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June 30, 2024 What do you want in life? If you don't know yet what it is, figuring it out may be easier than you think. If you know what it is, achieving it may be harder than you think or may require a different approach. Getting what you want may also be impossible or highly unlikely depending on what it is and your circumstances. Regardless of whether you succeed or fail, you may find joy pursuing your dreams and goals. The journey may become the fun destination. Creatix -> a sales matrix .  Quick note about Creatix. The mission is to create sales. The vision is everyone enjoying sales. Why? Because all humans need products and services to survive and thrive. Commercial sales for profit are the best proven way to promote the creation and distribution of products and services. Producers and vendors are free to choose the products and services they want to offer for sale. Consumers are free to choose the products and services they want to buy. Voila! What do you want in life? W...

June 29, 2024 What is going on with tablets these days? Not much in terms of innovation. Solid improvements in computing power. Relative price stability. Low demand compared to smartphones and laptop computers. Apple still dominates the tablet market overall, and the segment for professionals and creators. Samsung still leads the Android ecosystem. Microsoft still leads the niche of those looking for a tablet to be primarily used as a laptop. Amazon still dominates the budget streaming category.  If you don't have a tablet now, you probably don't need one. Like the majority of consumers, you may have realized that it is preferable to focus on having a solid phone and a solid laptop. No need for a third gadget that you need to charge and carry around. If you do have a tablet or really need one because you are getting into drawing with smart pencils for example, your best choice is an an ipad. Forget about Android tablets even if that is your ecosystem of choice, or maybe precise...

June 28, 2024 With information and complexity increasing over time, clever humans look for ways to simplify things. Creatix is developing Pivot as a simple construct to frame everything in human life.  Pivot  comes from "pleasant information variations over time" (PIVOT).  Quick note about Creatix - > creative sales.       The mission is to create sales. The vision is clients enjoying sales. Why sales? Everyone benefits from commercial sales. Humans need products and services to survive and thrive in life. Commercial sales are the best way to offer products and services effectively and competitively in free market economies. Vendors are free to choose the products and services they want to offer for sale. Customers are free to shop around to choose the products and services that may work for them. A win-win.      At Creatix, we sell ideas. Sample ideas are posted for free on Blogger and Medium, just like these post that embeds many di...

June 27, 2024 The future has not been created yet. Use Creatix to learn how to recreate the past to create a better future.  Time is unidirectional. It always moves forward. Everything in this universe is always moving forward in time (fit). Metrics measured over time are three directional. Whatever you may be measuring over time has three alternative directions: up, same, or down (USD).  Forward in time: Past -> Present -> Future  Time only moves forward in this direction: past -> present -> future. The future has not been created yet.  The past may be recreated (reimagined). The present creates the future from the past. The main ingredient for the present creation of the future is the past. Therefore, it is key to learn how to effectively recreate (reimagine) the past in the present to increase the chances of creating a better future.  The past cannot be changed, but it can be reimagined. While the past cannot be changed, its interpretation is sub...

June 26, 2024 COVID19 was World War III, and the U.S. dollar won the war. How much longer will the dollar party last? Not forever. Creatix -> sales matrix. At Creatix, the mission is to create sales. The vision is clients enjoying sales. Who doesn't like good sales. In this post, Creatix sells the notion that the COVID19 pandemic was the equivalent of World War III (WW3). The U.S. dollar won the war. Enjoy the party while it lasts, which will not be forever.  A few words about Creatix.   A matrix is a place where things are created. To create is to transform.  The universe is a creatix. The universe is a creative matrix where energy is transformed into many different creations, including the organic data processing phenomena called life.  Life is also a creatix. Each living cell is a creative matrix, transforming environmental stimuli into adaptive and replicative output. Advanced living organisms are organic data processing cellular networks.  Everythin...

June 25, 2024  Here are the Top 5 Human Inventions of All Time:  Language  God Money Science Computers Language  Language is the top human invention of all time because it is the master invention that facilitates all other creations and inventions. For example, the remaining 4 inventions on our list of Top 5 Human Invention of All Time depend on the invention of language. A language is a code to convert select sensory input (sounds, signs, characters, symbols) into concepts or units of meaning. Human languages facilitate intelligence, creativity, communication, and collaboration. Intelligence and these three Cs (creativity, communication, and collaboration) set humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom and from all other forms of life on Earth. To be sure, all life on Earth is intelligent, creative, communicative, and collaborative to some degree or level. Humans possess the most advanced degree of intelligence, creativity, communication, and collaboration on ...

June 23, 2024 Who will win the debate tonight? Who won the debate? Who won the debate between Trump and Biden in 2024? Did Trump win the debate? Did Biden win the debate? Who lost the debate? Did Trump lose the debate? Did Biden lose the debate? Who will win the elections? How many electoral college votes are required to win the elections? Who scored more points with independent voters in key battleground states in the debate between Biden and Trump?  Those will be common search queries tonight and next week. The answers will be opinions so they will be based on the bias of the source and will be accepted or rejected based on the bias of the audience. The fact is that the future has not been created yet. It is impossible to determine who won or lost the debate until after knowing the results of the elections in November.  The results of the November presidential elections are equally unpredictable. Creatix predicts that Joe Biden will win by a clear margin, wider than in 2020....

