“Apple did something far smarter than wrap a good technology in a snazzy design; it wrapped a good technology in a great business model.” Johnson, Mark W. (2010-02-22). Seizing the [ … ]
Only difference between Mother Jones & Infowars? Big words, coif and ties
Mother Jones recently announced it’s “redoubling our Russia reporting”—in What passes for “Russia reporting” at Mother Jones is mostly just glorified InfoWars paranoia for progressive marks — a cataract of [ … ]
The Dead Giveaways of Imperial Decline
Nothing is as permanent as we imagine–especially super-complex, super-costly, super-asymmetric and super-debt-dependent state/financial systems. Identifying the tell-tale signs of Imperial decay and decline is a bit of a parlor game. The [ … ]
Who programs the programmers?
What if my car is trying to kill me? And what if the artificial intelligence police robots are in on it? I am the sole passenger in a car being driven autonomously and [ … ]
Living Trusts for Banking
One of the core problems of financial reform is how to “resolve,” AKA bankrupt, a big bank — how can equity holders be wiped out, and debt holders carve up [ … ]
Tattoo Much
Ariana Grande, of whom I had not heard until Salman Abedi killed 22 people at her “concert” in Manchester, has had herself tattooed with a picture of a bee, a [ … ]
General Lee Speaks: Had it Figured Out
“The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that [ … ]
Debt Has No Consequences? Color Me Skeptical
The entire status quo is based on the delusion that rapidly rising debt will never generate any negative consequences. Here’s a chart of America’s national debt, extended a mere dozen [ … ]
Salesman, sell, something.
Salesman, sell, something. I am writing this to another ‘me’, whoever you are and I hope it is helpful. It is the advice I was once desperately looking for, a white [ … ]
Assisted Dying Facility
The British Medical Journal reported last week that Dutch legislators are considering the extension of their law of euthanasia to old people who are not fatally ill but merely tired [ … ]