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Robert Hamill

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    Memory’s Echo
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    Memory’s Echo

    Robert Hamill 27 Mar 202524 May 2025Leave a comment

    ... the real magic wasn’t in the tech itself, but in how it could transport us to places beyond the imaginable.

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    Trump 2.0 Reasoning
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    Trump 2.0 Reasoning

    Robert Hamill 6 Mar 202515 May 20252 Comments

    Three reasons for those Trump's actions ranked from most likely to least likely.

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    Tariffs and Stagflation
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    Tariffs and Stagflation

    Robert Hamill 4 Mar 20255 Apr 2025Leave a comment

    A reasonable estimate suggests that this could result in a 6% increase in inflation once current warehouse stocks ....

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    Fragments of Memory
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    Fragments of Memory

    Robert Hamill 28 Feb 20256 Apr 20251 Comment

    Felix Halloway confused the protesters outside the bookstore with the criminals.

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    Memory Lost
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    Memory Lost

    Robert Hamill 26 Jan 20256 Apr 20252 Comments

    Step into a future where digital resurgence and whispered secrets collide. Truman Phillips is on the trail of a mystery that could redefine humanity's understanding…

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    Beyond Logic: Harnessing the Power of Intuition
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    Beyond Logic: Harnessing the Power of Intuition

    Robert Hamill 17 Dec 202427 Mar 20251 Comment

    Given the inherent uncertainty of our world, we face a choice: seize the day and accept the occasional mistake or forgo potential gains while waiting…

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    Lessons from Well-Written Essays
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    Lessons from Well-Written Essays

    Robert Hamill 6 Dec 202426 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    Use more concrete examples in my post rather than burying them in supporting posts. Do explore possible interpretations of the thesis.

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    Intuitive Logic
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    Intuitive Logic

    Robert Hamill 5 Dec 20245 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Deductions always correct Intuition soars with wonderful ease

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    Sneaking a Cig
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    Sneaking a Cig

    Robert Hamill 5 Dec 202428 Feb 2025Leave a comment

    Earlier Michelle jeered me When I flicked away A cig half done.

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    The Fed, Inflation and Unemployment
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    The Fed, Inflation and Unemployment

    Robert Hamill 2 Dec 202426 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    How did the Federal Reserve Board perform on its dual mandate of low inflation with full employment since the COVID-19 pandemic? Why even consider the…

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      Tariff Revenues and DOGE Savings: A Path to Fiscal Responsibility

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    The brain works with almost matches, not exact matches.

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      Dare We Change?

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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Measure of Daily Life

    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    How Do We Think

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    War Powers Act
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    War Powers Act

    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

    • Failure of Old Economic Solutions
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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    • Morality. Absolute or Relative
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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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      Electricity’s Dark Side: Lessons from the Past

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)