477 the cost of living

It's fun to see more and more people saying, "if we can build a home for $1200, why are there homeless?"

The answer more and more people are discovering? Zoning laws.

Why? Because property values.

Why? Because our retirement savings are tied up in our home values.

Why? Because of an inadequate social safety net.

Why? Because of hoarding resources.

Why? Because of feeling like life is a zero sum game, with winners and losers, haves and have nots.

Why? Because of a scarcity mindset.

Why? Because, well, sadly, you didn't get enough love as a baby.

The answer? Love yourself now, recognize that you were born into this world with everything you'll ever have, and then give it up and let that apartment building be built across the street.

Or let a village of these little homes fill the street.

$1200 for a home. That's less than a month rent for a lot of us.

The issue isn't having enough stuff, that's blatantly obvious. The issue is control.


Remember 9/11? That was the last time you could use a bathroom in a downtown SF Bart station.

Terrorism? Control? Or nobody wants to clean a bathroom?

Last time I checked, there was a custodian making $400k a year in this Bart station. Apparently that's not enough to clean this toilet.

Instead, we're getting five minutes with the door open for the next four months of a pilot program, then they'll probably shut the bathroom for another twenty years.

What is Will Smith going to do? 

Just like the rest of us, probably piss in an alley.

Yesterday the state indoor mask mandate went away. 

My infectious disease doctor friend (who coincidentally got omicron on a trip, had to quarantine ten days, and never had symptoms) says he'll be following the state guidelines. AKA, he's going mask-free.

Mmmhmmm, yeah.

Santa Clara, still leading the way.

Uneducated guess: it can. But it won't be as bad, especially if you've already had it.

I haven't. 

I find myself looking back at the past two years and doing a bunch of second guessing. It sure looks like we did a lot of sacrificing to extend the last days of some elderly people.

That's totally short-sighted of course. We have no idea what would have happened if we hadn't all acted to intervene. 

But do the kids really still need to wear masks? I mean, haven't we flattened the curve?

Oh, I guess not. Patience is really, really hard.

Waiting makes you so frustrated, you just want to jab people.

Here's the bottom line from my doctor friends: at this point in the pandemic, in the US, we're getting dragged down by unvaccinated people. They're the ones getting sick and filling the hospitals. They're the ones who might die if your kid doesn't wear a mask and winds up becoming a super spreader. 

Not to point fingers or anything.

The new book-type-piece-of-content I've been working on, "The Future In Front of Our Face" is coming along. Here's a headline that's perfect for it:

This author reminded me of myself, totally coming up with a ridiculous theory and then hand picking facts to back up their argument. Rule of threes? That's like, basic celebrity death theory.

Plus, they have evidence hidden in plain sight!

Still, an interesting read.

Speaking of my wacky theories.

Perhaps you've seen my hashtag #SingularityNow?

May be? Slightly conscious?

Hey, that describes most of us sentient humanoids.

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