R World (Ron Davison muses aloud)
18 April 2024
Even Deep History is Not That Far Away
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The Dunbar Number is 150. It is an estimate of the number of people one might have in a social circle. If we go back 150 lifetimes - assumin...
05 April 2024
Time to Move Beyond Blase to Bedazzled at Biden's Policies and the Biden Economy
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The Biden presidency is setting a bar for economic performance that has never before been hit and is unlikely to be matched again. This is n...
04 April 2024
Lincoln's 44 Days Without War
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In 1861, March 4, Lincoln was inaugurated for his 1st term as president April 12, Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, officially beginning th...
02 April 2024
Regret in the UK - Post-BREXIT GDP Slowdown and the Case for Globalization
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It was the British and Dutch who became the wealthiest communities in the world by pioneering globalization. BREXIT was a decisive vote to w...
Communities that Least Understand the Economy Are Most Likely to Find Trump Persuasive
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One of the most underreported facts of the modern world is simply this: communities that know how to create great paying jobs overwhelmingly...
29 March 2024
The Land Battle for States Gives Way to the Cultural Battle for Nations - the Modern World as a Lava Lamp
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Imagine a map with all its neat lines and borders, like a giant puzzle where each piece is a different country, clearly marked and separate....
28 March 2024
The Religious Right's Pyrrhic Victory (Or, The Cost of Using Trump As A Representative)
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Trump began selling Bibles this week to raise money for his trial for using campaign funds to pay for sex with a porn star. There is nothing...
27 March 2024
Kahneman On Substituting Easy Questions for Uesful Questions
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Daniel Kahneman died this week. He won a Noble Prize in Economics made remarkable by the fact that not only did he not have a degree in econ...
25 March 2024
Benjamin Franklin's Power over Power
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Benjamin Franklin was involved with two great shifts in power: the creation of the world's first modern democracy and experiments that ...
23 March 2024
Money Saving Tip - Hacking into Advertising
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Here's a money-saving tip. Next time you see an ad for an enticing product, just re-enact the ad. Skip the product altogether and go st...
It Is No Coincidence - How the Loss of Aspiring Novelists Has Undermined the Power and Purpose of the Daily Newspaper
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Once upon a time, the first draft of history - our newspaper articles that let us know each day about what was happening - was written by as...
20 March 2024
The Whimsy and Magic of Physico-theology
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Physico-theology, an idea that gained prominence in the 17th and 18th centuries, refers to a theological doctrine that seeks to demonstrate ...
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