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Blown away by this man's courage - full transcript of the speech in this youtube:
Speech Of Argentina’s President Javier Milei At Davos – Transcript January 18, 2024 0 Comments By Javier Milei
Good afternoon. Thank you very much.
Today I’m here to tell you that the Western world is in danger. And it is in danger because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.
Unfortunately, in recent decades, the main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism. Some have been motivated by well-meaning individuals who are willing to help others, and others have been motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged caste.
We’re here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause. Do believe me: no one is in better place than us, Argentines, to testify to these two points.
Thirty five years after we adopted the model of freedom, back in 1860, we became a leading world power. And when we embraced collectivism over the course of the last 100 years, we saw how our citizens started to become systematically impoverished, and we dropped to spot number 140 globally.
But before having the discussion, it would first be important for us to take a look at the data that demonstrate why free enterprise capitalism is not just the only possible system to end world poverty, but also that it’s the only morally desirable system to achieve this.
If we look at the history of economic progress, we can see how between the year zero and the year 1800 approximately, world per capita GDP practically remained constant throughout the whole reference period.
If you look at a graph of the evolution of economic growth throughout the history of humanity, you would see a hockey stick graph, an exponential function that remained constant for 90% of the time and which was exponentially triggered starting in the 19th century.
The only exception to this history of stagnation was in the late 15th century, with the discovery of the American continent, but for this exception, throughout the whole period between the year zero and the year 1800, global per capita GDP stagnated.
Now, it’s not just that capitalism brought about an explosion in wealth from the moment it was adopted as an economic system, but also, if you look at the data, what you will see is that growth continues to accelerate throughout the whole period.
And throughout the whole period between the year zero and the year 1800, the per capita GDP growth rate remains stable at around 0.02% annually. So almost no growth. Starting in the 19th century with the Industrial Revolution, the compound annual growth rate was 0.66%. And at that rate, in order to double per capita GDP, you would need some 107 years.
Now, if you look at the period between the year 1900 and the year 1950, the growth rate accelerated to 1.66% a year. So you no longer need 107 years to double per capita GDP – but 66. And if you take the period between 1950 and the year 2000, you will see that the growth rate was 2.1%, which would mean that in only 33 years we could double the world’s per capita GDP.
This trend, far from stopping, remains well alive today. If we take the period between the years 2000 and 2023, the growth rate again accelerated to 3% a year, which means that we could double world per capita GDP in just 23 years.
That said, when you look at per capita GDP since the year 1800 until today, what you will see is that after the Industrial Revolution, global per capita GDP multiplied by over 15 times, which meant a boom in growth that lifted 90% of the global population out of poverty.
We should remember that by the year 1800, about 95% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. And that figure dropped to 5% by the year 2020, prior to the pandemic. The conclusion is obvious.
Far from being the cause of our problems, free trade capitalism as an economic system is the only instrument we have to end hunger, poverty and extreme poverty across our planet. The empirical evidence is unquestionable.
Therefore since there is no doubt that free enterprise capitalism is superior in productive terms, the left-wing doxa has attacked capitalism, alleging matters of morality, saying – that’s what the detractors claim – that it’s unjust. They say that capitalism is evil because it’s individualistic and that collectivism is good because it’s altruistic. Of course, with the money of others.
So they therefore advocate for social justice. But this concept, which in the developed world became fashionable in recent times, in my country has been a constant in political discourse for over 80 years. The problem is that social justice is not just, and it doesn’t contribute to general well-being.
Quite on the contrary, it’s an intrinsically unfair idea because it’s violent. It’s unjust because the state is financed through tax and taxes are collected coercively. Or can any one of us say that we voluntarily pay taxes? This means that the state is financed through coercion and that the higher the tax burden, the higher the coercion and the lower the freedom.
Those who promote social justice start with the idea that the whole economy is a pie that can be shared differently. But that pie is not a given. It’s wealth that is generated in what Israel Kirzner, for instance, calls a market discovery process.
If the goods or services offered by a business are not wanted, the business will fail unless it adapts to what the market is demanding. They will do well and produce more if they make a good quality product at an attractive price. So the market is a discovery process in which the capitalists will find the right path as they move forward.
But if the state punishes capitalists when they’re successful and gets in the way of the discovery process, they will destroy their incentives, and the consequence is that they will produce less.
The pie will be smaller, and this will harm society as a whole. Collectivism, by inhibiting these discovery processes and hindering the appropriation of discoveries, ends up binding the hands of entrepreneurs and prevents them from offering better goods and services at a better price.
