Entropy, Compound and Game Theory

  20260525 - Introduction to the Paperback Edition xi The solution is obvious: the economy desperately needs more fiscal support. p. xv Not just that. When factories all locked down, there were not enough goods produced. Thee goods in warehouses were close to exhausted. MMT doesn't tell us what we should do. It shows us what we can do. p xx Good point. 20260525 - Introduction: Bumper Sticker Shock 1 But evidence of overspending is inflation, and most of the time deficits are too small, not too big. p9 Inflation could be delayed by other countries' "oversea currency reserve". Without the protection of tariff, MMT doesn't work. 20260527 - 1 Don't Think of a Household 15 That can help manage inflationary pressures, by balancing the strain on our economy's real productive capacity. p33 Why does government tax normal people? To reduce the pressure of inflation. Why does government tax rich people more? To redistribute wealth from the rich to the poo...

20260121 - Introduction: The Only True Voyage 3 They are like discerning personal assistants who come to the brain with only the most important information. p9 That's how people get addicted to screen. The Umwelt concept can feel constrictive because it implies that every creature is trapped within the house of its senses. p14 What's Umwelt? Subjective environment. This is one of the reasons that Robots/AI can easily beat human in everything. 20260124 - 1 Leaking Sacks of Chemicals: Smells and Tastes 17 Horowitz found that dogs became more optimistic after just two weeks of nosework. p22 Our habit changes our attitude. Taste is reflexive and innate, while smell is not. p47 We are trained to learn how to handle an odor. In different environment, the same odor may have different meaning, so we learned to love or hate or ignore it. But taste is different. Sweet is always good, and bitter is always bad. In a way, we see by smelling light. p52 Amazing! 20260206 - 2 Endless Ways of S...

20260115 - Preface 20260115 - Introduction ......adult male workers lost out: the share of children workers rapidly expanded, reaching about half of the workforce employed in textiles during the 1830s. p9 I never thought of this! Sending children to school killed two birds with one stone. And more broadly, cascading competition among nation-states made it harder to align technological conservatism with the political status quo. The outside threat of political replacement became greater than the threat of rebelling workmen from below. p19 The political elites never back off unless they are under existential external threat. All the same. Part I. The Great Stagnation 20260120 - 1. A Brief History of Preindustrial Progress - 33 What's the difference between labor-saving technology and enabling(capital-saving) technology? Labor-saving technology use power from sources other than human. This power includes both energy and intelligence. Fierce war and competitions crash the restrain...

20251231 - PART ONE - Peter Keating, p15 To hide the joints in wood - when columns were made of wood, only these aren't, they're marble. p23 It's hard to believe that the archtects in 1940s didn't change their design with new materials coming out, such as steel and concrete, considering that Empire State Building was build in 1931. Howard Roark follow the first principles. That's good. He doesn't care other people's opinion, if those opinions are obviously wrong. That's also good. But no need to let other people realize that directly. We can stay humber, and ignore the objections from others. For example, he should take one year break from school, instead of being kicked out of school. Howard Roark lacks soft skill, such as communication skill and empathy. Keating has both soft skill and hard skill, although his hard skill is far behind Roark. Howard Roark is the modern version of Nikola Tesla, and Keating is more like Thomas Edison. Most of CEO only hav...

20251117 - Introduction Positioning is the first body of thought that comes to grips with the difficult problem of getting heard in our overcommunicated society. p3 Feels like "identity" to individual person. 20251118 - Chapter 1. What Positioning Is All About. In general, the mind accepts only that which matches prior knowledge or experience. p6 It's always like this. Only small percentage of people are sensitive, and are willing to change their perception of the world. People can understand and accept radio-controlled autonomous cars, but not AI controlled cars. By turning the process around, by focusing on the prospect rather than the product , you simplify the selection process. p9 20251118 - Chapter 2. The Assault on the Mind. How to handle the overcommunicated society? Let AI to handle it? Only if AI never tell lies. 20251119 - Chapter 3. Getting Into the Mind. From the product era to the image era, then to the positioning era. p24 Can I go back to the product era? ...

20251115 - Introduction xiii Is one hour meditation that different from 20 minutes meditation? Yes, based on AI(GPT-5.1). Part 1 The Experiment 20251116 - Chapter 1 The Worst Breathers in the Animal Kingdom 3 20251116 - Chapter 2 Mouthbreathing 19 This process(anaerobic respiration) explains why the first few minutes of an intense workout are often so miserable. p24 Does this mean that we may use deep breath to partly replace warming up exercise? Part 2 The lost Art and Science of Breathing 20251116 - Chapter 3 Nose 37 The right nostril: logical decisions, language, and computing. Less hallucinations. The left nostril: imagination, creativity, negative emotions. 3M Nexcare Durapore "durable cloth" tape. p51 Worth trying! 20251201 - Chapter 4 Exhale 53 The key to breathing, lung expansion, and the long life that came with it was on the other end of respiration. It was in the transformative power of a full exhalation. p59 The stories from Carl Stough are suspecious, in...