Difficult Predictions about the Future
Disclaimers:— I am making these predictions for the short-medium term (short– < 5 years medium —10-30 years)— I am deliberately not choosing to distinguish between the short and medium term to keep the amount rigour and research I’ll need low/manageable to my free time— Some of these are part of optimistic/wishful thinking on my part, I’ll strive to be clear, but can’t promise the boundaries to be very clean.— Skin in the game,(I don’t expect to benefit from any of this in the short-term. In ...
Difficult Predictions about the Future
Disclaimers:— I am making these predictions for the short-medium term (short– < 5 years medium —10-30 years)— I am deliberately not choosing to distinguish between the short and medium term to keep the amount rigour and research I’ll need low/manageable to my free time— Some of these are part of optimistic/wishful thinking on my part, I’ll strive to be clear, but can’t promise the boundaries to be very clean.— Skin in the game,(I don’t expect to benefit from any of this in the short-term. In ...
Quotes — Aang Jie
* Learn by rote,eat by rote,think by rote,What do you expect?Except vote by rote~ Aang Jie * Revenge is a dish better served cold. See otherwise there’s too much entropy in yourmind/brain/cognition, to prepare the dish properly, set up the ambience and serve it properly. 🙂~ Aang Jie * I clearly have less trouble moving up the\abstraction ladder\ than moving abstraction ladder. That one factor is a trait i have to be aware of doing. or rather a skill i haveto know when to apply and when not t...
Quotes — Aang Jie
* Learn by rote,eat by rote,think by rote,What do you expect?Except vote by rote~ Aang Jie * Revenge is a dish better served cold. See otherwise there’s too much entropy in yourmind/brain/cognition, to prepare the dish properly, set up the ambience and serve it properly. 🙂~ Aang Jie * I clearly have less trouble moving up the\abstraction ladder\ than moving abstraction ladder. That one factor is a trait i have to be aware of doing. or rather a skill i haveto know when to apply and when not t...
Capitalism, Communism, Socialism and other 'isms' in the spectrum
Disclaimer: This is a bit of a personal opinion/philosophy/stance post. It’s reflective of what I think the world should be like, but not really that detailed and has a lot of scope for different interpretations. Okay with that out of the way, let’s begin with a bit of personal history.My exposure to communism comes from reading the official gazette of the “Soviet Union” when it was together sometime in the late ’80s or early 90’sMy exposure to capitalism comes from reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas ...
Capitalism, Communism, Socialism and other 'isms' in the spectrum
Disclaimer: This is a bit of a personal opinion/philosophy/stance post. It’s reflective of what I think the world should be like, but not really that detailed and has a lot of scope for different interpretations. Okay with that out of the way, let’s begin with a bit of personal history.My exposure to communism comes from reading the official gazette of the “Soviet Union” when it was together sometime in the late ’80s or early 90’sMy exposure to capitalism comes from reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas ...
Democracy, propaganda, advertising and persuasion costs -- How to introduce skin in the game
One of the biggest holes in the elected or representative democracy is that needs educated, and informed citizens. Unfortunately ever since the printing press was invented we(the citizens that most democracies refer to) have been vulnerable to manipulation via the medium(whether it’s printing or television or radio, or the internet). At the time of writing this mid 2020 in India, the press has two different accusations(both at different sides throwing insults at each other.) One side we have ...
Democracy, propaganda, advertising and persuasion costs -- How to introduce skin in the game
One of the biggest holes in the elected or representative democracy is that needs educated, and informed citizens. Unfortunately ever since the printing press was invented we(the citizens that most democracies refer to) have been vulnerable to manipulation via the medium(whether it’s printing or television or radio, or the internet). At the time of writing this mid 2020 in India, the press has two different accusations(both at different sides throwing insults at each other.) One side we have ...
