Matt @54…

The LAST thing I’d ever give up is the stuff you thesis posits: connectivity.

If anything gets cut back it’s toys and treats.

The web is now as essential as the power grid or the water supply.

A society unable to keep the lights on is crippled, and the very essence of 3rd worldism.

For any of your notions to track reality the global society would have to dissolve into civil war.

BTW, in case you didn’t notice, the price drops in digital electronics are for real.

Cell phone use has exploded even in a society sabotaged by islamists: Iraq and Afghanistan.

If cell phone use is exploding off the charts in Afghanistan then your thesis is dust.

Nice writing style, though.