There isn’t much going on for the rest of this week. Trump is in, and going to work, while liberals and the lawfaring industry are predictably pissed. Balance is back. Merit matters, again. But, our macro problems have yet to be addressed.
We return, for a second, to the matter of SynGro. That’s Synthetic Growth. It’s what happens when modern manufacturing can crank out everyone’s basic needs. Plus have enough left-over to fund “human replacements” such as robotics and A.I.
This leads us to the hallways outside the HR Department; wondering if anyone has a plan for Economic Depression Avoidance. Inside, the HR types face a mini-collapse of empire as President Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders Aimed at DEI.
Some of our problems (jails in CA and SA being dumped into the U.S.) are now properly being addressed. Trump shuts off access to asylum, plans to send 10,000 troops to border. It will prove to be only the first play in a very long game. The Lawfaring is about to begin in earnest.
Sure, Trump has a “great from the gate” approval rating, but America’s problems are rooted in two economic non sequitors.
- First, Only Humans Pay Taxes. But as we have argued many times, why are machines not taxed when they replace human output? We have forgotten that the Great Depression was, in large part, fueled by the human labor replacement on the Farms of the country by ICE powered tractors and trucks. We dis-enjoyed more than a decade of business engineering favorable tax treatment; things like depreciation which (also) gives primacy to Machines over Humans. Did I mention the problem is about to get worse going into the next round of human-replacement with A.I.? Collapse of the (human) “Educators” is in view, not to mention the collapse of professions like Law and Accounting as large language models reveal Human Replacement 3.0. Tractors replaced farmers, computers replaced office workers, A.I. replaces the intellectual work class.
- Second is the Paradox of Free Enterprise. When there is resource and an opportunity for Growth, nothing works like America’s blend of Capitalism. The problem is when growth takes a hike, the American Business Model (ABM) blows up. We rollover, or using used car sales terminology, we get “upside down” and the Repo Man commeth. Crypto “schemes” are nothing more than Side Show Don demonstrating the Three Card Monte. The value is America’s GDP, the second cup has debt-logged FRNs, and crypto is an environmental disaster of wasted energy spent “mining” those lacking mental acuity. Ya’ll have fun.
While we spent the past week buried in economic research (that “Ebbinghaus-Ure” stuff), the total U.S. public debt (including interest costs) is $158.577 trillion. In Q3 (the most recent numbers available) we made $29.37 trillion annualized from all our “work.”
The problem is that5 with sign of a balanced budget and with $6.3 trillion (at 4% on total debt+int.) sorry to say, we don’t see a workable answer, yet.
Which is why the democrats rolled with SynGro – opening borders, anchoring babies, and all the steps take by the E.U. when they opened Europe to a similar invasion. How’s that working out?
Not trying to tell you a Second Depression is coming. Obviously, unless we are smacked upside the head with an overdose of honesty, the delusions can persist.
While They Do?
My consigliere called Wednesday. “Are we to the Moon, yet?”
“Maybe…”
Could this perspective be wrong? Why, sure! It’s all based on our Aggregated Markets notion that argues there is – at any one point in time – only so much total money in the world.. And it behaves in a consistent manner.
Oh, and that Ebbinghaus-Ure report on Peoplenomics Wednesday? It’s just our fun new way of turning a sequence of numbers into a “modeled surface view”. Which earlier today – for the NASDAQ – looked like this:
It’s an interesting view to watch. But that little hook upper left, is where early Futures were pointing. Leaving us expecting to get an answer soon to the question “Is the bounce over? Have techs kissed a key overhead resistance level?”
Not our monkey and not our bananas. But financial markets have memories and memories do, per Hermann Ebbinghaus, fade over time. Even Great Depressions seem less vicious.
The “What Matters” Sort
OK, math models aside: News ambles on…
We been writing for how long about a Q2 25 vaccination scare 2.0? Keep an eye on WHO Director-General: “Last Friday, WHO received reports of suspected cases of Marburg virus.”
Say, you don’t think the WHO is running a game on us, do you? WHO Begs Trump to Reverse Withdrawal After Executive Order Cuts Off U.S. Funding.
North L.A. Fires are on the rise, along with lawlessness in fire areas: Over 100 Arrested Amid Los Angeles Wildfires: Looting and Burglary Cases Rise Criminals Exploit Chaos as Los Angeles Wildfires Rage. Doesn’t speak highly of Angelinos, now, does it? But look who they elect…
Will Soros “charities” become a “terrorist organization” target under Trump? We ask because Soros-Backed DA Seeks to Bring Charges Against Jan 6 Prisoners Despite Trump Pardon.
