HaHa! I just have to laugh about a scenario that just happened inside me because of your exchanges. I was thinking that those who have sovereignty over electricity would deliberately turn off electricity for a few days several times a quarter. A kind of hidden higher power to create small awakening experiences for the benefit of people. Something like what just happened to you in Venezuela and happens occasionally. The moments of doing nothing and being forced to find alternatives are not the worst. A system that always works perfectly doesn't offer such dropouts. And basically we all succumb to the illusion that we want perfection and certainty.

In truth, we all agree when unforeseen things happen because they put us in a surprising situation - unless they bring death. The longing for surprises and challenges we are currently experiencing mainly virtually, through computer games and other technologies. Unless you live in a country where this is not yet the case. Recently I was very surprised when I spoke to a Syrian woman who told me that the concept of bank transfers is not applied in her country, even in Damascus (as she said). People go there and pay their water and electricity bills in cash to the authorities. Since they also receive their wages in cash. At least at the level of the less affluent, this is how it is handled.