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Prosperity
Are You Calling Upon The Right Money Gods?
Even accounting for wars and famine and such our understanding of wealth has been reasonably stable since the development of agriculture. It wasn’t ever really all that mysterious. There were a small number of haves and then the rest of us are the have-nots. Wealth -or other system capacity- was accumulated in a more or [...]
Eat A Prosperous 2012
Just having a look at Twitter, it seems we all haven’t clearly eaten enough over the last two weeks. So here are some food-based fortune suggestions to ring in a prosperous 2012! First, two points: One… a confession. I fucking hate New Years. Yes, that is as clichéd and obvious as saying “I really like [...]
Occupy Ancient China
In battle, use the ordinary to engage the enemy. Use the extraordinary to secure victory. … The flavors are only five in number, but their blends are so various that one cannot taste them all. In battle, there are only the ordinary and extraordinary forces, but their combinations are limitless. So… inevitably it came to [...]
“Occupy” As A Phased Enchantment
My first cloak-and-dagger business meeting was in the foyer of a Michelin starred restaurant attached to a casino in Auckland. It was late and we could be sure we wouldn’t be kicked out if it got later because the casino is open twenty four hours. The only other people around were a few Japanese tourists [...]
Your True Market Value
The New Orleans Voodo Tarot deck’s depiction of the Wheel of Fortune card is probably my favourite: A transdimensional market modelled on an ancien régime city market provides more useful mental models to comprehend and overcome the vicissitudes of corporeal existence. To me, the market is a better entry point into the meaning of the [...]
What I Would Say To Your Slightly Older Kids
It’s probably not babysitting if they’re eighteen. In all honesty, it’s probably grooming. Especially as they’re old enough to drink (in most parts of the world). But here in the UK it’s A-Levels season and it’s certainly an interesting one to watch. More people will miss out on a place at university this year than [...]
An Apocalypse Video Series
So Google Plus is rivalling Twitter in the game of “who can bring me the most interesting things whenever my microscopic attention span needs a break.” As such, here are several videos that have come through both that relate to our ongoing plan to develop apocalypse management strategies. Watch them in order. This next one [...]
We Are All In The Apocalypse Business Now: 10 Career Hacks
A lot of the time, you aren’t actually in the business that you think you are. There is Seth Godin’s famous analogy of how many railroad companies got into the airline business. Precisely none. They made the mistake of thinking they were in the “trains and track” business rather than the transport business. Because the [...]
How Houses Are Like Cigarettes: You Will Not Be Right About The Small Things
Here’s the biggest thing about advertising that I can relay with some considerable confidence… it works. Even on you. Even when you are sure it doesn’t. And spending trillions of dollars globally over three generations is a recipe for an extremely effective campaign. With that kind of money, what you say goes. In order to [...]
You Can Use Hegemony To Create Opportunity
The tour guide burst out laughing. “You know, I used to wonder about that myself,” she says. We are at the Glenfiddich distillery, one of the many happy places I have been these last two weeks. She is the third tour guide in as many days to tell me that their whisky matures for a [...]
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