Walter Banks·Apr 18Fragile or NotPerhaps the idea of fragileness is much more than it may appear. Of course, these thoughts are related to Prof Nassim’s idea of…
Walter Banks·Sep 30, 2023Size 5: NO TIME & the Second DerivativeNo Time. We are all prisoners of time but oddly to escape time is to live a more full life; if I miss a bullet, I get a waiver on time…
Walter Banks·Aug 31, 2023Size 5: On Extortion, Philosophy & DreamsFriends, neighbors, and co-tenants, this is to follow up on the Alert by a tenant(s) posted in writing of an animal at large and as of yet…
Walter Banks·Jan 13, 2023Size 5: Macro & Micro —a One Mundito aka One Small World ViewWe all have two pictures of the world: the big one(macro) and the small one (micro). Many of us spend the dominant amount of our time in…A response icon2A response icon2
Walter Banks·Jan 3, 2023The Windshield and the Bug, the Japanese Yen, & the Rules of the GameAbout ten years ago I read an interesting article about the problems the Yen was facing and its pending demise. Written by a well know…A response icon1A response icon1
Walter Banks·Jan 3, 2023Size 5: Too Big to Fail, too Small to Capture it AllFor a nation that prides itself on capitalism, why pray tell, are banks and automakers bailed out — -systemic risk is a lame excuse for…
Walter Banks·Jan 2, 2023Size 5: Numbers vs Philosophy One Mundito(One Small World-Intentional Living)What can one person give another that is worthy of reciprocity? To me, it is a sense of belonging or being connected with something greater…
Walter Banks·Jan 2, 2023Size 5: Functionality and Small-Scale Economies for Intentional Housing/Living — One Mundito, aka…The previous two articles discussed if size matters and an overview of one physical option of Intentional Living based on a five-unit…
Walter Banks·Dec 14, 2022Size 5: A look at the Physical & Operational Characteristics for Intentional LivingIn a short Intro to social scale or size we found that units (single/family) can function well at a size 5: N x (N-1)/2 or a total of ten…A response icon1A response icon1
Walter Banks·Dec 11, 2022Size Matters: A look at Social Cohesion in a Society Isolated by Context — an IntroSmith and those that followed got it right, the division of labor does, in most cases, advance output. The downside to this remarkable…
