Since the global #economy is headed to a #collapse, can we use the opportunity to #restructure & eliminate its biggest weakness - the #billionaire #robber_barons who refuse to accept that things have #value beyond just the #price which they can be sold for?

8000 #workers would have been #employed elsewhere now, if #Meta lacked the ability to hire them in the first place. Please stop quoting
#MarketForces as an excuse to trade #autonomy for #convenience.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/meta-layoffs-zuckerberg-says-success-isnt-a-given-in-memo.html

“Advanced ecologically sound solar house… because the house is curved each (solar) panel has to be individually cut… there are 300 (solar) and 550 (wooden) panels… it promises to be spectacular… Fibonacci curves…” — #KevinMcCloud ⚡️☺️

switching from “Investor class” TV show bitching 🤪 about Smithsonian intervention by Government to counter rent-seeking; Switching to #GrandDesign that trolls youngsters with what housing could be.

📺 #Housing / #Australia / #MarketForces

Follow the Data! If you do, AVOID prediction markets like the plague.

Researchers examined EVERY trade on PolyMarket from 2023 to 2025 >> 1.72M accounts and $13.76B in trading volume and discovered that ~ 3% of traders account for most price discovery aka these traders consistently predict outcomes and move prices in the right direction. The rest - the remaining 97% of traders mostly do not, and are on the losing side of trades.

This analysis indicates that prediction markets DO NOT work because of "collective wisdom" of crowds, they work because of who is informed > also known a Insiders! https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/26/only-3-of-traders-drive-prediction-markets-accuracy-not-the-crowd-study-finds
#PredictionMarkets #PolyMaket #Kalshi #Betting #Gambling #InsiderTrading #MarketForces #Luck #Crowds #Wisdom

So the media is awash with stories about OpenAI getting pummeled, losing market share , or that it is simply a house of cards about to collapse. OpenAI's troubles are a GOOD thing! Why?

Simply put, the odds of the AI market "bubble" (if it exists) going "pop" if OpenAI tanks are reduced given the proliferation of chatbots, LLMs, and foundational models being pushed by multiple players. https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-house-of-cards-seems-primed-to-collapse-170000900.html #AI #OpenAI #HouseofCards #AIBubble #MarketForces #Economy

Tangled in the “thicket” of regulations behind closed doors

World-making and planet-making
"On its day two, the roundtable had substantial discussions about housing and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, both hampered by excessive regulation."

The message from Canavan...was: “to make our economy bigger, we need to make our government smaller”.
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https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-everyone-wants-a-slice-of-the-productivity-action-263431
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #laws #Environment #conservation #BiodiversityCrisis #ecosystem #decline #PublicGoods #state #regulation #governance #MarketForces #growth #GrowthMindset #DecisionMaking #democracy #ClimateEmergency #LookingAfterCountry

Reclaimining a sense of place
Mobility and the right to stay in a milieu

"Touristification describes a situation where locals fear their home towns and cities are being developed, designed and managed to attract and accommodate tourists. This touristification process benefits commerce and industries that profit from catering to visitors. Everyone else misses out, or is literally pushed out by rising housing costs. Some places are overwhelmed by short-term overtourism...Local housing, for instance, is being sacrificed for holiday rentals, facilitated by agencies such as Airbnb. local communities do not feel heard or empowered by tourism models which are focused on growth."
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https://theconversation.com/overtourism-is-reshaping-communities-in-europe-could-australia-be-next-260173
#tourism #overtourism #Touristification #TouristDestinations #TouristTown #coast #noise #pollution #cars #Bellingen #BellingenShire #harm #community #displacement #FastTrackApprovals #airbnb #regulation #MarketForces #housing #commodification #degradation #LeDroitàlaVille #mobility #RightToStay

#Tesla has lost 50% of its #MarketCap since #MelonHusk started seig heiling at #DJT #Election Rallys. Apparently #MarketForces are not saluting some of the most recent #CEO innovations at his money melting companies. #ShortSellers have reaped over $16 billion watching his house of cars tumble this year thus far

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-price-crash-byd-battery-tech-musk-rbc-downgrade-2025-3

https://fortune.com/2025/03/18/elon-musk-tesla-short-sellers-payday-byd-hits-record-high-on-ev-recharging-tech/

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/10/tesla-shares-plunge-14percent-head-for-worst-day-in-five-years.html