Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment Where have all the good vibes gone?

Paul Krugman a Nobel prize winner in economics is retiring from the NYT. I will miss his thoughtful and truthful assesments of tge economic changes I can only hope that after this cycle of govement the Nerds will be elected to power again www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

Opinion | What Two Decades in Prison Have Taught Me About Regret I am surrounded by men who live with regret. And that regret is an incarceration every bit as real as the towering walls around us.

Powerful personal statement from a man in prison and the choices we make in life. we ought to make life for our children safer so they never make choices that are not reversible www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...

Reading expands your horizon. Think of your current knowledge as a circle. The contact with the unknown is the diameter of the circle. The larger your circle (knowledge) the larger your contact with the unknown. That is why we increase our understanding and uncertainty when we acquire knowledge

A good book can change your life...

True...

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

And it doesn’t even recycle! Toxic waste!

Reading expands your horizon. Think of your current knowledge as a circle. The contact with the unknown is the diameter of the circle. The larger your circle (knowledge) the larger your contact with the unknown. That is why we increase our understanding and uncertainty when we acquire knowledge.

Opinion | The Surprising Allure of Ignorance We want to know, but we also want not to know, sometimes fiercely so.

We are surprised at the sudden demise of truth. This is probably related also to our existential crisis and the search for Gd in our lives.
Http://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/ignorance-knowledge-critical-thinking.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Call me naive but I don’t know how they will bridge the gap without raising taxes. I think we are delusional but I think our credit cards are at max

My biggest concerns is as the baby boomers retire the percentage of high earners will drop significantly with a reduction in tax collections but with a significant increase in government expenses for social security and Medicare.

I was surprised to find out that most countries except for Canada and Germany have the same or more debt in relation to their gdp.

Our debt is now 90% of our gdp and we use 14% of our federal budget to pay the interest on our debt. That is more that all our federal expenses in defense. Fortunately, we can still borrow at low interest and our own currency.

How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
Frightening article in the economist that shows the level of debt in relationship to the gdp.

How the Ivy League Broke America The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... thoughtful article about the evolution of higher education in America and how the student selection shaped our society. David Brooks initiates a long overdue conversation about the objectives of higher education

The sky in a moonless night in the Atacama desert is not as beautiful but you can see millions of stars. When I was there I thought this is why the ancients were so enamored with the sky.