Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Science Friction

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To cite, for the umpteenth time, my Why Crypto Is Better post, I present to you the image below. As we all know, bullion is sold out in many places, and it is no different in the Bay Area’s large dealer Pacific Precious Metals. One would think, then, they would be delighted to pay top dollar for it, but:

silverspread

A 15% spread!?! Can you imagine if a stock traded for 100 by 115? No one would trade it! So, yet again, we see how grotesquely inefficient this market is, which perhaps explains why precious metals suck so much lately.

In the Flesh

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It’s true. I pretty much listen to Alan Watts every day at this point. Rare is the opportunity to see the man, however. Almost all the stuff you’ll find on YouTube is voice recordings, many of them overlaid by stoners with the most insipid and annoying music. I avoid those. I just listen to pure Alan. Today, however, I stumbled upon this talk he gave on his houseboat, shortly before he drank himself to death (the silly sod). I love this man!

https://youtu.be/uvc-sxtH7kQ
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