Aggregate Effects in the National Economy
Increased consumption by retained minimum wage workers boosts the economy.
Author: Robert Hamill
Patterns and Creative Work
Patterns are good to start creative work, but concrete details are needed to be understandable to others and to finish the creation. An example, I know a person who uses 'always' when something happens twice…
Relating a Story with a Mysterious Worldview
Hitherto, I could only notice the effect and relate it to a mysterious control the author had over the story. Now I see a way that it can be done.
Story or Essay
Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka It's a good example of the difference to a reader between a story and an essay. Ms. Otsuka could have described the mother in either style.
Memory Types
Working memory has two special processes to note. The visual-spatial scratchpad helps us answer questions like 'how many windows in your house?' We also have a phonological loop that we use for reasoning, 'to talk…
Boston Bombing and Texas Fertilizer Explosion Effects
The Texas disaster was worse in than Boston horror, but not unique and beyond our control.
Can everybody be sensible, yet come to different conclusions?
People who disagree are not necessarily being illogical. They may be evaluating facts and possibilities against different concerns and dimensions.
Design without a Designer
Our very, complex economic system has a design without a designer.