So how come academia, international organisations, economic theorists and politicians demonise an economic system that has not only lifted 90% of the world’s population out of extreme poverty but has continued to do this faster and faster?
Thanks to free trade capitalism, the world is now living its best moment. Never in all of mankind or humanity’s history has there been a time of more prosperity than today. This is true for all. The world of today has more freedom, is rich, more peaceful and prosperous. This is particularly true for countries that have more economic freedom and respect the property rights of individuals.
Countries that have more freedom are 12 times richer than those that are repressed. The lowest percentile in free countries is better off than 90% of the population in repressed countries. Poverty is 25 times lower and extreme poverty is 50 times lower. And citizens in free countries live 25% longer than citizens in repressed countries.
Now what is it that we mean when we talk about libertarianism? And let me quote the words of the greatest authority on freedom in Argentina, Professor Alberto Benegas Lynch Jr, who says that libertarianism is the unrestricted respect for the life project of others based on the principle of non-aggression, in defence of the right to life, liberty and property.
Its fundamental institutions are private property, markets free from state intervention, free competition, and the division of labour and social cooperation, in which success is achieved only by serving others with goods of better quality or at a better price.
In other words, capitalist successful business people are social benefactors who, far from appropriating the wealth of others, contribute to the general well-being. Ultimately, a successful entrepreneur is a hero.
And this is the model that we are advocating for the Argentina of the future. A model based on the fundamental principle of libertarianism. The defence of life, of freedom and of property.
Now, if the free enterprise, capitalism and economic freedom have proven to be extraordinary instruments to end poverty in the world, and we are now at the best time in the history of humanity, it is worth asking why I say that the West is in danger.
And I say this precisely because in countries that should defend the values of the free market, private property and the other institutions of libertarianism, sectors of the political and economic establishment are undermining the foundations of libertarianism, opening up the doors to socialism and potentially condemning us to poverty, misery and stagnation.
It should never be forgotten that socialism is always and everywhere an impoverishing phenomenon that has failed in all countries where it’s been tried out. It’s been a failure economically, socially, culturally and it also murdered over 100 million human beings.
The essential problem of the West today is not just that we need to come to grips with those who, even after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the overwhelming empirical evidence, continue to advocate for impoverishing socialism.
But there’s also our own leaders, thinkers and academics who are relying on a misguided theoretical framework to undermine the fundamentals of the system that has given us the greatest expansion of wealth and prosperity in our history.
The theoretical framework to which I refer is that of Neoclassical economic theory, which designs a set of instruments that, unwillingly or without meaning to, end up serving intervention by the state, socialism and social degradation.
The problem with Neoclassicals is that the model they fell in love with does not map reality, so they put down their mistakes to supposed market failures rather than reviewing the premises of the model.
Under the pretext of a supposed market failure, regulations are introduced. These regulations create distortions in the price system, prevent economic calculus, and therefore also prevent saving, investment and growth.
This problem lies mainly in the fact that not even supposed libertarian economists understand what the market is because if they did understand, it would quickly be seen that it’s impossible for there to be market failures.
The market is not a mere graph describing a curve of supply and demand. The market is a mechanism for social cooperation, where you voluntarily exchange ownership rights. Therefore based on this definition, talking about a market failure is an oxymoron. There are no market failures.
If transactions are voluntary, the only context in which there can be market failure is if there is coercion and the only one that is able to coerce generally is the state, which holds a monopoly on violence.
Consequently, if someone considers that there is a market failure, I would suggest that they check to see if there is state intervention involved. And if they find that that’s not the case, I would suggest that they check again, because obviously there’s a mistake. Market failures do not exist.
An example of the so-called market failures described by the Neoclassicals is the concentrated structure of the economy. From the year 1800 onwards, with the population multiplying by 8 or 9 times, per capita GDP grew by over 15 times, so there were growing returns which took extreme poverty from 95% to 5%.
However, the presence of growing returns involves concentrated structures, what we would call a monopoly. How come, then, something that has generated so much well-being for the Neoclassical theory is a market failure?
Neoclassical economists think outside of the box. When the model fails, you shouldn’t get angry with reality but rather with a model and change it. The dilemma faced by the Neoclassical model is that they say they wish to perfect the function of the market by attacking what they consider to be failures. But in so doing, they don’t just open up the doors to socialism but also go against economic growth.
