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Jesus Christ, man! There are some things you don't talk about in public!

... Hooch is seriously crazy.

How do you store the facts? As plaintext sentences, "the car is blue", associative, "car->blue", or something else? For me (now I'm doubting that it's a common experience), I'm trying to recall seeing the picture. I re-see the picture and tell you things about it.

This is why a lot of people close their eyes when they try to remember. It's also why suggestion is such a powerful tool to alter memory, I'm not seeing the original picture. I'm recreating it from scratch and if someone asks me to "remember the red car" that might just seep in.

1, you often speak of demographics and their forecast of good/bad fortunes. How does immigration hinder/mitigate those developments? To what extent can, say, Russia rely on immigration to help it's "terminal demography"?

2, you're not very optimistic on China, and your case is very compelling. On the other hand, I've read others who have a different take: that China has an interest in looking weak, that negotiating from apparent weakness (but actual strength) is a strategy they've employed for a while. For example, news out of China is rarely ever good; people have been talking about its implosion for decades, now. Yet, we keep going.

Thanks, and looking forward to your next book!