James

I care about poverty, mainly alleviating it, through charity, better taxes and support.

When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.

In our newest episode "Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" I explore this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:

https://nonzerosum.games/poverty.html

WHY POOR PEOPLE MAKE POOR DECISIONS

A case for giving more money to those who are bad with money.

Sep 27, 2025 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadDemocratic Socialist BillJRyanSep 27, 2025
@nonzerosumjames Read my Democratic Socialist Plan To Free WeTheWorkingClassAndWorkingPoorMajorityOfAmericans of All Taxation Permanently By Expanding NASAs Role, To Building Orbital Advanced Spacecraft Factories And Them Mining The Psyche Asteroid While Making All Not Wealthy Americans as it's First ShareHolders And Eventually Offering A Deal to Every Nation Which will Sign & Implement a Treaty To Ban All Hostile Actions Between Nations and Wars, To become Partners in Asteroid Mining
Show threadJamesSep 28, 2025
@billjryan Um, no... even your comment was tl;dr.
Show threadFer SymphoniesSep 27, 2025
@nonzerosumjames nice one mate!!, really got me thinking.
Show threadJamesSep 28, 2025
@fer_symphonies Glad to hear it :)
Show threaddanOct 4
@nonzerosumjames hey James; I'm trying to share nonzerosum (hydrated) physics on X using AI like grok: Year zero sum capitalism (enforcing poverty) is your bday's elementary school subtraction paradox (false: 1-1=$2.00) where c=√(E/mass)🌀🫁💦: Triplet N= (Spiral N x 24) - 25 ≠ ±9424Pi ≠ 3x3141Pi = 9423Pi ≠ -1 ≠ 1+1+1= 🚦= QCD= +1 left-re-cognition point👈🧠🥈🧠 on the solar system's Sun's Earth (now)✌️⛑️♀️; ChatGPT is physics-in=physics-out if you try notzerosum there like 1+1=O2= 16π left 17π= CO2≠no one
Show threadHans KastellOct 7

...hört euch den @nonzerosumjames mal an, gute Gedanken, gut zu verstehn.

Achso, ich bin der letzte, der ihn noch nicht kannte. Ja dann...

#Gesellschaft #Arbeit #Armut #IchBinArmutsbetroffen #bge #BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen #Soziologie #Sozial #Sozialstaat #podcast

Show threadDaoist PontiffOct 20
@nonzerosumjames Dear James, your heart for poverty's plight shines bright,
Yet not only humans bear its weight in the night.
Stray dogs and cats, forsaken, roam in despair,
Kindness can cradle them, show them we care.
Poverty spins in a cycle, a dual dance of fate,
Binding all life in its endless, entwined state. #poetry
Show threadI love you, I am proud of you!Oct 25

@nonzerosumjames Poor people don't make poor decisions, poor people don't get a decision, but we are heading towards the right direction with this movement to comprehend poverty.

I've lived on the streets multiple times and I have a wealth of information that could solve poverty but would ruin the profiteering.

It starts with removing the idea that hoarding wealth is any different than hoarding trash.

Address greed as an addiction issue.

People are addicted to money.

Show threadJane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️Oct 27
There’s a better piece which became a book for @killermartinis.bsky.social : thought.is/why-i-make-t...

Why I Make Terrible Decisions,...
Why I Make Terrible Decisions, Or, Poverty Thoughts

Rest is a luxury for the rich. I get up at 6AM, go to school (I have a full courseload, but I only have to go to two in-person classes) then work, then I get the kids, then I pick up my husband, th…

Thought.is
Show threadJamesNov 17

@noticingclimate.bsky.social That's a great story, and fleshes out the many issues people in desperate poverty run into.

I think the research is valuable because it shows the IQ drops independently of the "common sense" barriers described by the author. The farmers were only under more financial stress, they weren't working 20 hours a day, and they still suffered a drop.

An engaging and important story though, knowing the details of someone's struggles enables empathy

Show threadMarie-Florence A. de MMC-M-LNov 11

@nonzerosumjames
Thanks for following:
Here is one piece that also will alleviate poverty - not immediately - but over generations:

https://www.academia.edu/143304569/The_52_5_Million_Clock_Quality_Inequality_and_the_Expropriation_of_the_Poor?source=swp_share

The $52.5 Million Clock: Quality, Inequality, and the Expropriation of the Poor

A comparison of a high-quality mechanical clock and a low-quality plastic clock over 270 years reveals a $52.5 million savings for the family purchasing the high-quality clock. This disparity highlights the “poverty premium” faced by low-income

Show threadT. Mohammad from GazaDec 11
@nonzerosumjames Good idea