As Trump has signed an order to expel foreign students who protest in the U.S. the terrorist organization label spreads: Trump moves to relabel Yemen’s Houthis as foreign terrorist organization. You saw where Hezbollah admitted to paying protesters in the US? Fake news costs money, you know. Oh, and speaking of which…
Gee: Does this mean the Global elites will stop peddling ‘bug spew’? Panicked Klaus Schwab Admits Trump Is Already Reversing the ‘Great Reset’.
Useful health note: Common drug found in most household cupboards could slash dementia risk. Spoiler: Ibuprofen is on the list…
At the Ranch: Spring Life Cleaning
Inside the last month to 76 years of age, we are always looking for ways to increase enjoyment in Life. This year, I’ve decided on a program of Life-Cleaning.
The first part of it involves using A.I. more effectively. Sure, got the basic personal time management nailed with tools like Brisqi. But I’ve moved into “active theft/borrow” mode when comes to knowledge hacks. Speed-learning and the like.
For example, my buddy (or 73-years) the Major turned me on to using A.I. to dodo book summaries of key books I want to absorb. But with A.I. the results are quick, no subscriptions, and no waiting. Just “Give me a detailed summary of the book Trump’s Stew, Market’s Indecisive, Spring Life Cleaning by author [name]” and hit enter. Most of the AI’s do this.
We have a copy of Carl Jung’s The Red Book on the coffee table. And I keep meaning to read the damn thing but it’s huge. Not how I roll (big books and such). Instead, I can get to the point with AI telling me…
Overview
The Red Book is a large, leather-bound folio containing over 400 pages of handwritten text and 53 full-page paintings. It was Jung’s record of his “confrontation with the unconscious,” documenting his self-analysis and self-therapy during a period of intense personal turmoil2.
Context and Composition
Jung began working on the Red Book after his break with Sigmund Freud in 1913. This period coincided with the outbreak of World War I, and Jung retreated from many of his professional activities to deeply explore his psyche1. He initially recorded his visions and experiences in a series of smaller black journals, known as the “Black Books,” before transferring them to the larger Red Book.
Content
The Red Book is a mix of journal entries, mythological narratives, and psychological observations. Jung documented his hallucinations, dreams, and encounters with various inner figures in a prophetic and elaborate calligraphic style. The book explores themes of spirituality, mythology, and the unconscious mind, reflecting Jung’s belief in the collective unconscious and archetypes.
Publication
Despite Jung’s intention to publish the Red Book, it remained unpublished during his lifetime. It was only in 2009, with the cooperation of Jung’s estate, that the book was published by W. W. Norton & Co1. The publication included a facsimile edition of the original manuscript, an English translation, and extensive editorial notes.
That didn’t sound very exciting (compared with Dreams, Memories, Reflections, anyway). What WAS more interesting is Amazon says I paid $117 for the book in 2009 (my reading list moves slowly!). And it’s on sale today for (just?) $196 and change.
In this example (of Life Cleaning) I can look back and say “Never had time to read it, so next life, keep the reading list shorter and more actionable.” Also, take that “walk-around money” that we all keep and buy $200 worth of shares in new IPOs. The ROI will be greater.
Now, having figured how to use A.I. to further my “speed-learning” addiction a bit, the next step is to spend more time working on the personal “40,000-foot view.”
In thinking about Life lately, I’ve ome to the conclusion that I am a “middle cruiser.” I have a great and powerful grind on. But I miss the “high and low boundaries” in life. The high level? Well, that 40,000-foot stuff. The low level is remembering to vacuum my office weekly. I seldom get to that.
Another Life Cleaning action point then, is more time at the extremes (high and low) and less time in the middle. Translation? No more watching the markets all day. Set alerts and go off to the extremes to work there.
Should be an interesting change. More time spent planning what’s important in life, more time doing it, and less time doing “all that other crap” that gets in the way. I’ll keep you posted on how it works out. ChatGPT was ghaving web gateway issues at press time…
Warmer than New Orleans? The promise of warmer temps is here after 23 overnight. There’s the little matter of more than 2-inches of rain coming through next week, too. But, at least it will be warmer.
I’ll pop up a picture from the security network later…may be a pretty sunrise…
Write when you get rich,
George@ure.net
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