tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post345247227492879060..comments2024-02-26T05:51:17.859-05:00Comments on Economic Disconnect: "No Shaking, No Tenderizing, Down You Go"EconomicDisconnecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-25949039743011625282011-03-16T09:03:42.747-04:002011-03-16T09:03:42.747-04:00Doing fine connected - just waiting for winter to ...Doing fine connected - just waiting for winter to end here.....TomOfTheNorthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-38357514538221316942011-03-16T05:59:26.572-04:002011-03-16T05:59:26.572-04:00GYC, I'm going to recommend another book for y...GYC, I'm going to recommend another book for you, Chaos by James Gleick.<br /><br />It's a fascinating read. It tells the story of how a new science developed around a new way of thinking about chaos. What appears to be disorder actually conforms to a deep underlying order.<br /><br />The essence of chaos theory is the Butterfly Effect. The weather is a complex, dynamic system. The single flap of a butterfly's wings causes a tiny perturbation in the atmosphere that cascades throughout the system, ultimately resulting in a thunder storm on the other side of the planet.<br /><br />It's a difficult concept to grasp, but it is real. In a complex system, which is self-organizing, the slightest change in the intitial conditions will have a major effect on the system as a whole. It may self-organize into a new system, or the whole system may collapse.<br /><br />You're right. No one knows how this catastrophe in Japan, which just keeps getting worse, will play out. But I do know that this was not a tiny perturbation, a slight change in the intitial conditions. This was a major event that crippled one of the largest economies in the world.<br /><br />As the effects cascade throughout the global economy, the consequences could be dire.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-40441215594679427662011-03-15T22:32:10.673-04:002011-03-15T22:32:10.673-04:00And to think that I was feeling optimistic a coupl...And to think that I was feeling optimistic a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br /><br />In reference to the last post's social media link I would like to say this:<br />I don't see a problem with facebook or twitter or whatever (blogging?) as long as a person keeps it in perspective.<br />Problem is, I see a lot of the younger generation whose minds are occupied throughout the day with texting, facebooking, gaming, etc.<br />Maybe I'm wrong but this seems to go on nonstop.<br /><br />While coming back home on the plane last week I was sitting by a younger person who had a movie playing on his personal computer and a game of solitaire on his Iphone(?).<br />He was playing the movie 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and I would have spoken to him after the film was over (to see if he might have been a car guy and wanted to talk 'cars') but damned if I could because he played the card game till the plane landed.<br />Mental masturbation I tell ya.<br /><br />I'm no Luddite but sometimes a person would do himself a favor by just closing his eyes and letting his mind have a breather.watchtowernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-58033722401788726342011-03-15T21:55:44.959-04:002011-03-15T21:55:44.959-04:00Wow, Hi Tom! How have you been?Wow, Hi Tom! How have you been?EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-21521722515874035612011-03-15T21:43:59.625-04:002011-03-15T21:43:59.625-04:00Well said connected!Well said connected!TomOfTheNorthhttp://tomofthenorth@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com