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Robert Hamill

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    Survival of the Fittest
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    Survival of the Fittest

    Robert Hamill 14 Aug 202428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Substitute "propagation of the most fertile" in place of "survival of the fittest" to see if its casual conversational phrase maintains metaphorical sense.

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    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact
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    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact

    Robert Hamill 10 Jul 20247 Dec 20241 Comment

    The upshot of the Republican Tax Cut bill will be a minor increase to GDP yet a major increase to stock prices.

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    Federal Economic Policy
    Economics Government

    Federal Economic Policy

    Robert Hamill 29 Jun 202414 Oct 2024Leave a comment

    Most of our Abilities, fair and stable Marketplace, respond to economic Crises

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    Fed’s Dual Mandate
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    Fed’s Dual Mandate

    Robert Hamill 9 Jun 202428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Fed fund rate. 1. above the neutral rate slows the economy. 2. below the neutral rate speeds the economy.

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    Government Structure Changes
    Government

    Government Structure Changes

    Robert Hamill 29 May 202420 Jul 2025Leave a comment

    "It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach."

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    The Quest for Representation
    Government

    The Quest for Representation

    Robert Hamill 28 Apr 202428 Mar 2025Leave a comment

    The United States must adjust to monumental shifts in society, scientific advancements, technological breakthroughs, and economic innovations.

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    Burning Thoughts Lookback at 2023
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    Burning Thoughts Lookback at 2023

    Robert Hamill 9 Jan 202415 Jun 2024Leave a comment

    8 stories. Numerous articles on thinking, economics, and society.

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    Bicycles and Probability Theory Share a Secret
    Science Thought Modes

    Bicycles and Probability Theory Share a Secret

    Robert Hamill 20 Oct 202318 Apr 2025Leave a comment

    Secret logic does not reveal all consequences embedded in its premises.

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    Jungle Rope Solution
    Science

    Jungle Rope Solution

    Robert Hamill 10 Oct 202330 Mar 2024Leave a comment

    Create a test case which depends only the new feature and involves as little as possible of other tool features.

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    Natural Social Groups
    Society Thought Modes

    Natural Social Groups

    Robert Hamill 21 Sep 20234 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    In the ‘out group’, we interpret their behaviors sternly. If their choices are poor, it’s because they are lacking in a needed personality strength.

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    Neural Almost Gate
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    Neural Almost Gate

    The brain works with almost matches, not exact matches.

    • Dare We Change?
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      Dare We Change?

    • Boomer…Sees the Light
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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Measure of Daily Life
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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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      Sneaking a Cig

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      Vacancy

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    How Do We Think

    Visit Substack to Delve into How We Think

    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

    • The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street
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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)