For example, regulating monopolies, destroying their profits and destroying growing returns would automatically destroy economic growth.
However, faced with the theoretical demonstration that state intervention is harmful – and the empirical evidence that it has failed couldn’t have been otherwise – the solution proposed by collectivists is not greater freedom but rather greater regulation, which creates a downward spiral of regulations until we are all poorer and our lives depend on a bureaucrat sitting in a luxury office.
Given the dismal failure of collectivist models and the undeniable advances in the free world, socialists were forced to change their agenda: they left behind the class struggle based on the economic system and replaced this with other supposed social conflicts, which are just as harmful to life and to economic growth.
The first of these new battles was the ridiculous and unnatural fight between man and woman. Libertarianism already provides for equality of the sexes. The cornerstone of our creed is that all humans are created equal and that we all have the same inalienable rights granted by the Creator, including life, freedom and ownership.
All that the radical feminism agenda has led to is greater state intervention to hinder economic process, giving jobs to bureaucrats who have not contributed anything to society. Examples are ministries of women or international organisations devoted to promoting this agenda.
Another conflict presented by socialists is that of humans against nature, claiming that we human beings damage a planet which should be protected at all costs, even going as far as advocating for population control mechanisms or the abortion agenda.
Unfortunately, these harmful ideas have taken a stronghold in our society. Neo-Marxists have managed to co-opt the common sense of the Western world, and this they have achieved by appropriating the media, culture, universities and also international organisations.
The latter case is the most serious one, probably because these are institutions that have enormous influence on the political and economic decisions of their member states.
Fortunately there’s more and more of us who are daring to make our voices heard, because we see that if we don’t truly and decisively fight against these ideas, the only possible fate is for us to have increasing levels of state regulation, socialism, poverty and less freedom, and therefore, worse standards of living.
The West has unfortunately already started to go along this path. I know, to many it may sound ridiculous to suggest that the West has turned to socialism, but it’s only ridiculous if you only limit yourself to the traditional economic definition of socialism, which says that it’s an economic system where the state owns the means of production. This definition in my view, should be updated in the light of current circumstances.
Today, states don’t need to directly control the means of production to control every aspect of the lives of individuals. With tools such as printing money, debt, subsidies, controlling the interest rate, price controls, and regulations to correct so-called market failures, they can control the lives and fates of millions of individuals.
This is how we come to the point where, by using different names or guises, a good deal of the generally accepted ideologies in most Western countries are collectivist variants, whether they proclaim to be openly communist, fascist, socialist, social democrats, national socialists, Christian democrats, neo-Keynesians, progressives, populists, nationalists or globalists.
Ultimately, there are no major differences. They all say that the state should steer all aspects of the lives of individuals. They all defend a model contrary to the one that led humanity to the most spectacular progress in its history.
We have come here today to invite the Western world to get back on the path to prosperity. Economic freedom, limited government and unlimited respect for private property are essential elements for economic growth. The impoverishment produced by collectivism is not a fantasy, nor is it an inescapable fate. It’s a reality that we Argentines know very well.
We have lived through this. We have been through this because, as I said earlier, ever since we decided to abandon the model of freedom that had made us rich, we have been caught up in a downward spiral – a spiral by which we are poorer and poorer, day by day.
This is something we have lived through and we are here to warn you about what can happen if countries in the Western world, that became rich through the model of freedom, stay on this path of servitude.
The case of Argentina is an empirical demonstration that no matter how rich you may be, how much you may have in terms of natural resources, how skilled your population may be, how educated, or how many bars of gold you may have in the central bank – if measures are adopted that hinder the free functioning of markets, competition, price systems, trade and ownership of private property, the only possible fate is poverty.
Therefore, in conclusion, I would like to leave a message for all business people here and those who are not here in person but are following from around the world.
Do not be intimidated by the political caste or by parasites who live off the state. Do not surrender to a political class that only wants to stay in power and retain its privileges. You are social benefactors. You are heroes. You are the creators of the most extraordinary period of prosperity we’ve ever seen.
Let no one tell you that your ambition is immoral. If you make money, it’s because you offer a better product at a better price, thereby contributing to general wellbeing.
Do not surrender to the advance of the state. The state is not the solution. The state is the problem itself. You are the true protagonists of this story and rest assured that as from today, Argentina is your staunch and unconditional ally.
Thank you very much and long live freedom, dammit!
This is a transcript from the Special address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina, which took place during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. To read in Spanish, click here.
