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The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 51m

There are lots of Free books in Project Gutenberg. I use an app, AIReader, to do text to speech and read while I drive.

My very first SF book:

Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse

is in the public domain now.

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Gold in the Sky by Alan E. Nourse
gutenberg.org/ebooks/23882

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · Jul 19

The right Sci-Fi illuminates Futures!
What do hours of boredom do to kid's brains?

Cosmic Computer
gutenberg.org/ebooks/20727
Damned If You Don't
gutenberg.org/ebooks/24064
Black Man's Burden
gutenberg.org/ebooks/32390
Badge o Infamy
gutenberg.org/ebooks/19471
Omnilingual
gutenberg.org/ebooks/19445

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

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Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 51m

There are lots of Free books in Project Gutenberg. I use an app, AIReader, to do text to speech and read while I drive.

My very first SF book:

Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse

is in the public domain now.

bsky.app/profile/umbr...

Gold in the Sky by Alan E. Nourse
gutenberg.org/ebooks/23882

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · Jul 19

The right Sci-Fi illuminates Futures!
What do hours of boredom do to kid's brains?

Cosmic Computer
gutenberg.org/ebooks/20727
Damned If You Don't
gutenberg.org/ebooks/24064
Black Man's Burden
gutenberg.org/ebooks/32390
Badge o Infamy
gutenberg.org/ebooks/19471
Omnilingual
gutenberg.org/ebooks/19445

The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

gutenberg.org

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 55m

Ask ChatGPT when economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence in automobiles. 🤣

Are economists educated?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

We have a problem with the word "Capitalism".

Marx mentioned Adam Smith more than 100 times in Das Kapital.

Smith wrote "read, write and ACCOUNT" FIVE times & used the word 'education' EIGHTY Times.

Without mandatory accounting in schools it ain't Capitalism!
Smith knew Capitalists were LIARS!

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

What Changed Since 1950 That Made Life Harder?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

Now this is interesting!
The Economic Wargame changed in the 70s.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMh...

YouTube video by Wisdom & Wine

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

What Changed Since 1950 That Made Life Harder?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

Now this is interesting!
The Economic Wargame changed in the 70s.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMh...

YouTube video by Wisdom & Wine

What Changed Since 1950 That Made Life Harder?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1h

Now this is interesting!
The Economic Wargame changed in the 70s.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMh...

YouTube video by Wisdom & Wine

The Highwaymen - Highwayman

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

They shall return!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFkc...

YouTube video by HighwaymenVEVO

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

I could argue that accounting should have been mandatory in high schools since 1950.

Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YRS old. Invented in Italy.

Adam Smith used the word 'education' EIGHTY Times in Wealth of Nations. He wrote "read, write and ACCOUNT" FIVE times.

Don't tell the economists!

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

How Politicians Transform Poverty Into A Weapon Of Control – Machiavelli

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1d

How difficult would mandatory accounting in high schools have been for the US to implement since 1950?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Lg...
When have any economists suggested that? Of course if they started now people would wonder why not then?

YouTube video by Psyfluence

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

The Entire History of Economy in 50 Minutes

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1d

I started watching at 15 min.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7E1...
Adam Smith appears at 22 min. The Rational Man & Invisible Hand at 24.
26 has GDP!
Malthus & Marx @ 32.
39, the Great Depression! John M Keynes 42.
Automobiles 44.

No mention of Depreciation, Planned Obsolescence or Net Domestic Product.

YouTube video by The Art of Being Human

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

New Cars in 2025 Are MADE TO BREAK… (I HAVE PROOF!)

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

EIGHTY years since World War Two!
Fifty-Six yrs since Apollo 11!
We have come to THIS!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WovI...
Turning the planet's natural resources into garbage for money while Economists ignore the Depreciation! What is the NET Domestic Product?
Where is the depreciation data since Sputnik?

YouTube video by Hayden Schreier

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

The Entire History of Economy in 50 Minutes

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 1d

I started watching at 15 min.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7E1...
Adam Smith appears at 22 min. The Rational Man & Invisible Hand at 24.
26 has GDP!
Malthus & Marx @ 32.
39, the Great Depression! John M Keynes 42.
Automobiles 44.

No mention of Depreciation, Planned Obsolescence or Net Domestic Product.

YouTube video by The Art of Being Human

New Cars in 2025 Are MADE TO BREAK… (I HAVE PROOF!)

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

What has Hegseth said about Fat ICE Agents?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 2h

EIGHTY years since World War Two!
Fifty-Six yrs since Apollo 11!
We have come to THIS!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WovI...
Turning the planet's natural resources into garbage for money while Economists ignore the Depreciation! What is the NET Domestic Product?
Where is the depreciation data since Sputnik?

YouTube video by Hayden Schreier

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 4h

Does money care about the Planned Obsolescence of consumer crap?

What do economists say about the depreciation of consumer crap?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 4h

How many automobile purchases have economists added to GDP since the Moon Landing?

When have you heard Economists talk about the aggregate Depreciation of Automobiles since 1970?

Is there such a thing as Planned Obsolescence in cars? Ask ChatGPT!

The AI knows! 🤪

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 5h

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Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 5h

Ask an AI when professional economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence in automobiles.

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 6h

That was fast! 🤣

Richard K Niner

@rkniner.ca has blocked you

But Adam Smith is called the Father of Economics by some people.

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 6h

"All warfare is based on deception."- Sun Tzu

Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS old. It could have been mandatory in high schools since 1950.

Adam Smith used the word 'education' EIGHTY Times. He wrote "read, write and ACCOUNT" FIVE times.

Have any economists heard of that guy?

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 6h

What is Depreciation?

How much does each country lose on the Depreciation of Automobiles owned by consumers Each Year?

When have PhD economists ever discussed that? Have they noticed that the Laws of Physics do not change style every year?

Planned Obsolescence increases GDP! Hurrah!

Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · 9h

This one especially.

I was hoping for action by the military by March.