There exists popup birthday cards for every age occasion which are intricately cut (most likely by laser), three dimensional, and little pieces of art. I started to send these to my nieces both under 10 years of age and who appear to enjoy them whilst interested. It is something different which captures their eye for a few moments.
I have not had time to read Dahlberg as of yet. Been too busy trying to wrap up a life in the Midwest and alight anew somewhere else. Still have to decide on the somewhere. The start of a new era for us again and potentially the end of the trail so to speak. Dahlberg’s work is intriguing and it kind of reminds me of the LSS process flow work we would do mapping out the informational and material flows of a shop floor and the alternate unmapped flow within a flow of alternative means to get the job done. Paper the room with charts so as to understand the process one’s self, explain it to management (who should know it already), and then recommend changes which the factory brings to management in their information.
In the beginning, the father chased down birds, rabbits, squirrels, and the like; the mother prepared the food, made up beds, picked nuts and berries, fetched water, …
Fast forward a few thousand, the father, with maybe a little help from his friends, hunted down birds, rabbits, squirrels and maybe something a little bigger; the mother cooked what he caught, fashioned and made garments, made the beds, and, with maybe a little help from her friends, kept a small garden, …
Generations pass, tribes consisting of several families, with a chief and all, have formed up. Easier to see the outlines of an economy now. All the members of a tribe are expected to contribute; all expect to share in the food, housing, fun and games.
This idea of an economy where everyone contributes something and in turn is entitled to certain basics extends up to present times.
The advent of money allowed for degrees of separation; one’s input into the economy might be in the form of labor and their share, now earnings, taken out in the form of money. With the money, one could buy things like food, housing, … If there was any money left over, they could save it, accumulate wealth. If there wasn’t enough, they might be able to borrow short term, or they could go without food, housing, …
Today, we have an economy where the likes of hedge fund owners put nothing in yet take out $billions/yr; better retired retirees take out $100,000, … $200,000/yr, and up.
In the just previous, pre-pandemic, economy, 40% (~60 million) of those working were not making a living, 8% (~12 million) of the ‘workforce’ was unemployed, and ~600,000 Americans were homeless.
Today, we have more than 40 million unemployed. Those newly unemployed lost their employer paid health insurance; a lot of them didn’t even have it before. EMT’s in New York state are making $37,000/yr without healthcare.
There exists popup birthday cards for every age occasion which are intricately cut (most likely by laser), three dimensional, and little pieces of art. I started to send these to my nieces both under 10 years of age and who appear to enjoy them whilst interested. It is something different which captures their eye for a few moments.
I have not had time to read Dahlberg as of yet. Been too busy trying to wrap up a life in the Midwest and alight anew somewhere else. Still have to decide on the somewhere. The start of a new era for us again and potentially the end of the trail so to speak. Dahlberg’s work is intriguing and it kind of reminds me of the LSS process flow work we would do mapping out the informational and material flows of a shop floor and the alternate unmapped flow within a flow of alternative means to get the job done. Paper the room with charts so as to understand the process one’s self, explain it to management (who should know it already), and then recommend changes which the factory brings to management in their information.
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In the beginning, the father chased down birds, rabbits, squirrels, and the like; the mother prepared the food, made up beds, picked nuts and berries, fetched water, …
Fast forward a few thousand, the father, with maybe a little help from his friends, hunted down birds, rabbits, squirrels and maybe something a little bigger; the mother cooked what he caught, fashioned and made garments, made the beds, and, with maybe a little help from her friends, kept a small garden, …
Generations pass, tribes consisting of several families, with a chief and all, have formed up. Easier to see the outlines of an economy now. All the members of a tribe are expected to contribute; all expect to share in the food, housing, fun and games.
This idea of an economy where everyone contributes something and in turn is entitled to certain basics extends up to present times.
The advent of money allowed for degrees of separation; one’s input into the economy might be in the form of labor and their share, now earnings, taken out in the form of money. With the money, one could buy things like food, housing, … If there was any money left over, they could save it, accumulate wealth. If there wasn’t enough, they might be able to borrow short term, or they could go without food, housing, …
Today, we have an economy where the likes of hedge fund owners put nothing in yet take out $billions/yr; better retired retirees take out $100,000, … $200,000/yr, and up.
In the just previous, pre-pandemic, economy, 40% (~60 million) of those working were not making a living, 8% (~12 million) of the ‘workforce’ was unemployed, and ~600,000 Americans were homeless.
Today, we have more than 40 million unemployed. Those newly unemployed lost their employer paid health insurance; a lot of them didn’t even have it before. EMT’s in New York state are making $37,000/yr without healthcare.
Since 1980, much production has been offshored.