During the Global Photonics Economic Forum The format was for Michael Lebby to ask a question with some details and asks for a response from the participants. When asked about what new methods are needed to extend Moore's Law with new methods to produce advanced chips each participant discussed adding technology through acquisition (except Coherent because the CEO is retired and Coherent is already deep into photonics).
Michael Lebby addressed the Micronics CEO (Micronics acquired Vanguard earlier this year) with the statement about the acquisition of Vanguard using "very innovative polymer based technologies". Nothing else was mentioned about polymers but that statement obviously startled me a bit. https://www.vanguard-photonics.com/expertise From vanguard regarding photonic wire bonding: Hybrid photonic integration combines complementary advantages of different material platforms, offering superior performance and flexibility compared with monolithic approaches. They go on to describe 3D nanofabrication for photonic integration using a new method to connect photonic chips with waveguides.
the concept of photonic wire bonding, which can be considered as the optical analogue to metal wire bonding in electronics. Photonic wire bonds (PWB) are single-mode freeform waveguides that efficiently connect integrated optical chips to each other or to optical fibers, see Figure 1. Our research partners at KIT have demonstrated that photonic wire bonds can connect to a wide variety of on-chip waveguides and optical fibers, see Figure 1 (b), (c), and (d) [1] – [4]. For chip-to-chip connections, Figure 1 (b), lateral dimensions of PWB waveguides typically amount to 1…2 µm, and the pitch can be smaller than 5 µm, enabling hundreds of PWB per millimeter of chip edge [1]. For a connection of two silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides, insertion losses of 1 dB … 2 dB have been demonstrated with negligible variation in the wavelength range 1200 nm … 1600 nm [1]. Similar loss figures are obtained when connecting PWB to multi-core fibers (MCF) [2] or to InP-based laser sources [3], [4].
LWLG polymers can be used in waveguides. This seems to be a fairly strong connection LWLG polymers are a component of the waveguides being used to connect optical chips with Vanguard's state of the art process.
This had nothing to do with wearing a mask... I believe it was a biological weapon that disrupted basic cellular functions.
4.4. Encephalitis Encephalitis is characterized as brain parenchyma inflammation, generally resulting from an infection or the body's immune responses. Although it is a pathological diagnosis, clinical evidence of brain inflammation is embraced for practical purposes, like imaging changes, a CSF pleocytosis, or focal abnormalities on EEG. The diagnosis of encephalitis is not confirmed without clues of brain inflammation, even if a virus is detected in the CSF [ 15 ].
Table 1 summarizes the studies discussing encephalitis in patients with COVID-19. Hyperinflammation state secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection, with the considerable liberation of cytokines, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), IL-2, IL-6, IL-7, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), free radicals connected with the severity of COVID-19, and interferon-gamma (IFN-?), which might change the BBB permeability [69 ,70].
It might activate the neuroinflammation cascade. Also, SARS-CoV-2 might be hypothetically persuaded by molecular mimicry-associated mechanisms, the antibodies' generation against glial or neural cells, as shown for EBV, HSV-1, or Japanese encephalitis [70].
Altered mental status, unusual speech or behavior, abnormal motor movement, altered body temperament, and focal neurological abnormalities, like paresthesia, flaccid paralysis, seizures, or hemiparesis are symptoms of severe viral encephalitis [8]. It must be noted in the differential diagnosis in those patients with neurological symptomatology or sensory disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic context [ 71 ]. Furthermore, autoimmune encephalitis could occur in the post-acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection [ 72].
Besides, it has been presented in a rare case with acute necrotizing encephalitis as the only manifestation of COVID-19. A rare consequence of influenza and other viral infections is ANE linked to intracranial cytokine storm, resulting in breaching in BBB and encephalitis [73].
COVID-19 patients can present acute symptomatic seizures, which probably have a multifactorial origin, including cortical irritation because of the breakdown of BBB and accelerated by the cytokine reaction as a sector of the viral infection [74].
The hyperimmune response observed in adults with COVID-19 can also be observed in infants, even with no respiratory symptoms. Additionally, COVID-19 in infants may manifest as non-febrile seizures that trigger the primary initiation of seizures in infants with a genetic predisposition [75].
