Sabretooth

It took me eight freaking days, but I finally watched the video, and I must say, it was interesting.

First off, the 21st Century will definitely be one of fluid movements and happenings; I don't think that we'll have a Superpower-Superpower Split that we saw for half-a-century ever again.

One of the main points raised was the decreasing importance of the bullet as opposed to the (insert currency here). A critical point I derived from the presentation was the fact that money will determine the borders- and alliances- of the future.

I was a bit confused on one of the matters, however: the speaker mentioned in numerous places (Sudan and Afghanistan/Pakistan, to name two) that civil wars were threatening to rip existing lines apart and carve new nations via bayonet. I'm not so much perplexed on this matter as the resulting political situations which may result from such a division.