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catalyst
ooh boy. hoo doggie. it’s about to get real
same
a story about two friends
walden pond
hopefully this doesn’t turn out to be a diatribe but who knows at this point
the yellow legal pad
this also needs to be changed intermittently
the discourse
I’ll be working on this intermittently
Notorious RBG: “This one’s for all the haters”
the problem with mass information dispersal – a small continuation
On another note, I did some quick googling (and not studying for this orgo final, what gives) and I found this interesting video on extracting a metal that does exist within US currency
note: even though these guys say it’s okay (it’s not), please don’t try this at home
DISCLAIMER: 18 U.S. Code § 333 - Mutilation of national bank obligations
the problem with mass information dispersal
I remember this kid in middle school (these stories always go well) who, after one Civics class, decided to drop by my lunch table and discuss currency with us and how it worked. Now, I’m not saying that as middle schoolers any of us truly knew anything substantial about economics whatsoever, but we had at least heard of inflation by that point in our lives, and had a working theory of how it played into the relative “worth” of a currency.
But anyway, in comes this kid. I remember him dropping his lunch tray right on the table and declaring, “I’ve figured it out! It’s gold acid!”
Oh jeez.
After a couple of blank stares (and one of my friends agitatedly calling him a word you’d expect one to use in middle school), he sneered, and said “See, nobody knows this stuff like I do. The amount of gold acid in currency is what gives it value. When you put in more, there’s more inflation, and then the treasury puts in less and it causes deflation. I’m gonna be a great CEO one day.”
Still unsure about where the CEO comment came from.
After a few more expletives, a hearty (and inflammatory) discussion on what causes inflation, and a single “how could you so confidently lie about science AND economics in the same breath,” he left in a huff for a different table, where I assume he pulled the same act.
His argument was a complete dumpster fire. I KNEW that it was baseless. It simply was just misinformation. But his confidence shook me to the point that I unwittingly posed a question for my dad at dinner that night:
“Does the treasury infuse gold into the currency?”
I remember it to this day, because I was so absolutely thrown off by someone being so certain about complete nonsense. Even in the present, I have tried to figure out if any sort of connection exists between gold acid (actually chloroauric acid, which doesn’t really exist for any other reason than purifying gold itself) and the dollar bill! How do you make this stuff up? It truly baffles me.
Anyways, my point is that I now get the pleasure of seeing grown adults dump this same kind of garbage (knowingly, I’d hope) on everyone with the same sort of brazen assurance, and people believe it! Even the sort of stuff that is this laughable:
- Gold acid is something that exists
- And the treasury uses it in all world currency
- The amount used in each country’s currency determines relative exchange rates everywhere
- It is the leading reason for inflation
- Furthermore, it is the single barometer of the global economy
Yeah, if only
pilot
“Arriving at meaningful solutions is an inevitably slow and difficult process. Nonetheless, what I saw was: better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.”
