Famines

Digital currency is a fine replacement for paper currency, as they are both fiat for real value. That is to say, they can be interchangeable since both have no actual, real value in and of themselves but are mere modes of tabulating exchange in the transactional sense. Digital mail, or email, is far more efficient than snail mail, or regular postal mail; though, leave it to the government to require everyone to have a registered postal address for official documentation. One can even have surreal experiences in virtual reality, for instance, riding a roller coaster, walking the streets of Venice, or squirrel suit diving, and these virtual experiences can bring nearly the same dopamine and adrenaline rush as the genuine article. However, there is one entirely invaluable asset that we rely on every day that is inimitable in the virtual world, that is to say, food. You certainly may be able to view and even 'feel' (with haptic gloves) a digital replica of an apple, but you most certainly can't be nourished by it. One person starving is a tragedy. Thousands, or even millions, starving is a catastrophe - a famine. Some famines are artificially contrived. Not fabricated, as in there really are people starving, but could have been avoided without political and socio-economic engineering...Ukrainian and Russian wheat not making it to Egypt or Turkey because of a militaristic operation infringing on export lines or Kulacs being starved to death by the communists under Stalin, again in Ukraine (hmm, history does seem to repeat itself, as there is nothing new under the sun, though it might be worth inquiring as to which party is the analogue for the communists this time around). Other famines are more obvious "acts of God" (though, at least in some very real sense, all are), for example, the Irish potato famine or the Egyptian famine during the time of Joseph and his brothers. It is ironic how, when the one asset other than water that humans absolutely need for basic survival quite literally dries up, people turn to God in desperation, like King David in 2 Samuel 21. Though it is possible there is a worse kind of famine - the kind of famine where hearing the word of God is scarce.