"Pessimism is Old World and reactionary." Upwingers: A Futurist Manifesto - FM Esfandiary, 1973
i loved the book Abundance. kind of a rehash of Upwingers & some older books (oddly Small is Beautiful by Schumacher). that said. read it. but read Chokepoints & When More is not Better at same time.
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yeah. i kinda feel better is, well, good. positive.
if you have a shitty objective, progress toward that objective (where progress is a verb, not a noun), isn't "better" but rather 'movement toward the objective.' things haven't become 'better', just closer to a shitty objective.
06.06.2025 14:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
yeah. progress is always "better today than it was yesterday." its growth (often confused/conflated with progress) that can either be positive or negative.
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"everything has to do with everything else"
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i sort of agree with this.
how about try this. if you feel like a book is becoming a slog, skip to the last chapter and read it. if the last chapter opens up some possibility you didn't envision, the book is worth restarting.
17.03.2025 00:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
that means we seek efficacy.
a word i am relatively sure DOGE has never heard of.
17.03.2025 00:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
"we're offering them something better"
every democrat should write this on a notecard and carry it with them everywhere they go. if what they are saying, or doing, is not offering anything to make someone's life better, scrap it.
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13.03.2025 00:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
truth
13.03.2025 00:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
he's correct. this is also a secret businesses know, well, at least the ones who don't believe business is war .........
13.03.2025 00:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The tariffs will continue until morale improves.
11.03.2025 17:52 β π 367 π 65 π¬ 14 π 7
this is actually a chapter in Moneyland by Oliver Bullough
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11.03.2025 15:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
USA
@mcuban.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social
11.03.2025 15:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
hmmmmmmmmmmm ... prices up for those seeking to buy aluminum. so, once again, the buyer pays for tariffs.
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america today
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28.02.2025 22:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
this
28.02.2025 22:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
governed by a ship of fools ...
28.02.2025 22:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
with all due respect to the hype cycle, this is reality ....
27.02.2025 18:55 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to run a business.
any CEO of any viable business would be fired if this was their mantra, well, unless that CEO was the wealthiest man in the world (or the president).
i do not understand how any experienced business person could support either of these clowns.
27.02.2025 18:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
it sure seems like most of confirmed Trump cabinet members lied a lot in confirmation meetings (and they aren't even one month in).
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com
27.02.2025 18:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
am i the only one who remembers that stable genius, master negotiator, cut Afghanistan out of negotiations and dealt directly with the Taliban?
@mcuban.bsky.social @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
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society 2025
27.02.2025 18:39 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
memories ....
27.02.2025 18:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
actually, with all due respect, but it kinda makes one wonder if God is paying attention ...
27.02.2025 18:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
the question everyone should ask every time they read about something DOGE/Trump has "cut" is "does this make my life better?" 'cause i'm fairly sure even if you voted for Trump you didn't want to "make life worse again".
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