Research findings show that the severe patients and mortalities in the recurrent seizure and new-onset seizure groups showed a higher proportion than the general population and epilepsy history group. There were 30 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and epilepsy, 13 of whom (43.4%) developed new-onset epileptic seizures with no epilepsy history. An epilepsy history with a recurrent epileptic seizure was observed in 10 subjects (33.3%). Moreover, an epilepsy history was observed in 7 patients (23.3%), but there was no seizure during the COVID-19 course (epilepsy history group) [76]. Two cases with acute symptomatic seizures were reported in non-epileptic patients in another study, which was related to severe COVID-19 [74].
EEG was conducted on eight patients, and all of them represent typical background slowing. The generalized epileptiform discharges with triphasic morphology were observed in three patients. One case with focal epilepsy history developed focal electrographic seizures, observed in another case without any such history. A previous diagnosis of epilepsy was observed in 5 of 8 cases. It implies that pre-existing epilepsy might be a risk factor for COVID-19-related neurological presentations [77].
A distributed vasculitis (endotheliitis) with different segmental and total endothelial destruction levels was observed in a 20-year-old man dying from the acute SARS-CoV-2-related hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy in adults with distinct endothelial dysfunction. It was also affirmed by the virological test of the autopsy material and the brain structures [78].
According to findings of a consecutive chain of COVID-19 encephalopathy, there were (i) neuroradiological symptoms (high rate of gadolinium increase in large intracranial arteries), (ii) clinical results (high incidence of headache in patients with severe disease), (iii) biological properties (increased CSF QAlb indicative of disruption in blood-brain barrier), which might imply a pathophysiological mechanism associated with the vessel wall inflammation for development of COVID-19 encephalopathy– the endothelial hypothesis [79].
Besides, in a study, a case report was presented related to a pregnant woman with SARS-CoV-2 showing sudden blindness and seizures, proposing the possibility of promoting brain endothelial damage by SARS-CoV-2 infection, inducing the cited neurological complications in the patient. Subsequently, this study reported a COVID-19 patient indicating preeclampsia related to eclampsia versus posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy with no symptoms [80].
It is still polemical if the seizure risk is elevated by a previous history of epilepsy in adult patients with COVID-19. Nevertheless, it seems that genetic history is a predisposing factor in infants.
An initial investigation of serum cytokine levels in patients with gadolinium retention Holden T. Maecker,1 Weiqi Wang,1 Yael Rosenberg-Hasson,1 Richard C. Semelka,2 Joseph Hickey,3 and Lorrin M. Koran1 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer Go to: Abstract Objective To determine whether individuals with proposed gadolinium deposition disease (GDD) have elevated serum levels of pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic cytokines, and whether specific cytokines are correlated with certain symptoms.
Materials and Methods Twenty-four participants recruited between May 2016 and June 2017 met GDD diagnostic criteria. The 64 control subjects provided serum samples before prophylactic flu vaccination. Serum cytokine levels were obtained with Luminex serum cytokine assay using eBiosciences/Affymetrix human 62-plex kits. Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were performed to assess the difference between the median fluorescence intensity values for the participants and the control group. Generalized linear models were built to evaluate the association between each cytokine of interest and selected participant symptoms.
Results Serum levels of 14 cytokines, including nine pro-inflammatory cytokines, were statistically significantly elevated compared to controls (p ≤ 0.05). Hypotheses regarding pro-fibrotic cytokines and cytokine links to specific symptoms' intensity were not confirmed.
Conclusion The statistically significantly elevated cytokines may be markers of susceptibility to GDD or agents of symptom induction. These findings suggest that individuals developing symptoms characteristic of GDD after a contrast-assisted magnetic resonance imaging should be studied to investigate whether gadolinium retention and elevated cytokines may be related to their symptoms.
According to a Tier 2 technician at Verizon, there has been a deliberate and unauthorized shutdown of the U.S. electrical grid that specifically targeted cell towers, starting locally and expanding nationwide.
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are often used in MRI scans, and while they're generally considered safe when used as directed, there is some evidence that they can cause brain endothelial damage: Details Brain deposition GBCAs can accumulate in the brain, especially in patients with conditions that can cause inflammation or structural brain abnormalities. Chelate structure Linear GBCAs are more likely to cause brain deposition than macrocyclic GBCAs. Symptoms Patients may experience fatigue, brain fog, skin pain, bone pain, and muscle fasciculations. Symptoms can start immediately or up to a month after receiving a GBCA. Toxicity The non-chelated gadolinium that remains in the body can be toxic. FDA investigation In 2015, the FDA announced that it was investigating the risk of brain deposits from repeated GBCA use.
Did gadolinium increase COVID damage to smell and taste?
