Speculation Community

Have you done the thing?

I've been getting familiar with Søren Kierkegaard, who makes the argument that you shouldn't get so caught up in endless speculation, and that you should actually go out and do things. What's something that you have probably spent too much time thinking about, and not enough time doing something... read more

On Certainty - it's use and over-use

(TLDR summary in the comments) Human cognition and communication can function perfectly well on the level of possibilities, associations, and imaginative speculation. This is the realm of brainstorming, exploration, and open-ended conversation. We can relate ideas, create metaphors, higher... (edited) read more

Current market trends via AI compilation data

The current VIX has been through the roof and speculation has been predicting that market valuations are too high and have been over leveraged. The "everything bubble" likely is peaking and current news from massive layoffs at Amazon gives increasing validity to this potential market correction.... (edited) read more

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For years people speculated why did the golden state killer stop suddenly there were no more attacks neither rapes or murders after like 60 sum attacks over many years he just stopped before he was caught it was thought he was arrested or killed or struck down by god above for its monstrosity but... (edited) read more

Victorian 'Topper' Inkwell

The Victorians were obsessed with figural items. There's been plenty of speculation as to why, but the reality is that human behaviour is hard to track when it can denote little more than "it looks nice and makes me happy." It can generally be agreed that extra beauty is the mark of an art-driven... read more

The coming Kondratiev winter

Over the last several decades, the United States has lived through a long economic season defined by expansion, financialization, and the steady erosion of working-class stability. The postwar boom of the 1950s and 1960s set the foundation for generational prosperity, but as globalization and... read more