Published in Politically Speaking·PinnedMember-onlyHow Democracies DieThe process can be subtle and often gradual until we wake up with no freedoms and no rights — The Republicans in Congress are threatening to default on the national debt and are throwing the global economy into a deep depression. The leaderless Republican House now has a posse of clueless hardasses calling the shots and things are not looking good for the economy, the future of the country…Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
Published in data-driven fiction·Feb 3Member-onlyHow Large Should a Village Be?Searching for a place where the world would like to live — We as a nation and a planet are searching for physical places to live that fulfills our basic needs, including security and quality of life. I’ll prime the pump, and then I’ll ask you to add your comments and experiences. I started a family with 3 children in a post…Housing5 min readHousing5 min read
Published in data-driven fiction·Jan 27Member-onlyTaking a Look at 100 Jobs of the Future by Fahri KarakasIn which your intrepid writer takes on GPT and a renowned Professor of Business — Professor Fahri Karakas, with the assistance of OpenAI GPT-3, created and curated the list of jobs of the future. I took umbrage. I have at least 60 more years of job hunting than an upstart AI program. …Gpt 36 min readGpt 36 min read
Jan 26Member-onlyThe World My Great Grandmother KnewAnd how the son of the court poet of Queen Elizabeth started the deadliest war in American history, Climate Change too — A story of poets, rogues, villains, and genocide told against a backdrop of climate history. It’s all in my family. I read an astonishing statistic in a Medium story: the world’s population has tripled since 1950. That’s all in my lifetime. I started musing about my ancestors. …7 min read7 min read
Jan 26The Shift to Using More Electricity Will Change How Affordable Housing Is Built1683Urban Resilience ProjectFor neighborhood sized cooperatives, PG&E has designes for electrical distribution mostly isolated…For neighborhood sized cooperatives, PG&E has designes for electrical distribution mostly isolated from PG&E's main distribution network. This would allow the cooperative to install battery systems like iron flow which use abundant and non-toxic materials. …1 min read1 min read
Published in Predict·Jan 20Member-onlyBitcoin looks like a Ponzi scheme and quacks like a Ponzi schemeIt’s not even money — For the nitpickers who are arguing whether it’s a Ponzi scheme or not. It doesn’t matter. I was educated as an Economist, and if it looks like a Ponzi scheme and quacks like a Ponzi scheme, then it is a Ponzi scheme. …Cryptocurrency6 min readCryptocurrency6 min read
Published in data-driven fiction·Nov 21, 2022Member-onlyStylish Living on the Cheap in a Shipping Container HomeAffordable housing is disappearing, not just for the poor and under educated, but also for the young and educated who start off burdened by debt. Whammy! Whammy! Whammy! …Housing4 min readHousing4 min read
Oct 27, 2022Member-onlyThinking About Sustainable Shelter, Folding, Flat Pack, and Printed HousesInnovations in the construction of compact houses will bring homes back into the price range of young people. Riding to the rescue are new types of small homes that can be built in a factory and transported to the home site on a semi and unfolded or unpacked. Everyone has…Housing5 min readHousing5 min read
Oct 22, 2022Member-onlyThe Fable of the Balky Donkey: A Lesson for a Happy Marriage@thewoman in her story …Kill the Cat, on the First Night, tells an Indian tale of dealing with an independent wife. A newly married couple entered their hotel room, and the wife had decided to bring her cat with her. …Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Oct 18, 2022Member-onlyDo the AIs collect donations when everyone is homeless and unemployed?The rainbows and unicorns view of the coming AI Singularity is that it will usher in an era of prosperity, reduced work, and full employment. Here is a look at realities of helping the unemployed when the job creation tsunami fails to materialize. The capitalist-solvs-all view thinks burger flippers and…Future9 min readFuture9 min read
