio (audiobook)Resto Végo St-Denis, Montréal, QC
Hi! If you're a little bit like me, perhaps you are wondering how the next few years will unfold politically and economically, what the algorithms predict about the political/economic future of North America based on a universal cycle of events that have occurred in history, in similar situations. As much as we would like to think that what we experience now, at this point in time, is unique and has never happened before, that may likely not be the case, according to Dalio. This can be good news, in the sense that we can at least predict the future more and leverage particular strategies to avoid the worst-case scenario.
Important points:
-The audiobook is available for free on Spotify.
-You don't have to have read the book. I do recommend reading this article before the meetup:
The Coming Great Conflict | TIME
https://time.com/6991271/civil-war-conflict-ray-dalio/
-We are meeting at Resto Vego on St-Denis at 6:00 pm. I will be downstairs in the corner to your right. The table says "reserved"Here is the summary from Amazon:
A few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn’t encountered before. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world’s three major reserve currencies; big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political, and values disparities in more than 100 years; and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. The last time that this confluence occurred was between 1930 and 1945. This realization sent Dalio on a search for the repeating patterns and cause/effect relationships underlying all major changes in wealth and power over the last 500 years.In this remarkable and timely addition to his Principles series, Dalio brings readers along for his study of the major empires—including the Dutch, the British, and the American—putting into perspective the “Big Cycle” that has driven the successes and failures of all the world’s major countries throughout history. He reveals the timeless and universal forces behind these shifts and uses them to look into the future, offering practical principles for positioning oneself for what’s ahead.