Also, this has raised an issue for me of how much changing of old posts is ok. For now, I’ve concluded that any change I make to a published post is going to be thoroughly annotated with dates and reasons why the change was made. I have no desire to hide what I’ve said in the past, but I do want to set the record straight about what I think now.

A friend suggested that I try portraying this same proof in base 9.

1/10 = 0.1

10*(1/10) = 10/10 = 1

10 * 0.1 = 1

Therefore:

1 = 10/10 = 1

remember, that’s in base 9, so 10/10 means 9/9 because 10 means the first 8 parts, and then one more moves the decimal 1 to the left. This communicates the same information. It just looks much less extravagant.

Does anybody think I did this wrong?

Perhaps you can set me straight on my premises again. To me, the joy of life comes from the challenges overcome. It is self-righteous of me to pretend that that perspective is shared by everyone. This point I grant.
That very point is why I should not be granted the power to decide for others how the ‘playing field’ should be ‘leveled.’ I might tilt it too far toward the challenges.

How can one design a democratic system that treats everyone fairly, and does not simply rob the few to benefit the many.
That is the political question.

How can one design a society, that punishes fraud and dishonesty, but allows for all types of speech? That is the economic question.

And how can one design a system, that is not elevated in importance above the parts that compose it. The minute the whole becomes greater than the sum of it’s parts, the system is misserving it’s parts.

You seem to have both an unduly skeptical view of the possible role of a democratically-elected government in preference-satisfaction, and an unduly naive view of unregulated capitalism. This isn’t economics, or even political theory — it’s theology.

YAY, 100 Posts!

Mike Spencer over at Internet Monk has put together a great post laying out some of the real issues that have to be addressed in this case that go well beyond simple jerk zoning officials. I highly recommend.

The newspaper industry is losing due to the competition of the internet. Big name newspapers such as the Washington Post and New York Time are switching to online news sites that pay for their services instead of paper.

E-books will do the same to normal books, but some small steps need to be develop before e-books.

Users need to be able to edit the e-book easily. This can be done with touch screen technology, or other methods.

Battery life. Although, batteries have becoming efficient with e-books. Battery life will always be a concern.

Introduction of color to e-books. The majority of books are printed black and white, but some books are in color. The use of color will give the option for the user to see pictures, charts, and graphs.

and, the ability for users to send a e-book file by using the internet, email, and wi-fi.

Picture a company wants to send a memo to all their employees. All they need to do is send the memo is a click of a few buttons, and the data will be sent.

Although I am very much in love with the discipline of Economics, I only have cursory interest in stock picking. I’m much more interested in the day to day implications of rational decision making.