June 21, 2024 We bought shares in Gilead Sciences, Inc (Nasdaq: GILD) yesterday because the pharmaceutical announced a supposed breakthrough in HIV Prevention. The stock price had already climbed 9% by the time we bought in. Today, the stock gained 3%, which is solid for one day and beat the overall market handsomely. By next week, we expect another 5% increase and will be time to exit the short term speculative position. Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced promising results from a trial study of its HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir. The twice-yearly injectable drug demonstrated 100% efficacy in preventing HIV in about 2,000 women tested in South Africa and Uganda.  The trial's key efficacy endpoints showed lenacapavir's superiority over once-daily oral Truvada® (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) and background HIV incidence. Merdad Parsey, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer of Gilead, highlighted the potential of lenacapavir as a significant tool in HIV prevention: ...

June 16, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) is still no substitute for common sense. AI suggests I get married in a Japanese convenience store. This was AI "connecting the dots" between posts about how much I love Japan, enjoy watching traditional wedding ceremonies in Kyoto, and absolutely love buying snacks are Japanese konbinis.  Welcome back to Creatix.            Creatix -> creative matrix -> creative sales When you find yourself looking for something light or "borderline stupid" to read online, turn to Creatix Medium. Who knows. It may help you kill some time, fire some neurons away, and become a tad smarter along the way. No promises. Just hopes for creatives sales.  In this post, Creatix sells the idea that Japan is the best place to visit in 2024. Once in Japan, don't forget to stop by a konbini, a Japanese convenience store.  Long live Japan and long live konbinis! Why is Japan our top travel recommendation for 2024? Uniqu...

June 12, 2024 Yes, a college education is still worthwhile for the vast majority of humans, but keep in mind that not all college degrees are created equally and that AI will change everything. Advances in generative AI will render obsolete many degrees and professions in the near future. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, which displaced slaves and other hard laborers, the AI revolution will displace knowledge workers.  Some "cool" and high-paying jobs of today like software engineering will most likely be dominated by AI relatively soon. Interestingly, the trades requiring lots of knowledge and art will be the ones overtaken by the upcoming iterations AI. Don't think about what ChatGPT-4 can do. Think about what the 8th generation, the 16th generation, and so forth will be able to do. The AI revolution is just beginning folks; just beginning.  Traditional professions protected by licensing requirements (e.g. medicine, nursing, law, civil engineering, architecture, etc.) ...

June 8, 2024 This is not financial advice and can you can lose a lot of money implementing this hedge strategy. This is what we are doing at Creatix. We hold long positions on exchange traded funds (ETFs) that mimic the performance of the S&P 500, the S&P Completion Index, the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index, and cash. 80% of our investment portfolio is equally divided on those ETFs and cash in equal parts. On the remaining 20% of our portfolio, we are mostly short on NVIDIA; long on about 150 ETFs across all imaginable sectors, and long on the Japanese Yen, the Euro, the British Pound, the Australian Dollar, and the Swiss Franc.   Although we hold long positions on the S&P 500, the concern is that only six companies account for 30% of the value of the S&P 500. These six companies can be remembered using the acronym MANAMA standing for Microsoft, Apple. NVIDIA, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon (MANAMA). As you can see, all these companies are technolog...

June 8, 2024  Absolutely. Humans will continue developing artificial intelligence (AI) even if it is detrimental to humanity. Powerful nations will avoid the anticipated pain of losing the AI race and will continue pursuing the anticipated reward of winning the AI race. The stakes cannot be any higher. AI is the key to conquering the world. Those who stay behind in AI will be inevitably lead by those who get ahead in AI.  Below some notes about Creatix, our unique perspectives on the universe, life in general, and how humans can improve their performance in business life and in the business of life. Creatix is a creative advice matrix. The universe is a "creatix". Life is a part of the universe that facilitates and accelerates creativity. Data processing and problems are prerequisites for the development of intelligence. Pain is the source of organic intelligence. Success comes from becoming a source of pain relief for others.   Creatix is a creative advice matrix....

June 7, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) can help humans figure out what they really want in life. Humans, like all other animals on planet Earth, want one thing and only one thing in life: pain relief (PR). Most humans don't know this. AI can help humans understand their true animal nature and see how they are trapped by the organic data processing of cellular biology. Some humans can use that knowledge to transcend their genetic programming and be saved and enlightened becoming larger than life. AI can help humans achieve what ancient religions referred to salvation and enlightenment.    AI is computerized intelligence that mimics human intelligence.  Intelligence is problem-solving ability. Intelligence is the ability to acquire knowledge and develop skills to solve problems. Knowledge is awareness of events, understanding of causality of those events, and mastery in predicting those events. Problems are obstacles, difficulties, or puzzling questions. There are two pr...

June 3, 2024 Humans are the greatest creation of this universe as far as it is known today. The creation of artificial intelligence (AI) is the evidence. Those thoughts will be explored in future posts. Below is more of the same about the nature of this universe discussion recurring themes as "everything is energy" and energy transformations (ET). Everything is energy. This universe is a "creatix" (a creative matrix) that transforms energy (capacity to do work) into different creations that keep creating more advanced things over time. So far, and as far as we know, artificial intelligence (AI) is the most advanced creation of this universe. AI will continue the creative process leading to new creations impossible to predict at this time. All that is known is that the new creations will be energy transformations (ETs) like everything else in this universe.  1. Everything is energy and eternal work. Everything in this universe is energy. Energy is the capacity to do ...