Almost all of the ills of the coming future, from
- disruption/instability to
- rising insecurity to
- the end of middle class prosperity
can be used by starters (social, cultural, and economic entrepreneurs, risk takers, organizers, leaders, etc. that want to build a better future) to bootstrap* networked resilient communities. Another way to look at this: think of ongoing disruptions as a normal part of how a modern market functions, not as an anomalous event, and act accordingly.
Here's a simple example:
Starters can use shortages and price spikes (common disruptions) in critical commodities as a way to attach customers to secure local supplies. These relationships, secured by long term contracts (fairly priced), provide preferential treatment during future disruptions. Think of this in terms of food, power, energy, security, etc.
*A bootstrap is a process of building something from the ground up through small, incremental steps. Each step adds to the previous until a fully functional systems is finally realized. The benefits of this approach include: low cost and few barriers to entry. This is how a computer starts when you turn it on. It's also a popular term: as in "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps."