I’ll still argue that HD-DVD is mostly the better technology. The things which BRD tried to claim were what made it better were not things which would fundamentally have stayed with BRD. The interactive layer was finalized first on HD-DVD and was better.

All that said. I have many HD-DVDs and the drive. Before my drive fails, how would I archive my movies. 🤔

It’s not inflation and it isn’t taxation. It would be closer to deflation. However, what I’m suggesting would be a free market program. Businesses would join it and there could be incentives for the customers to do business in this affiliated network. The point is to make it so that social and societal value is more important than bank statements.

In case of the US I’d say something must be done, either build more, or adjust economy in order to the middle class to be able to purchase in cities again.

Building more doesn’t solve the problem. There is vacant real estate already. If you don’t have a tenant for a property, you’re operating at a loss. A loss is a tax write off. With some creative accounting, it might be better to keep a place empty and increase the rate no one will pay you.

My solution is to devalue money.

A network of businesses and merchants that based on income, estate assets, and their contribution to the wield as recognized by the network, add a fee or a discount.

If you are living up to your potential doing good things, you can afford to spend less. If you have no income, but you are doing good to your abilities, potentially all basic needs are covered.

If you are hording value and causing harm, then you pay additional fees.

Combined, the fees cover the discounts. The economic gap grows smaller.

Even if it were inspired, it is significantly different the way it’s written. I’ve hit these same challenges before, so I’m more inclined to think it is independent discovery.

If you’re ingesting anything, I hope that would be the outcome.

Olives are toxic until they’ve been brined. Those sort of discoveries always make me wonder… who figured out that immersing them in salt water for a month would make them edible without making you sick?