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Self-solving globalism
Randomly reading some of the old magazines at American Radio Library reminded me of a change I’d forgotten. It’s relevant to the recent decline of big centralized entertainment and “journalism”, quickly replaced by more individual and local talent carried on Youtube or Tiktok. A country music mag from 1966 had monthly columns on the music…
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The gardener
Local magazine The Inlander has an article highlighting each of the official Neighborhoods. This Neighborhood includes Boulevard Park along with larger areas to the south and north. The article gives a special salute to the work of Norbert Leute, who decided to improve the Boulevard in 2020. Googlestreets shows part of his work: The real…
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Basic rule of sales
I’m gradually spending more time at Quora and less at Substack. An elementary rule of business says that a display, whether it’s a store window or a magazine cover or a social media feed, should offer a variety of items. A variety gives each customer a chance to find something he likes in his current…
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Healthy attitude
More examples of a healthy response to insane rulers. Along with the endless overdoses, dozens per day, we have violence of all sorts, mostly crazy. The activists want us to crusade against the rulers. Sorry, I’m a conscientious objector from ALL wars, official and unofficial. Unofficial crusaders lose every time, and their losses and failures…
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For the first time…
Amazing! For the first time, an article at NiemanLab gets EVERYTHING right and reaches the correct conclusion. Mathew Jordan, a prof of media studies, writes the 100-year history of AM radio and gets every detail right. He’s talking about a “law” being considered by congress that would require automakers to keep the AM band on…
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Chutzpah
One of the stupid politicians in my email keeps pleading for help. If you don’t contribute, I’ll lose my election and lose my home! Good! Justice! Why in the world should I want to help a politician? The assigned job and purpose of politicians is ruining the world and destroying civilization. They’ll never be punished…
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Smart idea
Seen on Quora. Every ship coming in and out of the Baltic has to pass through the narrow straits around Copenhagen. In the 1700s Denmark charged a toll of 1% of the cargo’s value, to finance maintaining its ports. The ship had to dock and let the tax collector board to pay the toll. An…
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Not responding to the guilt trip
Advocates often insist that everyone MUST read things that disagree with our side, in order to have a chance of changing our mind. Nope. I have no obligation to eat stuff that tastes bad, nor do I have an obligation to mentally consume stuff that tastes bad. I shouldn’t try to PREVENT OTHERS from seeing…
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Reprint on Bimetallism
Mentioned in previous item on HBO’s “reveal” of Satoshi. When I wrote this in 2017, bitcoin wasn’t yet big enough to notice as a new version of bimetallism. I was comparing to Modern Monetary Theory, which was a big deal among leftist types. MMT wasn’t even a system, it was just a fancy way of…
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Real value
This ’57 Ford sales training film starts with a corny intro even by ’50s standards. After that it settles into some useful experience and advice from the best salesmen. Most of the advice is generic. Know the Ford thoroughly and also know Chevies and Plymouths. Know the customer. Develop trust, find out what he wants…
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Might be interesting
On Tuesday HBO will release a documentary claiming to reveal the real identity of Satoshi. Websites are predicting total disaster and total salvation. Given the history of TV “reveals”, I doubt that it will settle the question or even provide a valid answer. And given the amount of hype surrounding this one, I doubt even…
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Color revolution or opportunity?
The hippie movement of the 60s hated profit. In the 70s the stock criminals took over. They also hate profit, and destroy businesses that dare to make a profit. The Tech Tyrants smoothly morphed out of the hippies, and started in the same Frisco. Modern “leftists” continue to hate profit, which continues to make it…
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Assange comes to reality
Looks like Assange has finally caught onto reality. After he Paid The Two Dollars, he was freed. He could have done it a LOT earlier. Now he says = = = = = START QUOTE: I eventually chose freedom over unrealizable justice after being detained for years and facing a 175 year sentence with no…
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Gold rush
At the moment it looks like the AI bubble may be an indirectly productive bubble, like the Gold Rush of the 1840s that didn’t make anyone rich from gold but started lots of cities and several substantial business empires. Many of the companies that poured billions into AI in hopes of wiping out humanity are…
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Sunlight has no effect.
2020 taught me that sunlight is NOT a disinfectant. Real UV light kills real bacteria, but the metaphor is a lie, designed to keep us focused on fake revelations. Before 2020 I hoped that “opening the blackmail” would stop the tyranny. It didn’t. There were lots of leaks and peeks behind the scenes, showing the…
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