and i was also trying to allude to nehru's great speech during independence.ith destiny speech. and i wanted to have, the title to have all of those echoes behind it. but the destiny that you implied that awaits us is a pretty bleak one? yes, at this moment in my life i do not feel very hopeful about our species. yes, i must admit that. i mean, you can't get blu nter than that. no, this is the truth. you think we're done for? i think we're done for, yes. why? well, you know, climate change is one very obvious reason why i think we're done for. i think we've run out of time. i think politically, the whole world is headed towards a certain way that is leaning on perhaps the worst in ourselves. but there is also the best in ourselves. and even in this book, where people are lost, adrift, there are glimpses of humanity, and you must believe in the power of that humanity. i do believe it on the individual scale, yes, of course. but aggregated, something happens, we become something different, i think. no, of course, i give you that there are hopeful things in the w

i mean, the tailor rule doesn't apply, nehru is out there hand what are we doing in productivity and when we're looking at assets that promise a steady return, something like a high quality investment grade bond, it's something, you know, that we think you have to consider, but that's -- that has to be only part of your portfolio, and, again, to chase assets that are growthy, that's not, you know, in our opinion something that you shouldn't also do. that should definitely be part of your portfolio, but i think you have to want to pear that down right now. >> i wonder what they teach in "b" school with all the acronyms going out the window. >> high yield. >> rick, the dollar continues lower. we're at year low for the dy and setting lows for the yen and euro as you well know. looking ahead, do you see that continuing, or are we searching for a bottom yet >> you know, i think it's going to continue it, and i still like to frame it looking at the euro as the main character in this play, and the euro, of course, 117 handle getting close to 118 handle, trading at levels we haven't really c