Today we explore what complex systems are and how they have features that we simply have to appreciate and respect. However, unfortunately, none of the World Economic Forum or western leaders seem to have any awareness of the fact that they live in a world composed of complex systems and governed by this pesky thing we call 'reality.'

One reason we suspect this is their insistence on the idea that we can readily transition to 'clean energy.'  However, even the most basic of straightforward (linear) arithmetic reveals it cannot be done.  All that's required to come to this conclusion is to simply divide current rates of mineral and metal production into the minimum requirements for a first-generation clean energy build-out.

When we do, we discover that it would take anywhere from hundreds to thousands of years to mine the resources needed to build the desired renewable energy world.  At best we've got a decade or two left before a permanent energy decline bites and renders all such dreams to the dustbin of what could have been.  If only…

If we can't even properly manage simple math (add, subtract, multiply and divide) for our most dominant narratives, what hope is there that the subtleties of complex systems command a proper seat at the table?