Love what you're doing, but this sentence 'With a microchip inside of everyone who took a COVID vaccine, no one is in a better position to answer that question than Gates.' could have used a disclaimer or something.
@packy I always comment how much I enjoy this series but today especially resonated. I had my first visceral reaction to these stories as I caught myself smiling by the time I made it to the Patagonia story!
When I hear the word poverty used in a policy context it should represent what most people think of--a state of depravation that makes it difficult to thrive. But the Census Bureau calculates poverty status as a function of moneyed income excluding non-cash payments like WIC, SNAP, tax credits, Medicaid, Section 7 vouchers or other housing subsidies.
Telling me that moneyed income increases when we send people more money...isn't a policy success.
Who is talking about solutions to our problems? We have options. Decentralization. Governmental Transparency. There is a better way to govern. The Top 3 Technologies We Should be Using to Take Control Of Our Governments Again, and how to create a "Transparency Movement" to get there:
Love what you're doing, but this sentence 'With a microchip inside of everyone who took a COVID vaccine, no one is in a better position to answer that question than Gates.' could have used a disclaimer or something.
@packy I always comment how much I enjoy this series but today especially resonated. I had my first visceral reaction to these stories as I caught myself smiling by the time I made it to the Patagonia story!
Figma may create a new group of angel investors, but it is a continuation of anti-competitive actions by a monopolist.
Look up Macrovision and what happened to its products after acquisition by Adobe.
Is anyone running a microchip removal business? Billion dollar idea alert!
Sadly I think that there is some doubt about the child poverty numbers.
https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/09/15/the-child-trends-child-poverty-series-is-a-statistical-blip-caused-by-census-changes/
When I hear the word poverty used in a policy context it should represent what most people think of--a state of depravation that makes it difficult to thrive. But the Census Bureau calculates poverty status as a function of moneyed income excluding non-cash payments like WIC, SNAP, tax credits, Medicaid, Section 7 vouchers or other housing subsidies.
Telling me that moneyed income increases when we send people more money...isn't a policy success.
Who is talking about solutions to our problems? We have options. Decentralization. Governmental Transparency. There is a better way to govern. The Top 3 Technologies We Should be Using to Take Control Of Our Governments Again, and how to create a "Transparency Movement" to get there:
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/the-top-3-technologies-we-should