But here’s the thing: Peering through the thick smoldering smog of the ’70s, you could barely make out the dawn of this new era of opportunity. Amid fears of Paul Ehrlich’s “population bomb” and global cooling, 50 years of amazing innovation and invention were about to begin.

by Tyler Durden

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/10-most-positive-things-might-happen-2024

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

A close friend told me that my articles are generally too gloomy. He asked me to put together a list of ten good things that could happen in 2024.

Ten Positive Things That Could Happen

1. The war in Ukraine ends
2. The war in Gaza ends
3. AI leads to to amazing medical advances
4. Battery advances reduce the cost of producing batteries by 50 percent and increase the milage per charge by 50 percent.
5. Huge rare earth deposits discovered in the US and Canada with mine permits quickly granted.
6. Mexico agrees to refine the rare earths avoiding NIMBYism and environmental concerns in the US and Canada, which reduces global dependence on China.
7. Republicans and Democrats come up with a compromise solution to the border crisis that works, is quickly adopted, and pleases nearly everyone.
8. Huge advance in desalination techniques provides cheaper ways of converting salt water to fresh water.
9. New cures discovered for several types of cancer reducing or ending the need for chemotherapy.
10. President Javier Milei’s Libertarian economic plan and government worker reduction in Argentina is a huge success.

Points #1, #2, and #10 have some controversial elements.

Eventually, the war in Ukraine will end, but the most likely way is a settlement that causes some loss of territory to Ukraine. A similar setup applies to Gaza.

Regarding point #10, socialists are probably not rooting for Milei. I believe the other 7 things would be welcome by at least 99 percent of the people.

Things Considered But Discarded

See the rest here

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