According to findings of a consecutive chain of COVID-19 encephalopathy, there were (i) neuroradiological symptoms (high rate of gadolinium increase in large intracranial arteries), (ii) clinical results (high incidence of headache in patients with severe disease), (iii) biological properties (increased CSF QAlb indicative of disruption in blood-brain barrier), which might imply a pathophysiological mechanism associated with the vessel wall inflammation for development of COVID-19 encephalopathy– the endothelial hypothesis [ 79 ]. Besides, in a study, a case report was presented related to a pregnant woman with SARS-CoV-2 showing sudden blindness and seizures, proposing the possibility of promoting brain endothelial damage by SARS-CoV-2 infection, inducing the cited neurological complications in the patient. Subsequently, this study reported a COVID-19 patient indicating preeclampsia related to eclampsia versus posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy with no symptoms [ 80 ]. It is still polemical if the seizure risk is elevated by a previous history of epilepsy in adult patients with COVID-19. Nevertheless, it seems that genetic history is a predisposing factor in infants.
A 58-year-old right-handed woman presented to a multidisciplinary facial pain clinic in October 2021 complaining of a constant pain in the right side of her face, extending from the right temple down to her right cheek, lip, and side of nose extraorally and including the maxillary teeth and right side of tongue intraorally. The character of the pain consisted of throbbing, burning, and tingling sensations. These pains had been present since contracting coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in March 2020 during her role as a hospital nurse manager. The coronavirus infection was confirmed with a positive serum antibody test result. The pain she described had never remitted since starting. It had a minimum severity of 7 of 10 on a numerical rating scale but could increase to 10 of 10 at times. Pain was usually worst around 2 am to 5 am in the morning which disturbed her sleep. There were no autonomic or migrainous features and she reported a subjective feeling of numbness on the right side.
During the first few weeks of infection, she lost her sense of smell and taste and neither of these senses had returned at initial presentation or by the end of patient review. She also complained of dizziness and intermittent diplopia. The patient was fit and well with no underlying medical issues and was taking no medication. There was no history of previous facial trauma, recent dental treatment, or other infections such as herpes virus infection. Owing to the pain, she had taken an extended period of sickness leave from her job and was currently not working.
I used to write press releases for this company and translate the CEO's techno-talk.
They had a two functional products, and AI elder care robot and an AI collision free wheelchair.
I believe what brought them down was certs that were counterfeited off shore. It wasn't because the science didn't work.
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In the last year the cost of the CareBot has been reduced drastically due to changes in technology that were incorporated into the hardware.
The cost reduction will make for a stronger launch IMO.
Carebots have been marketable for several years. You can have in home trials forever. You can improve them forever.
The home trials were extremely important in perfecting the AI (artificial intelligence) software. You're talking about teaching a machine to understand and adapt to human behavior, something a lot of humans aren't even capable of.
The CareBot has completely autonomous navigation - no maps required and it smoothly avoids moving and stationary obstacles. The navigation can be equipped with whatever sensors are appropriate for the job.
It has an AI hierarchy that creates situational awareness and it can be fitted with available over the counter sensors so the platform can be configured for personal assistance, telemedecine, security, whatever is needed.
Both the navigation system and the upper level AI can be migrated to other robots and non-robotic machines can be converted to robotic control.
In other words - now that the tech has credibile third party validation, it's only a matter of time until they have wheelchair kits on the market or that first big licensing deal. Then the ME TOO crowd will jump in and licensing opportunities will start popping up like tulips in springtime.
No question the move to NAS was a complete failure and all it did was provide manipulation to start from day 1. The BOD enriched themselves at everyone's expense although I do not blame them for selling. And here we are three years later with the stock price in the toilet but Pinocchio has empathy for his retail base. There is zero speculation built into the price at present and judging from KCC"s chat, the goalposts are moving again.
FACT: Retail ownership during the pump and dump shown below has changed very little. The manipulation was all A.I. In the end, someone will have to cough up some dough. It will not be the long term retail though.
Lightwave Logic Announces Uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market Lightwave Logic, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto/Lightwave Logic, Inc.) News provided by
The move from slightly above the current range to now was all smoke and mirrors.
LWLG exploited this move to sell stock and finance operations...
... but long term shareholders haven't lost a dime and most are in the black...
By one measure I am down, but because I invested pre-2021 I'm still in the black...
