The social-media feedback effect multiplies hate, fear and lies to the point of poisoning responsible, democratic gov’t. — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Everything Is A System A system is a series of procedures that are designed to accept certain inputs and generate a desired output. Everything is a system. Machinery, businesses, the human body, institutions, organizations, and governments are all systems that are…

The price of a thing is based on the seller’s bargaining power. Its value is related to its market price in a robust, highly competitive market — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) The Price Vs. The Value Of Goods Most people think that the price of a thing and the value of that thing are the same, but that’s not true. Price is the amount that the seller’s bargaining power versus that of…

Use An Excess Rent Tax To Reduce Rents From The Cartel Price To The Highly-Competitive-Free-Market Price — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) The Prime Benefit Of Capitalism Is Low Prices Resulting From Robust Price Competition Traditionally, Americans have advocated capitalism because the profit motive provided consumers with a wide variety of products while robust, free-market, price competition delivered those products at the low…

I’m hoping for a joint project from OpenAI and Boston Dynamics — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Robots We Wish Were Real Remember Robbie The Robot from Forbidden Planet? Of course, we all know C-3PO from Star Wars. Here’s a link to Isaac Asimov’s classic robot novel, The Naked Sun where you can read about detective Elijah Baley…

The Four Things That Have Created, Incited, & Fueled The Culture Wars — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) The Culture Wars are a tactic intended to anger and incite ordinary people into voting for the politicians on one side or the other of the war. The genesis of the Culture Wars lies in three new, fundamental and unprecedented factors…

There Is No Mystery Here. No One Should Be Surprised. — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Everyone is talking about all the shootings, killings, random shooters, active shooters and the like happening on a daily basis as if it’s a surprise, as if they can’t figure out why it’s happening. They act as if there is some…

If not executed, corporations convicted of crimes should be forced to operate under a state-appointed board of directors — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Corporations Can Be Charged & Convicted Of Committing A Crime In April 2021, Forbes published an article entitled: “PG&E Faces Criminal Charges — Again — Over Another California Wildfire” In part, the article said: “Pacific Gas and Electric Company was hit…

Rewarding People For Gaming The System, Breaks The System. Paying Blackmailers Motivates More People To Engage In Blackmail — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) What Is A System? A system is a series of procedures that are designed to accept certain specific inputs and generate a desired output. People watch and learn which inputs result in the system producing the desirable output, and then they…

It was a threat to crash the economy as leverage to get legislation that they didn’t have the votes to enact according to the rules — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) People Often Give Phony Excuses People don’t want to admit the real but unpalatable reasons why they actually do the things they do. When people don’t want to admit the real motivation behind doing what they’re doing, they tell you A…