Decentralized, Self-Sufficient, and Local; are the 2020s showing us how to survive the coming transition to a fully automated economy in the 2030s and beyond? Twice now in the 2020s, the world has experienced a sudden crash in the global supply chains that make our economies function. First with COVID, and now, more seriously, the longer it drags on, the 2026 Middle East War. But these two events have also pointed to what enables resilience. People, neighborhoods, towns, cities, and countries that can be Decentralized, Self-Sufficient and Local are the ones who can thrive. The reliability of Renewables versus Fossil Fuels is the lesson of 2026. For COVID, the lesson for the rest of the world was don't rely on China to manufacture everything you need, especially (like medical supplies), the more vital it is. Now we can see another economic shock coming; the transition to an economy where AI/robots will do most work.…