tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post5623634637904729411..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: If you can't fix it you've got to stand itSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9362963571598371592013-08-05T14:54:17.557-04:002013-08-05T14:54:17.557-04:00I'm confused: Why does this graph (and the Eco...I'm confused: Why does this graph (and the Economist) think that having high inflation is a key for China to overtake the US economy? If so, the answer is simply to "enter" more inflation for the US economy... Or did I misunderstand?TimothyBatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15643263697547525942013-06-17T19:20:11.332-04:002013-06-17T19:20:11.332-04:00Serious people include David Sinclair, Lenny Guere...Serious people include David Sinclair, Lenny Guerente, Aubrey de Grey, Peter Thiel, Dmitry Itskov, David Murdoch, etc. <br /><br />EVERYONE else is a f---ing retard.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-12615989071729415512013-06-17T19:13:41.160-04:002013-06-17T19:13:41.160-04:00And "no true Scotsman" would ever use to...And "no true Scotsman" would ever use too many syllables.SethTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9086873569346266882013-06-17T18:54:02.263-04:002013-06-17T18:54:02.263-04:00Real argumentation never involves a Scot.Real argumentation never involves a Scot.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-59574942139865983352013-06-13T17:09:20.937-04:002013-06-13T17:09:20.937-04:00And you, like Gore Vidal, enjoy being provocative ...And you, like Gore Vidal, enjoy being provocative more than you enjoy real argumentation.SethTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46398941675147038832013-06-13T17:05:02.887-04:002013-06-13T17:05:02.887-04:00Ferguson is a Scot and therefore can never be take...Ferguson is a Scot and therefore can never be taken seriously.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58847893465035730872013-06-12T17:52:39.934-04:002013-06-12T17:52:39.934-04:00According to this sublime argument, Nigeria and Pa...According to this sublime argument, Nigeria and Pakistan are the countries of the future.<br />Back on earth, white Americans' fertility rate is no higher than that of Han Chinese.5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10385562778779339722013-06-12T17:33:41.937-04:002013-06-12T17:33:41.937-04:00You're ignoring that the quality of Americans ...You're ignoring that the quality of Americans has been and will continue to decline.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30995109042328149162013-06-12T08:37:26.598-04:002013-06-12T08:37:26.598-04:00Of course, a finite number divided by infinity app...Of course, a finite number divided by infinity approaches zero in the limit.<br /><br /><br />China right now is near the apex of its power v.v. the US. Population decline is about to set in hard, and the population lost will be the productive young adults. The population left will be nonproductive dependent seniors. There will be a sharp reduction in economic growth in the near term, and in the BobSykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65709077447563649832013-06-12T01:17:12.546-04:002013-06-12T01:17:12.546-04:00This reminds me of Niall Ferguson's "Chim...This reminds me of Niall Ferguson's "Chimerica". The term "Chimerica" aptly suggests the two-way conceptual mind-meld in progress between the ruling classes of the two countries. China is absorbing American economic values while America is absorbing Chinese political values. On the other hand, Ferguson's punchline was that Chimerica is a marriage on the verge of SethTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11929669416581703722013-06-11T19:12:44.121-04:002013-06-11T19:12:44.121-04:00The yuan dollar market is not a free market. The y...The yuan dollar market is not a free market. The yuan has been artificially depressed by the PRC. Alignment/coupling obtains only in a free market. It's not as if the Chinese are buying a lot of American made goods or a lot of any non-Chinese made goods, so the reduced value of the yuan doesn't mean that other currencies should appreciate vs the yuan.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52895347729988087392013-06-11T18:26:34.244-04:002013-06-11T18:26:34.244-04:00http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/06/...http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/06/pending-chinese-population-contraction.html?utm_source=BP_recentBobdisqusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-59127999323372108872013-06-10T19:46:42.482-04:002013-06-10T19:46:42.482-04:00The rise of China should be welcome by the few tru...The rise of China should be welcome by the few true believers left. The Chinese will never be Jewed. The Jews are captain of a ship they themselves have scuttled.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-53463857428183520842013-06-09T14:40:26.321-04:002013-06-09T14:40:26.321-04:00I have trouble understanding how (for an extended ...I have trouble understanding how (for an extended period) China can have annual inflation of 4% (presumably in yuan?) and annual appreciation of the yuan of 3% while the US has annual inflation of only 1.5% (am I missing some implication of using the GDP deflator rather than the CPI?). Are the two markets really that misaligned/decoupled? Surely that is not true for commodities at least? Does Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.com