America has reached fever pitch (another blog to describe where this term came from - personally not sure if it has to do with sickness or an angle of tilt) on how best to spend $500.
To buy an Apple or buy a lot of Apples. To feed the family in the latter case.
Apple the world's largest company by market cap is set to release information on a new mobile phone to the world tomorrow at an invitee event in San Francisco. This has generated lot of reaction from the devotees and the sundry (such as myself who find a new topic to blog on) as to what to do once the phone is available in stores or online.
Well - I for one am going to watch the circus. Cost zero dollars. For those inclined to dip their proverbial toes in the water it could mean a lifelong commitment (At least two year commitment) to own the best in mobile technology that money can buy (or so it would appear from the hype).
Also by earlier reference to fever pitch I also mean that some financial pundits have argued that the whole iphone release itself and the pent up demand will add a lot of dollars to the US economy (no doubt) to the point that it will shift the nation's Gross Domestic Product or GDP up by a third of a percentage point. People are actually going to spend their paycheck on the phone instead of investing in the fruit (edible kind). Unless they borrowed to pay for the phone which they cannot or may not.
If they indeed divert their monies from buying the fruit or the fruit of the loom or other mundane essentials then I am not sure that the GDP actually moves..it just means the spend categories change - from underwear to Call Me Baby! Maybe?
Regardless it would be interesting to see what eventually happens to all these older phones since it already appears everywhere I look (except my own pocket) there are people with smart phones. Perhaps talking to yourself might take on a whole new meaning? I actually saw a Hindi flick recently where the plot was something like that - the delusional protagonist keeps calling himself .. needs medical help at the end..uh oh!
I attempted to read this book by author Chuck Klosterman backward to forward but it started hurting my brain so I decided to stop and do it like any other publication in the English language. Start from page 1 and move to the right. Witty, caustic and thought provoking this is a book you want to read if you believe that the status quo might, just might be wrong. At times bordering on being contrarian about most things around us it tries to zero in on the notion of what makes anything believable and certain in our minds. The fact that there is a fact itself is ironic. Something analogous to the idea that you can never predict the future because there is no future. Many books and movies have tried to play on this concept - best that I recollect (I think I am) was 'The Truman Show'. This book by Klosterman attempts to provoke the reader to at least contemplate that what they think they know may be wrong. He uses examples like concept of gravity, and how it ...
I will be forced to revise my theory for reviving the world economy from Build more malls to grow more apples, it looks like. 'Fruity' prospect!
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