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Prices and Automation

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We always talk about महंगाई (price rise). But prices can't be decreased after a certain level. What is required is more people in production at the same price, so that people have more money in hand to spend. It will not work in corporate companies and unfair democracy , as they do the opposite. Less money in people hand and more money in owners hand. Perfect economics https://iambrainstorming.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-perfect-competition-world.html Automation makes it more miserable, as only a few earn for production. Automation is supposed to improve the dignity of the worker by removing the mundane. But the paradox is it's doing the opposite due to concentration of money in few hands and lack of highly skilled and technical education among people. It only decreases that prices, but don't much benefit to anyone other than the owner. Automation with capitalism creates more miserable jobs, as even a semi-skilled employee will become jobless, and go for undignified jobs for m

How much does retrieval practice help in learning?

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Students do forget things, we measure the effectiveness of the retrieval practice based upon how much they have remembered the learning material.  But forgetting doesn't mean that students have unlearned what they have learned. Neither learning is about how much you can recall from memory. Paul Hewitt Physics Yes, the best strategy to get a high score is retrieval practice. But high score relies on the ability to recall things, not test the actual learning. We need not have to do retrieval practice to do programming,  just re-reading and using the code is enough. The best way to learn to program is to use and apply it the hard way. The more you use it and apply better strategies, the more better your programming skill will be. The same principle applies to all subjects, whether its maths, physics, biology or philosophy. What is required is understanding of the subject, through strategies like the Feynman Technique. Understanding creates an index in your brain, which later can be us

Qs for alternate and fair democracy

Explanation in Hindi about Unfair Democracy through video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzE_RgoaLpqfYiBbSP7Z16Gg09GFJVMYs Probing Questions: Please read these before: Overview of alternate democracy: https://iambrainstorming.wordpress.com/from-hypocrisy-to-democracy-this-way-delegated-proof-of-stake-2/ The whole process of voting in a DPoS Country: https://iambrainstorming.wordpress.com/the-whole-process-of-voting-in-a-dpos-country/ Q) DPoS is better only if it can be implemented.  But I think it's difficult to implement. A) NO, it's not, actually, it is a lot easier to implement. People can fill the voting sheets at home after analyzing the candidate's profile, and submit it in the polling day. No poll hacking as no possible incentives is present.  In the election, everyone will take an individual stand, so no support of political parties. So less pressure on Election Commission. Very little investment as compared to present election, as it eliminates the expendi

Qs for alternate and fair democracy

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Explanation in Hindi about Unfair Democracy through video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzE_RgoaLpqfYiBbSP7Z16Gg09GFJVMYs Probing Questions: Please read these before: Overview of alternate democracy: https://iambrainstorming.blogspot.com/2019/01/from-hypocrisy-to-democracy-this-way.html The whole process of voting in a DPoS Country: https://iambrainstorming.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-whole-process-of-voting-in-dpos.html Q) DPoS is better only if it can be implemented.  But I think it's difficult to implement. A) NO, it's not, actually, it is a lot easier to implement. People can fill the voting sheets at home after analyzing the candidate's profile, and submit it in the polling day. No poll hacking as no possible incentives is present.  In the election, everyone will take an individual stand, so no support of political parties. So less pressure on Election Commission. Very little investment as compared to present election, as it eliminates the expend