No amount of coins
Can call rain to my brown woods
Nature reigns supreme
GM, #coffeechain shoulder pal this morning 
I mean, the assumption is the private sector is more efficient and more productive, and there would be a lot of people to retrain and a lot of those jobs would shift into the private sector if the jobs were indeed essential in some capacity, but presumably not all.
indeed, plus just a ton of uncertainties and variables at play there
Wonder what that would do to unemployment numbers and Fed mandate for employment—perhaps resulting in “accommodative monetary policy” to combat the reduction in GDP? The analysis I saw showed a rough estimate of increased unemployment by 1-3% and a near term drop in GDP of $3-4 trillion.
The US government is actually on the smaller end of things in comparison with to other countries. Sure places like India and Afghanistan have smaller governments but they also have a lot of dysfunction.
Country Government Spending (% of GDP)
France 57.0%
Finland 55.6%
Italy 53.8%
Belgium 53.3%
Austria 52.7%
Greece 50.5%
Germany 48.4%
Spain 45.4%
United Kingdom 44.5%
United States 34.4%
Australia 26.8%
Ireland 22.7%
India 14.9%
Source: Trading Economics, Government Spending to GDP by Country
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-spending-to-gdp
Indeed. Still, wicked problems even at that level.
I have a close relation who went through the National War College recently in preparation for higher leadership at the Pentagon, and much of the discussion during that time regarded the risks at home and around the world due to unsustainably of financial situation, which gets discussed here ad nauseum—and of course is especially rich coming out of the Pentagon, but they certainly aren’t unaware.
TIL there is techno-mycology!? nostr:note1z5te4extxfrv86vtrcjhyg2m6gevyfrmhjug6tjzuce9r3lmz9equjeg7q
Rain By Jorge Luis Borges
The afternoon has brightened suddenly
Because it already rains minutely
Falling or fallen. Rain is one thing
Which undoubtedly happens only in the past.
Who hears it fall retrieves a recovered
Time that a venturesome luck
Revealed to him a flower by the name of rose
And the curious color of red.
This rain that clouds the windows
Will gladden in those lost suburbs
The black grapes of a vine in certain
Patio that is no more. The sodden
Afternoon brings me a much wanted voice, the desired voice,
Of my father who returns and who has not died.
💜 RAIN 💜
Have you read Encounters by Diana Walsh Pasulka (UNC Wilmington)?
She summarizes some ɓuıʇsǝɹǝʇuı ideas about AI going on in the heart of its development.
Princess Irulan on the next 2000 years?
I wonder about medication through psychiatry also. Seems like that is an underappreciated risk factor for some people, as many medications have side effects that are unpleasant and even harmful.
And might it be true that finding a good psychologist is like finding a good teacher is like finding a good guru is like finding a good investment advisor, there are a whole bell curve of possibilities and everyone is looking for the right tail?
yikes seems short sighted but what do I know?
Super interesting. That whole ecosystem is fascinating around the mountain. From blasted devastation to pristine lakes and old growth demarcated by lines of exposure to the blast zone.
One of my first memories, seeing ash everywhere and people wearing bandanas over their faces. My dad built a miniature mountain from it in the backyard and blew off an M-80 he had buried inside to help me understand what had happened.
