Money is fundamentally a means of simplifying the transacting of goods and services. Humanity demonstrates a primary form of might makes right. Basically, if you have a lot of money, then it is easy to make more money. If you…
Money is fundamentally a means of simplifying the transacting of goods and services. Humanity demonstrates a primary form of might makes right. Basically, if you have a lot of money, then it is easy to make more money. If you…
Although there really is nothing amusing about our currently unhealthy economic environment causing prices to rise a lot, I want to share a bit of a laugh that I got yesterday from a headline. The headline did not say “Fed…
My mom has moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Back in 2012, I chose to move in with her to ride along her challenging decline, in order to help understand and communicate her adaptations to other caregivers. I worked solidly and lived modestly…
I am not a political team player, because I firmly believe in the ‘health for everyone first’ ideology that clearly rises above tribalism. You may call me an idealist, but if you hang around this journal long enough, then you…
Prompting source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/01/199242/qr-codes-replace-service-staff-as-pandemic-spurs-automation-in-us Never to be a fearmongering type of person, but there is a terribly obvious global crisis looming basically over the coming century. Roughly 50 million years ago, humanity began growing, and reached 3.5 billion people around the…
From “Legalization backers blast Sheldon Adelson’s $1 million donation to a Massachusetts anti-pot group”: Adelson’s donation significantly boosts the anti-pot group’s budget. According to the group’s end-of-September filing, Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts had raised $608,748.73. The “antiaddiction advocates” (as…
Prompted by: VC, Entrepreneur Says Basic Income Would Work Even If 90% People ‘Smoked Pot’ and Didn’t Work (Slashdot) Contributing to the probably well-intentioned but problematic idea of a guaranteed base income, I cite another commenter (amicusNYCL) stating a solid…