300 Laughs A Day

Recently I heard a statistic that stated that the average child laughs 300 times per day, while the average adult only laughs 7 times.  

Mother Nature's Way

Here is a re-post of a blog I published back in October 2013 that perfectly describes what's going on right now.

So I went to a conference last week in Dallas where financial advisors from around the region gathered to discuss strategies for "High Performing Firms".  I was NOT enthusiastic about being there until Ren Cheng, PhD gave a kooky professor presentation on Systemic Risk.

Thought Experiment: Unlimited Money

What would the world look like if we had unlimited money?

 

   * Ultimately, over a long enough period of time, the world would be dominated by the physically and mentally strongest who are committed to a unified purpose or mission.

 

 * Humans would be significantly minimized. Natural law will prevail.

 

  * Other “incentives” would need to be created to encourage activities consistent with an integrally informed, sustainable economic system.

 

  *The planet (Earth) ceases to support humans.

 

YIKES – quite a bleak assessment of money. However, contrasted with Unlimited Energy, it seems clear we should focus our money on finding ways to produce unlimited, clean, inexpensive energy. This, in my humble opinion, highlights the difference between our VIRTUAL money system and the REAL world of food, clothing, and shelter.

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Digital Currencies

I have struggled to put together a summary of Bitcoin and other digital currencies that might help people think about how it might be used in their own financial plans. 

However, a good friend of mine from South Dakota - Rick Kahler, CFP® - published an article this week that really helped. I have some additional thoughts on this, but for now there’s no need to muddy the water any further.

Food for thought: “If the perfect currency were to fall from the sky, no one would become instant billionaires.”

Happy reading!

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Thought Experiment: Energy

The other day I was sitting at my desk thinking (as I often do), and I caught myself wondering: 

What would the world look like if we had super cheap, abundant clean energy?

It's a thought that keeps circulating in my brain, so let's think out loud together...

How long would it take if we found that "magic" energy source today? Let's say we could literally have free, clean, abundant H2O.

What would the world look like? What would work look like?

Well, the cost of everything would go down, that's for sure. Some things drastically (except debt).

The earth could certainly be renewed more quickly. We'd still be constrained by all the other resources, but it would give greater access to recycling and those harder to reach options.

And who would fight against this energy source?

Most people would work less and still have a higher quality of life...

I think ultimately we have to ask ourselves which we value more: stuff or spirit?

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