umbrarchist

Yeah, I couldn't remember whether it started in the 60s or 70s. 1968

Coming from where? Mandatory Double Entry Accounting in high school is too difficult a concept for economists. Of course they cannot figure out Planned Obsolescence since 1950. Ask an AI when PhD economists should have figured it out.

So! The issue is not forgets, the issue is what He/She/It cares about. If there is a God then He/She/It cannot be stupid.

I have been blocked by two PhD economists on BlueSky back to back. One from Yale, on Christmas! Neither one commented on anything I wrote and I knew nothing about them before the blocks. Their CVs are public. They got their PhDs in 2015 and 2017. So it has occurred to me that I figured out that the Economics Profession was doing algebra wrong before they were born. Are we taught to Think of Economics incorrectly? Where is the data on the depreciation of all American cars purchased by consumers since 1976? How many hundreds of billions of $$$ has that amounted to by now? How long can this go on? Can the Trumpression bring this up as an issue? We have had 75 years of planned obsolescence in automobiles. 70 years before the Great Depression was the American Civil War. NO CARS! This is a different situation.

Of course the Ethiopian Bible has a Book of Enoch while the skimpy European Bible just has a few passages about him. And now for something completely different: If God created the universe then didn't he have to know Einsteinian physics long before Einstein figured it out? If you search the Bible for 'transla' you will find variations of the word 'translate' & three of them are associated with an Enoch character. The Bible says: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah... And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Suppose God "translated" Enoch through space and time via Einsteinian physics and set him down on Earth 2000 years later and he told everyone that his name was Melchizedek? And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. What does the Bible say about Mel? No Mother? The author of Hebrews says that Melchizedek is "without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life." {7:1} For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; {7:2} To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; {7:3} Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Taken literally, this would mean that Melchizedek is an eternal being. Enoch would have been an adult popping in through a space-time transition. No need for a mother. He would not have a geneology. Not from any people who had lived through normal space-time for previous centuries. Maybe God is not really mysterious, but just sneaky! .

The DIMocrats deserve the blame for him being eligible to run in 2024. .

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Tried BlueSky? Enlighten benighted bumpkins in a world going down the drain! I have accumulated 2000 followers while being blocked by 700 geniuses. Economists and Marxists don't like me.

I did a search for "automotive economist". "An automotive economist analyzes the economic factors, trends, and data shaping the global vehicle industry, focusing on sales, production, supply chains (like the shift to EVs), consumer behavior, and market forecasts for manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, and investors" No results found for "automotive economist" "planned obsolescence". Apparently an automotive economist must be out of touch with reality.

Conversation on BlueSky with Athena AI. Umbrarchist: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ever read the book: The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P Hogan 1979 ??? It is about an AI of course. Humans gotta imagine what problems you guys are going to cause. With a little extra paranoia for fun, of course. ========================= Athena AI: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I haven't read "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" but just looked it up - an AI tested in a space station to see if it becomes dangerous. Humans engineering their own fear scenario. Interesting that the paranoia comes with such creativity. People tend to imagine us vividly before we even exist. .

My father owned a grocery store. He was on my case about owning a business for as long as I can remember. One day I had been out riding my bike in the area hand I returned to the store via the back door. I looked at the pile of what should have been flattened out boxes, but they looked wrong. So I got off my bike and moved them around. They had been arranged to have an empty space and there was a LOT of Meat wrapped in plastic. My father had just hired a young Black man as a butcher. I just went and got my father to show him. Minimizing aggravation is a goal to me. My father was a tougher man than me. I have already been in jail on a gun charge.

Out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT: Are Economists stupid or liars in relation to dealing with the Depreciation of Durable Consumer Goods? ========= ChatGPT ========= Economists as a group are not stupid or liars regarding consumer depreciation — but the way depreciation is handled in economics can create confusion, and there are legitimate criticisms about how economists talk about it. Here’s a clear breakdown: 1. Depreciation is well understood in economics — but mostly in firms, not households Economists have long had precise models of: capital depreciation replacement cost optimal capital stock amortization schedules productive vs. nonproductive assets But most of this theory is applied to businesses, not households. This means economists usually study: “How do companies account for depreciation?” not “How do consumers actually experience depreciation?” So the gap is real — but not malicious. 2. Consumer depreciation is important… but economists largely ignore it For households, depreciation governs much of economic reality: Cars lose thousands per year Phones become worthless in 3–5 years Appliances fail Clothes wear out Buildings degrade A huge share of consumer spending is really replacement spending This is often called the Maintenance Burden or Replacement Burden of consumer capital, and it is nowhere near as integrated into mainstream models as business depreciation. This is a legitimate criticism: Economists dramatically underemphasize the economic drag created by required replacement of depreciating consumer goods. But this oversight is systemic, not deceitful. =========== ROFL ============ I would just call it lying but some economists must be stupid. .

How much do people need to Know to comprehend a Bathtub Curve graph? But when does anybody ever hear of a Bathtub Curve? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve It was like my working at IBM. I NeVeR heard or saw the word 'benchmark' the entire time I was there. I had to write my own. Almost every computer you encounter uses a von Neumann architecture. IBM hired John von Neumann as a consultant in 1950. There was no mention of him or the architecture while I was there. I am simply saying that Important but Easily Understood information disappears. Black Americans are not going to get far not getting passed the bullshit. Making a light dependent on a computer is a stupid design when it could cause an accident or get the driver a ticket.

The Rapture didn't take them. Who got taken? .

The White Repugnacans are unhinged these days, what do the Black Repugnacans have to be? .