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The Value of Things - January 30, 2012 - In
everyday life we tend to think about the value of things in dollar
terms (or in whatever currency we are used to using). We also
tend to think in terms of market value. If houses in a certain
neighborhood are selling for $120,000, then we think a normal
house there is worth about that much. What gets lost in this
routine way of thinking is... Continue
reading here...
New Farming Ideas - January 23, 2012 - In Kenya,
the "One Acre Fund" provides education to farmers and
organizes them in groups so they can get the best prices buying
better seeds in bulk. They also provide crop insurance. Their
farmers are said to typically double their profits in the first
growing season.
Interesting Ideas
Monkey Economics - What
our wild cousins are teaching us.
How to Use an Expert - The care and
feeding of "authorities."
The Value of Crazy Ideas - With
examples...
Search Engine Anthropology
- Using Google to study culture.
Probabilitism - Living
life according to the odds.
Weather Forecasting Idea
- No knowledge of meteorology necessary.
Inventions
Invention Ideas - Index
for all the pages of invention ideas you can use.
New Inventions - Flying car,
solar-powered tent, a video and more.
How to Get a Patent - And using a provisional
patent to protect your invention.
Invention Submission Services
- Questions to ask before sending any money.
Germ Zapper - Light can be deadly
to bacteria...
Invention Patents - Are
they truly necessary?
Artificial Fireflies - A writer
from India shares his ideas.
Bicycle Innovations -
A few new concepts about or using a bike.
New Concepts - Human kites, magnetic
paintings and more.
Problem Solving and Brainstorming
Problem Solving - A collection
of pages on how to solve problems.
Outside the Box - There are
dozens of good thinking strategies.
Add - Subtract - Change
- A simple technique for brainstorming.
Thinking Out of the Box
- The elements of the "box" and get past them.
Easy Ideas - Ways to come up with
new products and more.
Metaphorical Analysis
- A fun way to generate solutions.
Deep Thoughts
Deep Thoughts - Index to
deep thinking pages.
What is Belief? - A simple
question without a simple answer.
Open Your Mind - Being right
is very satisfying, but...
The Meaning of Life - Is it
dangerous to have one?
Words to Live By - Perhaps
there are no words worth living by.
A Spiritual Atheist - Why does spirituality
require a god?
The Inescapable Speed of Life
- Ever faster we rush--even if we don't want to.
Deep Quotes - Serious insight
in a sentence.
Thought Provoking
Questions - Two pages to get you thinking.
Political Ideas
Political Theories -
Index of pages on political matters and opinions.
Buy American? - Is that really
a good policy?
Redistribution of Wealth
to the Wealthy - A series on socialism for the rich.
Corporate Welfare Examples
- Ready to see how your tax dollars are used?
The Working Poor Do Pay Taxes
- Higher rates than Warren Buffet at times.
Tax Loopholes for the Rich -
Upward redistribution?
Property Tax Rates Are Higher
for the Poor - See why this is true.
A New Constitution - A look
at what it might include and why.
Public Lies - An example of how
we liked to be lied to.
The Wealth of the United
States - Free markets may not be the crucial factor.
Economics
Economic Theories - All
pages related to economics are listed here.
The Value of Things - Understanding
context and profiting from perspective.
Positive Externalities
- A lesson in economics and living better on less.
Behavioral Economics
- A look at some of the research.
Business and Employment
New Business Ideas -
All pages with new ideas for making money are here.
Letters from the Dead
- Send cards and letters after you die?
New Job Ideas - Is it the job or
the mind that is valuable?
How to Quit Your Job
- The writer happens to be an expert on this.
Money Making Ideas - Swimming
pool restaurant, car roller coaster, etc.
Other Fun Pages
Paintball Pointillism - Paint
from a distance with a paintball gun.
Poetry Techniques - Mechanical
poetry?
Creative Concepts - A small
collection of fun ideas.
Accurate Miscommunication? -
Lie in order to properly communicate?
Political Change without Voting
- Tired of voting for the lesser-of-evils?
Why We Should Negotiate
with Terrorists - Do you agree with these reasons?
Other Pages
Some Interesting Questions
- More than a dozen to get you thinking.
Tax on the Poor? - Is that
what any business tax ends up being?
Microcredit Usury? - Helping the poor
with high interest rates?
Invention and Innovation News
- Some of the cool things invented this year.
The What If Game - For wild and
sometimes great ideas.
Questions About Poverty
- A collection of pages and articles.
Making the Homeless Buy Cadillacs for
the Wealthy - Not just hyperbole?
What is Poverty? - There isn't
one simple answer.
Blue Man Review - We saw the
guys painted blue, and the crazy things they do...
Truly Radical Welfare Reform
- What if welfare was something else?
A New Kind of Welfare System
- Part Two: My idea in detail.
Objections to This Welfare Program
- The expected ones and my answers to them.
Other Welfare Possibilities - Related
ideas and implementation ideas.
Creative Problem Solving
- Some ideas from Robert Smith.
Value - Some thoughts about what it
means.
Other Sites
The Meaning of
Money - Subscribe to the free Money Matters newsletter.
Metaphorology - A
science of thinking and personal transformation.
Radical New Thoughts
- Home of the free radical thinking course.
Every Way to Make
Money? - Not quite, but hundreds of ways on this fun site.
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