Saturday, April 13, 2013

Disparate thoughts, 4/13/13

There are several topics out there, what to discuss?

Perhaps a few short paragraphs on each

  • As mentioned in earlier posts, the culture is sinking fast.  There's no effective opposition to it, so the trend isn't likely to change.  The Republicans behavior is inexplicable.  Why join the Democrats when all that it does is relegate the party to the sidelines indefinitely?  It makes no sense whatsoever.
  • Gold dropped big time yesterday.  It is now trading at less than 1500 oz.  This is amazing, in a way, as the fundamentals call for higher gold prices, not lower.  This looks like a divergence.  A divergence needs some explanation, but such explanation is better captured by the statement that a divergence is like a snowstorm in hell.  Well, when it comes to the markets, and the culture for that matter, it's snowing in hell right now.
  • Gordon McDowell's project to make a DVD out of the Thorium 2012 conference is running behind schedule.  As a matter of fact, the 2013 conference is just around the corner, and now he has another Kickstarter going in order to raise funds to finish the 2012 project.  Somewhat disappointing news.  This thought just entered my mind:  making something good is hard to make work in a reasonable time frame, but making something crappy is a lot easier and takes a lot less time.  So the crappy stuff works even though it is crappy because it gets out there.  The perfect becomes the enemy of the good.
  • It has occurred to me that Bitcoin will never make it.  However, an alternative might work, but won't be implemented because it is too sensible.  This country is not very sensible right now, so anything that would help would not be well-received.  On the other hand, something completely impractical and foolish like Bitcoin will be all the rage.  Fits the times we live in like a tee.
I thought I had a lot more, but my mind has just went blank.  But the above is plenty to chew on if you have any teeth.  That's a metaphor by the way, but given the state that this culture is in, I doubt that many would get it.


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