Author: Eric Helland
Extraterrestrial Colonies
cui bono
“In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue, but have taken them at second hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.”
— Mark Twain
knowledge is not the same as understanding
Renegade Economist
Is money real?
MTM & the ’08 meltdown
How the legislative act suspending MTM made recovery possible
Mark-to-Market Accounting: What You Should Know
Mark to Market (MTM) accounting rule: the accounting act of recording the price or value of a security, portfolio or account to reflect its current market value rather than its book value.
— Investopedia
Cyborgs?
Homo sapiens or Homo callidus?
We are not generally wise as a species; although, it may be fairly stated that we are generally clever as a species. Perhaps we are more truly Homo callidus hoping to evolve into Homo sapiens.


