We have a surprise from us “Hicks in the Sticks” – Tech is losing its Urban bias. Sure there are some drawbacks to remote living, but thanks to technology, we’re catching up fast and the lifestyle rocks.

More detail – and something of a short urban mass migration history – after we run through our usual weekly news post mortem which will include what’s ahead for next week.

Yes, podcast7 (*here) doesn’t show off the time machine project well at all, so next week in pod8 (to come) we’ll have a short course on several related sounds involved along with additional commentary.

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One of the biggest stories of the month – swamped by the District of Circus and the viral news of out China, is  that the World continues effectively in negative rates.

What follows is a roadmap as to how this works and why so many people aren’t understanding the mechanics of what’s ahead.  Gold and oil are screaming “There’s more inflation than recognized.”  So are housing prices.

Before that, however, we’ll first check a few headlines and roll through our ChartPack because it’s a difficult time to keep track of so many moving pieces

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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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Turns out (surprising even me) that the final chapter of our “100-Year Toaster” book is not only a radical manufacturing idea, but a full-on website and business model, as well.  Who would have suspected?

Our “big project” for 2020 is to release a new kind of business model into the wild. Today, we take the covers off a new idea that has world-changing potential.

As background, remember our concept “The Public Design Library?”

The idea we had and laid out fort subscribers 12-years ago has effectively arrived.  See Peoplenomics report 04/27/2008  This week’s report “Micropreneuring and the Future of Mass Customization” gets me to inventing the “Public Design Library”

We’re fairly pleased to have gotten some discussion going and to see that outfits like Yeggi.com and Thingiverse are now filling the void that we proposed back in ’08.

Now, it’s time to “kick the future in the ass” again…so we will lay out the Ultra-Make project.  I’ll hit a few points in today’s podcast, too.

After the headlines, ChartPack, and noodles-on-the-fly…which is what we do around here.

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Charts only today, as you’re on a holiday schedule. And, Ure on a holiday schedule, too.

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Happy New Years from the East Texas Outback…

George, Elaine, and the cats (Zeus wants a mention, damn cat…)

Even  approaching 71, no shortage of learning to do – much of it involuntarily.  Life keeps changing and one needs to “keep ahead of it.”

An interesting example is the growing complexity of DAW (digital audio workstation) software.  Occasioned by our upcoming first Peoplenomics Podcast which is estimated to be out New Years Eve.

Fortunately, high-speed learning is what we do.  What to learn, though?  That’s an issue. 

Turns out a useful key is mapping out what you don’t know, so you don’t waste time getting to the answers you’re after.

Today we looking at “speed learning” after a few headlines and the ChartPack as 2019 winds up…Too busy (and did I mention old?) for another six-year degree,  we get focused on six-second answers.

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First, a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Years, particularly our Peoplenomics.com subscribers.

While we won’t have a long report this morning, we wanted to keep everyone updated on how this “replay of 1929” is going and toss around a few “where does it all end?” ideas.

The short answer?  When the people who’ve been in the market since this time last year decide, en masse, to pocket their 37% gains and step to the sidelines,  That doesn’t mean a decline is imminent, but there’s plenty of reason for concern and to be braced for whatever comes early in the New Year…

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