Here's the proof:
In 2022 issued and outstanding went up 1.9 million shares. 112.88-110.98=1.9 million shares sold
In 2023 issued and outstanding went up 5.88 million shares. 119.1-113.22=5.88 million shares sold
December 31, 2023 118.14 - 116.89 1,250,000 November 09, 2023 116.89 - 116.68 220,000 September 30, 2023 116.68 - 116.46 220,000 August 09, 2023 116.46 - 116.18 280,000 June 30, 2023 116.18 - 114.41 1,770,000 May 10, 2023 114.41 - 114.10 310,000 March 31, 2023 114.10 - 114.00 100,000 March 28, 2023 114.00 - 113.22 780,000 February 28, 2023 113.22 - 112.88 340,000
2023 chart:
In 2024 issued and outstanding went up 1.54 million shares. 120.72- 119.18=1.54 million shares
Here are the hard numbers:
Date issued and outstanding August 09, 2024 120.72M August 07, 2024 120.72M June 30, 2024 120.71M May 09, 2024 120.09M March 31, 2024 119.80M March 25, 2024 119.60M February 29, 2024 119.18M December 31, 2023 118.14M November 09, 2023 116.89M September 30, 2023 116.68M August 09, 2023 116.46M June 30, 2023 116.18M May 10, 2023 114.41M March 31, 2023 114.10M March 28, 2023 114.00M February 28, 2023 113.22M December 31, 2022 112.88M December 06, 2022 112.84M November 09, 2022 112.58M September 30, 2022 112.37M August 09, 2022 112.09M June 30, 2022 1189M May 10, 2022 111.60M April 14, 2022 111.39M March 31, 2022 111.10M February 28, 2022 110.98M December 31, 2021 110.56M November 15, 2021 108.83M October 01, 2021 108.12M September 30, 2021 108.37M August 16, 2021 107.76M June 30, 2021 107.34M May 14,2020 103.79M April 15, 2020 102.08M March 31,2021 101.76M December 31, 2020 97.78M November 09, 2020 95.19M September 30,2020 93.92M August 10, 2020 92.64M June 30,2020 91.87M May 11, 2020 90.60M April 20, 2020 90.08M March 31, 2020 89.58M March 16, 2020 89.07M December 31, 2019 87.41M November 11, 2019 86.3M September 30, 2019 85.11M August 08, 2019 84.09M June 30, 2019 83.19M May 09, 2019 82.29M
Dr David Martin, bioweapons inspector & patents expert: "In 2011 an antitrust collusion took place between the Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr Anthony Fauci’s US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Chinese… pic.twitter.com/a805cvSOmH
An imaging radar works very like a flash camera in that it provides its own light to illuminate an area on the ground and take a snapshot picture, but at radio wavelengths. A flash camera sends out a pulse of light (the flash) and records on film the light that is reflected back at it through the camera lens. Instead of a camera lens and film, a radar uses an antenna and digital computer tapes to record its images. In a radar image, one can see only the light that was reflected back towards the radar antenna.
A typical radar (RAdio Detection and Ranging) measures the strength and round-trip time of the microwave signals that are emitted by a radar antenna and reflected off a distant surface or object. The radar antenna alternately transmits and receives pulses at particular microwave wavelengths (in the range 1 cm to 1 m, which corresponds to a frequency range of about 300 MHz to 30 GHz) and polarizations (waves polarized in a single vertical or horizontal plane). For an imaging radar system, about 1500 high- power pulses per second are transmitted toward the target or imaging area, with each pulse having a pulse duration (pulse width) of typically 10-50 microseconds (us). The pulse normally covers a small band of frequencies, centered on the frequency selected for the radar. Typical bandwidths for an imaging radar are in the range 10 to 200 MHz. At the Earth's surface, the energy in the radar pulse is scattered in all directions, with some reflected back toward the antenna. Thisbackscatter returns to the radar as a weaker radar echo and is received by the antenna in a specific polarization (horizontal or vertical, not necessarily the same as the transmitted pulse). These echoes are converted to digital data and passed to a data recorder for later processing and display as an image. Given that the radar pulse travels at the speed of light, it is relatively straightforward to use the measured time for the roundtrip of a particular pulse to calculate the distance or range to the reflecting object. The chosen pulse bandwidth determines the resolution in the range (cross-track) direction. Higher bandwidth means finer resolution in this dimension.
Radar transmits a pulse Measures reflected echo (backscatter )
In the case of imaging radar, the radar moves along a flight path and the area illuminated by the radar, or footprint, is moved along the surface in a swath, building the image as it does so.
