Peoplenomics

After Pandemic coverage and ‘peachy remarks?”Mobbies:  Hobbies that make money.”

Sure, stocks are up – bigly – but is that really fun?    Today, we look at some of the ways we have tried to make some minor “Funvestments” in life.

And, having done so, I have to say while they haven’t all been winners, the closer I get to the final column, the more perceived value there is in the funvestments compared to most everything else.

We’ll collect some collectable ideas after our usual weekend fare – pandemic and impeachment updats, the ChartPack and Podcast #6 with Chris McCleary on where we are with dreams out on the psychology frontier. 

A nice change-up from pandemics and impeachings, methinks.  Who said “You deserve a break today?”  We like that plan…a lot!

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Since we have house guests until tomorrow, see the exciting spectacle of Ure’s version of brevity this morning…

No podcast – going to make those a Saturday’s only event.

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This weekend, we venture out onto the bleeding edge of psychology. Why?  Chris McCleary, who runs the National Dream Center, a project we cobbled up in 2007 or ’08 is coming for a visit.

Since he has lots of degrees, we’ve got a project in mind that  is frankly mind-blowing.

We’ll go through it, after our usual litany of morning charts, news, and comment.  But then, get your seat belt ready – the short version is on podcast #5 over here – you’re going to need it.

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Been working on some ideas for artificial intelligence (AI) to distill into a spreadsheet to make investment decisions.  Turns out, though, one of the most difficult things to model is how the human brain “creates” ideas. Importantly, there’s an aspect of “randomness” to it.

But, since we have already evolved a model of Life as our Seven Major Systems, there arise many questions about how “bounded randomness”  (or pseudo-randomness) is.

And that has some interesting implications, which we will get into after a few newsy-kind of remarks and our ChartPack.  This morning’s podcast (37-min audio) is here.

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Looking for a simple path to a stress-free life in 2020? Bubba,  we gotcha covered!

First, though, our usual run-down of a few news stories that matter and a longish anti-aging discussion.  From there it’s on to our ChartPack.

The news that matters, you see, may not be Iran, Meghan, or Pelosi.  Could have more to do with with declining rail traffic,. science studying a new “strange Earth currents phenom” and latest evolutionary anti-aging science.

Meghan and Harry, though, is not entirely useless news.  The make a fine Examples o Personally Useless Information…”  More PUI as we drill into it.

To live effectively, tuning-up your BS filters is time well-spent.

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Here’s a trillion-dollar idea for you – free of charge. Complete with some general specification and what such a unit could do for America.

It’s all an outgrowth of our Ultra-Make.com website, which in turn is one of the “last chapters” of the online book for subscribers titled “The 100-Year Toaster.”

I’ll give you all the build specifications for this product (as a marketing exercise) right after our usual morning fare:  A few headlines including the ADP Jobs report just out, plus out ChartPack.

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