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5 Apr 2020 3 minute read 2 comments Jaemoney
Introduction Modern day consumerism has had the unfortunate effect of straddling all of us with unnecessary stuff. We now have masses of stuff that we don’t need, that’s outdated, out of vogue and just plain useless. This is a pity because it actuall...
20 Mar 2020 4 minute read 2 comments Jaemoney
Introduction This is an different perspective, but I believe a valid one because my wealth is being affected. The past few weeks have been rough. The COVID-19 virus has been spreading surprisingly quickly, financial markets are in turmoil, stocks hav...
15 Mar 2020 1 minute read 1 comment FullofShif
I've heard that term my entire life. Most often it is when something somewhat unfortunate happens and the "rich" in some way benefit from it. In the crypto world they are commonly referred to as "the whales ", in government it's always "the politicia...
2 Mar 2020 1 minute read 1 comment psy37
Prayers are cheap When there's no answer Denied wishes granted To demonmancers Investment is High yield Predatory playing field Where they Praise zeros holy checkbooks Halos roped around they necks Hooked on shoots and ladders Climb up again to Back...
1 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Jaemoney
Introduction Icant exactly remember how I came across this specific speech by Ronald Reagan. After all, I’m an Indian in South Africa with libertarian tendencies with absolutely nothing in common with the guy. Yet, somehow I came across it, and now i...
25 Feb 2020 3 minute read 2 comments Jaemoney
I recently gave a speech at my Toastmasters club that focused on actively quitting work and how it relates to the fifteen hour work week. The speech had a great response and afterwards people were asking me all sorts of questions about how I generate...
22 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Jaemoney
I live in a country that has 27% unemployment, low literacy levels and the worlds highest gini coefficient ie the worlds largest national wealth gap. It’s no wonder we have massive distrust of national institutions coupled with constant nation wide p...
2 Feb 2020 3 minute read 1 comment FullofShif
The first American penny was struck in 1793. It was about the size of today’s half dollar and was officially called the “one cent piece” and reportedly designed by Benjamin Franklin of “a penny saved is a penny earned” fame. The Lincoln head penny th...
29 Jan 2020 2 minute read 4 comments FullofShif
I grew up in a rural part of middle America in a little town that was about a 50/50 mix of both farmers and factory workers. One common phrase that was used commonly and that has always stuck with was the term "good money". "Did you hear about the...
1 Jan 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman
If Earth were a closed system, economics would be a zero, or worse a negative sum game. Luckily it’s not. A common argument against the ability for life to exist is that the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy increases within a closed...
