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The Future of Jewelry, Part 3: Climate Change.

Last time, we wrote about the Millennials, and how we might need to plan for the social environment they might be building.  Well, they and GenZ, the super-techies that follow hot on their heels, will be dealing full bore with that other environment, the Earth, that is about to throw another wrench into life as we know it. ___________________________________ Here is the list of issues we have been covering — we are up to number 3. The Gig Economy Millennials Climate Change Consolidation and/or Decline Natural Diamonds vs Lab-Grown Banking Image  Demographics Retail Evolution Industry Structure ____________________________________ Climate Change.   The subject is the undercurrent for everything we do today.  We do not know how to handle it personally, as it represents a huge looming threat to life as we know it, and that in itself leaves us feeling unmoored and anxious.  There is international agreement that the threats may be existential.  This is not a cyclic occu