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What if we randomly picked qualified citizens to govern us? called Sortition aka. “Lottocracy”

Jan

3

2025

Imagine a political system where your neighbor could become a legislator overnight, not through campaign donations or party connections, but through a process as impartial as drawing a name from a hat. This system exists, and it’s called sortition – the selection of political officials through random lottery from the citizenry. Ancient Roots, Modern Relevance ...

most Americans will likely retire into poverty

Feb

20

2019

Came across an interesting 2¢ video on Youtube basically discussing what you need to do to have a shot at retirement.. needless to say it got me thinking.. and here’s my own 2cents conclusion.. Great video but oohhh 2¢ , way too optimistic with those projections. The short answer is that thanks to wealth inequality , probably ...

US taxes : why doesn’t the I.R.S Automate our tax returns?

Feb

6

2019

It’s 2019 and the US government already has all the major information about your annual taxes, so why are we still filing tax forms like its 1950’s? Sadly automated tax filing already exists in many countries, so why not here in the US? simple answer corporate greed.,the tax preparation industry and lobbyists have pushed hard ...

Topics I wish were taught in high school; but wasn’t ..

Sep

7

2017

Having grown up in the US and having gone through the public education system from K to 12 grade in the 90’s , I have a pretty strong opinion about some of BASIC LIFE KNOWLEDGE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, but wasn’t. Rather as an adult I had to piece together this knowledge through experience. ...

interesting Tedx Talk on Basic Income & fix for capitalism

Feb

21

2016

Recently came across this on my Youtube feed. A pretty interesting Tedx talk on future of work, inequality and how a UBI (Universal Basic Income ), may actually work to solve some of today’s structure inequality issues. The talk by Federico Pistono | Basic income and other ways to fix capitalism , gives us a really strong ...

Ten conspiracy predictions that may well be true…

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Oct

22

2014

I’m typically not a conspiracy theory person, I’m pretty confident most things have a reasonable and justifiable explanation, but I too like to indulge my questioning side, and for fun (no I’m not losing it) ask what if?.. Now this posting isn’t unique, and if you think conspiracy theories are always bunk look here 10 ...

Why are we alone? the Fermi Paradox

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May

25

2014

I came across an interesting read the other morning on my Flipboard news stream.. From Gizmodo The Fermi Paradox: Where the Hell Are the Other Earths? . Basically the Fermi Paradox in a nutshell says, in such a vast universe such as ours with so many potential stars and planets why haven’t we seen evidence of ...