George Ure

June 1, 2013 — I’m sure that by now you’ve memorized my Seven Major Systems of Life (food, shelter, communications, transportation, energy, finance, and  environment) and you know that I have al least a passing acquaintance with  teoriya resheniya izobretatelskikh zadatch (TRIZ),  the Russian science of invention.  This morning we toss items in the blender to  come up with what may be the first in a series of Peoplenomics Notes: 20-Years  Out in which we will consider present trends, resource and economic realities  and try to project what that world will look like for the kids when 20-years  from now shows up on the alarm clock one of these mornings.  So…I’m pleased to  share a draft Provisional Patent Application for a new kind of Housing which I  expect will be here in 20-years, or less.  But, before we tickle the brain  cells, a few headlines to wash away the fog of Friday night…and the winds of  Oklahoma…

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May 29, 2013 — As the self-proclaimed People’s Economist I’ll share a little pet  theory of mine with you:  The reason that America is not in the throes of wild  hyperinflation is that although the Fed is printing money hand over first (and  has been for a long time) the reason we don’t see prices doing moonshots is that  the velocity of money is dying on the vine.  So that’s this morning’s economic  munchies after we get some more coffee and a few headlines under the belt.  How  about we start with Working Moms lead the crime rate by 15 years?

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May 25, 2013 — Economics, in a perfect world would make sense.  However, since we are all  living in the “alternate universe” (you did watch Fringe, right?) conventional  relationships which have withstood the test of time are no longer working.  We  have, as the characters in the series used to say “crossed over.”  Or, at least  we’ve got the portal between universes out on the frozen lake and we’re testing  the power on it now.  Before we get into what happens when world’s collide, a  look at some of the headlines to see what shakes (and quakes) out of ’em…

Reader Note:  We will post a special Peoplenomics  update if/when the follow-on quake activity shows up as the weekend progresses.

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May 22, 2013 — One of the toughest tasks any investor can undertake is to understand – and  thus be in a position to profit from – any advance or decline in the US  economy.  If you do nothing else as an investor but this one thing, your fortune  is assured.  Get it wrong – more than once – and your Life can hit the skids in  no time.  Humans – couples in particular – don’t do well in the absence of  life’s modern necessities:  Food, shelter, transportation, and a good load of  cash to keep it all working.  So I thought we could spend some time today  looking at how the real growth rate of America is doing.  As we’ll discover,  just finding out how the economy is doing (and how to make a buck on it) isn’t  as easy as it once was.  First, though, we’ll pause for coffee, some headlines  beginning with…

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May 18, 2013 — I’ve been thinking a lot about retirement lately,  perhaps because Social Security is a major financial carrot that I expect  government will try to snatch just as I get ready to take a bite out of it.  So  this morning we ponder a very interesting question: Did the current generation  (on average) miss Peak Retirement?  That and some interesting ponders on  designing the retirement lifestyle after we paw through some headlines and the  week’s look at investing…which any more is akin to staying one step ahead of  the highwaymen.

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May 15, 2013 — I  decided to make a cut at the data in our twice-weekly ChartPack this morning and  develop a couple of charts to show which countries and regions have been  particularly “hot” from an investment standpoint since the market lows in 2009.   The reason for doing this?  To get a better sense of where to park money…since  overseas investing via index ETFs is pie-simple.   After, that is, we get  through some of the morning’s headlines…

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May 11, 2013 — Lots of reader email piled up  this week as I am now all but 30-pages from being finished with the proofreading  on Real Time Machines: The Future is an App which should be up on  Amazon (with any luck) by mid week.  I thought this morning I’d run through some  of the mail because much of it is thought-provoking and I’m always willing to  help the Victims of Process and the downtrodden in general.  We’ll also run  through some expectation for next week and the week after, since big earthquake  and options expiration for the month are just ahead.

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May 8, 2013 — Bet you’ve never thought about this one:  In event of a serious  national disaster, would you even be able to marginally “recover” your home,  whip up a temporary shelter, or maybe craft a simple cabin?  Or, have you become  some overly dependent on power tools?  Turns out there are some really ugly  reasons that houses of old were built with nails instead of screws.  Have we  lost sight of something and been spoiled to a new level of rotten not knowing  how to “bang nails?” It’s a damn fine point to ponder while we wait for the  market to stop going Viagra on us….and we’ll do that just as soon as I’ve had  my coffee and a roll in the headlines.

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May 4, 2013 — The myth of the “free press” and so-called Fourth Estate is  quickly leaving; disappearing into a cloud of software.  In its place is a new  way of generating “the news” which Americans depend on for their  decision-making.  I hate to report this development, but real humans with  first-hand knowledge of events they’re reporting on are quickly becoming  historical relics.  In their place is a new class of news-writing software.   Press release in one end, public opinion out the other.  But before we detail  such a depressing (and distinctly anti-human) developments (and how it impacts  events those of us in the fledgling field of predictive linguistics) what we  have for an appetizer this morning is scenic tour through this morning’s sorties  and funfire, generated by humans aided increasingly by HAL 9000’s offspring.

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May 1, 2013 — I don’t write much about motivation, since our focus (including this  morning’s report) is usually on the more mundane tasks in life – like making  money!  But a few subscribers have asked for a some insights into how get – and  stay – highly motivated.  To be sure, there are variances between people, but  some generalizations can be made (which is what science is about, eh?) so we can  sketch out a systematic approach to getting more control over ourselves and  that, in turn, will change your personal outcome dramatically.  Now, while that  sinks in, how about a Danish, coffee, and tromp through some headlines?

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April 27, 2013 — If  there is a global coastal event in our future (before June 21, say predictive  linguistics) there’s no question about whether ‘over-prepping’ exists.  The  unequivocal answer is no way!  If the lights were to go out, America were to be  facing a displaced population in the many millions, there would be no way to be  overly ready for such an event.  But consider the flip-side:  If nothing  happens, well, what of all those prepping efforts then?  It’s a good question  and one we’ll ponder after we sample a few of the day’s headlines.
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April 24, 2013 — If you’ve been  following the predictive linguistics developed by Clif at www.halfpasthuman.com for any length  of time, you’ll know that for many years there has been reference in the data to  a global coastal event which is due just about any old time now.  All of which  doesn’t mean it will necessarily happen.  It just means that in a bunch of  computer code there’s a statistical anomaly which may come from an artifact in  how the data is distilled, or it could be the project is being “spoofed” by  forces that don’t want the future closely inspected.  Perhaps it could be that  something as odd as headlines or a massive thought virus could be at work; not  an actual planet-shaker.  Still, even the possibility of something massive  “dis-ordinary” happening in the next month that results in a moment to reflect  on how modern complex society would fare if worse really does come to worse.   This as more after headlines and coffee, of course. End of World talk is bad on  an empty tummy.

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April 20, 2013 — Sure, we’ll cover the big  stuff – like the capture of a suspect in Boston and the hints from a Fed  official that indeed, Cyprus is a template for the West, but more important  we’ll talk about the future of mini homes and how that can become the new  American Dream. So grab a cup and let’s do some serious deep thinking this  morning about how we rekindle the American dream…

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