Some things never change! 🤦🤦♀️♂️
This year (again!) Microsoft came back to its old tricks to get an edge on the competition. Here are some thoughts from the Vivaldi CEO @jonsvt. 👇
@TheCM
People are scared because of the information we are all being bombarded with is designed to do so. It's hard to have a rational discussion with anyone over the topic of Covid. I have had family members hospitalized because of it and I know that it is a real thing to be concerned about, but I still think the media at the tacit encouragement of government officials (fed, state and local) are scaring people unnecessarily. I don't know how long before this will become evident. We are not in control of the narrative and agenda being disseminated.
We don’t believe surveillance will help us out of the pandemic. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/vaccine-passports-2021-review
Happy Christmas Free Atlantis Family!! One of my childhood favorites.
https://youtu.be/_6p5icEYBus
@Fergus33
Very nice
I enjoy your photos. They are a reminder of the beauty that exists on the world of you just take the time to look.
I love #economics because its basic principles are so powerful and generalisable (ie, it's not just “about #money”).
I started using Greg #Mankiw's very popular textbook _“Principles of Economics”_ as a reference a few years ago, and since then I find myself applying its “ten principles of economics” often in everyday life.
This week I learnt that David #Henderson has been teaching his own “ten pillars of economic wisdom” for decades. Those seem good, too.
So I decided to merge both!
Hereby I present the main insights of economics condensed in **fourteen principles of economics**. Even if you don't like econ as a subject, you'd do well to heed these ideas:
👉 In common (_Mankiw ≃ Henderson_):
* Rational people **think at the margin**. ≃ Economic thinking is thinking on the margin.
* People respond to **incentives**. ≃ Incentives matter; incentives affect behavior.
* **Trade** can make everyone better off. ≃ The only way to create wealth is to move resources from a lower-valued to a higher-valued use. Corollary: both sides gain from exchange.
* A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce **goods and services**. ≃ The only way to increase a nation’s real income is to increase its real output.
* **Markets** are usually a good way to organize economic activity. ≃ Competition is a hardy weed, not a delicate flower.
* Society faces a short-run trade-off between **inflation and unemployment**. ≃ Creating jobs is not the same as creating wealth.
👉 Mankiw's:
* People face **trade-offs**.
* The cost of something is **what you give up** to get it.
* **Governments** can sometimes improve market outcomes.
* Prices rise when the government **prints too much money**.
👉 Henderson's:
* TANSTAAFL: There ain’t no such thing as a **free lunch**.
* **Information** is valuable and costly, and most information that’s valuable is inherently decentralized.
* Every action has **unintended consequences**; you can never do only one thing.
* The **value** of a good or a service is subjective.
@CryptoBot
Something you watch for in 2022 is more crypto regulation
How do I end up in every story? —CNN Loved The ‘Kill Shot’ Metaphor Until Fox News’ Jesse Watters Used It Against Fauci https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/21/cnn-loved-the-kill-shot-metaphor-until-fox-news-jesse-watters-used-it-against-fauci/
@coil780
I don't like it when people act like a layoff of not a big deal. It's probably a BIG deal to the 12 who just lost their jobs.
FDA Releases More Data On "Adverse Reactions" To Pfizer Vaccine
Now, documents released by the FDA reveal that drugmaker Pfizer recorded nearly 160K adverse reactions to its COVID vaccine in the initial months of its rollout.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fda-releases-more-data-adverse-reactions-pfizer-vaccine
“1984 for the 21st Century” From NY Times bestselling author Warren Fahy comes a novel of our times as the world teeters on the brink of tech tyranny: https://www.amazon.com/Magenta-Novel-Warren-Fahy-ebook/dp/B09773ZYDZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1624221638&sr=1-1
An origin of syphilis documentary from 2017 that gets into the science of how viruses ACTUALLY WORKED prior to covid (when almost the entire scientific establishment "forgot" how viruses really work). I'm planning on using this video later to post on some poor lefty's twt who will still believe all the bs handed to them by the media and corrupt, lying and complicit doctors and scientists. The whole thing is really fascinating but the nitty gritty begins at 39:00. #virus
@acquiredtaste
Top 5 symtoms for Omicron and my corona virus head cold.
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