Several companies are making imaging radar, including:
Ambarella In December 2022, Ambarella announced the world's first centralized 4D imaging radar architecture. This architecture allows for central processing of radar data and fusion with other sensor inputs.
Muye Microelectronics A high-tech company that specializes in the development of 4D imaging radar.
Mobileye Mobileye's imaging radar has more detailed object detection capabilities than traditional radar systems.
Vayyar Vayyar makes imaging radar for a variety of applications, including automotive, public safety, and senior care.
Bitsensing Bitsensing makes 4D radar that can distinguish heights, detect long range objects, and estimate object length.
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If lymph nodes are dehydrated, they don't work well to fight infection. DISCLAIMER..I am only giving my opinion. Good luck
Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped organs that are part of the body's immune system and help fight infection and disease. They are located in many parts of the body, including the neck, armpits, chest, abdomen, and groin.
Search Labs | AI Overview Learn more … Fisker Ocean to Debut 4D Digital-Imaging Radar—What Is It? Imaging radar is a radar application that creates two-dimensional images of landscapes by illuminating an area with radio waves and recording the reflected light. It works similarly to a camera, but instead of using a lens and film, imaging radar uses an antenna and digital computer to record images.
Imaging radar has many uses, including:
Monitoring crops Imaging radar can monitor crop growth, detect diseases, and assess soil moisture levels.
Flood monitoring Imaging radar can track changes in water levels and soil moisture to monitor the situation on the ground and predict floods.
Forest health Imaging radar can monitor forest health, track deforestation, and map wetlands.
Earthquake and landslide assessment Imaging radar can assess the situation after an earthquake or landslide.
Search and rescue Imaging radar can be used for search and rescue operations in remote locations.
Autonomous vehicles Imaging radar can be used in autonomous vehicles to map the environment around the vehicle and detect hazards.
Imaging radar is superior to regular radar in several ways, including: Vertical detection: Imaging radar can detect vertically, providing 3D information. Precision: Imaging radar is more precise than regular radar. Range: Imaging radar can detect objects at longer distances than regular radar. Object length measurement: Imaging radar can measure the length of objects.
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I'm dealing with gadolinium toxicity - and I believe the medical system's failure to honestly look at this issue is also a factor.. I was given gadolinium twice during COVID - too close together. I was so sick I didn't know what was going on. Recently an MRI with gadolinium was ordered again. I immediately remembered that I was told not to allow gadolinium contrast because I already have mitochondrial issues from fluoroquinolone. I called the Dr. and told here I was not supposed to get gadolinium and your response was:
"No, you've gotten it before, it's OK"...
So I looked at my history and found out that the recommendations of the physician that treated me just prior were ignored...
"Generally safe" isn't good enough if they don't look at your record.
Google's "generative AI"...
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can be nephrotoxic and increase the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The risk of AKI increases with lower glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and decreases with prehydration.
Older versions of GBCAs can also increase the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a rare but serious disease that can cause multisystem organ failure and respiratory failure. NSF can lead to disability, restricted mobility, and death. However, the true mortality rate is likely unknown due to underreporting and possible misdiagnosis.
The FDA and healthcare community are aware of the effects of GBCAs on people with kidney disease, and there haven't been any new cases of NSF in over 10 years.
I'm dealing with gadolinium toxicity - and I believe the medical system's failure to honestly look at this issue is also a factor.. I was given gadolinium twice during COVID - too close together. I was so sick I didn't know what was going on. Recently an MRI with gadolinium was ordered again. I immediately remembered that I was told not to allow gadolinium contrast because I already have mitochondrial issues from fluoroquinolone. I called the Dr. and told here I was not supposed to get gadolinium and your response was:
"No, you've gotten it before, it's OK"...
So I looked at my history and found out that the recommendations of the physician that treated me just prior were ignored...
"Generally safe" isn't good enough if they don't look at your record.
Google's "generative AI"...
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can be nephrotoxic and increase the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The risk of AKI increases with lower glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and decreases with prehydration.
Older versions of GBCAs can also increase the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a rare but serious disease that can cause multisystem organ failure and respiratory failure. NSF can lead to disability, restricted mobility, and death. However, the true mortality rate is likely unknown due to underreporting and possible misdiagnosis.
The FDA and healthcare community are aware of the effects of GBCAs on people with kidney disease, and there haven't been any new cases of NSF in over 10 years.
Yes, gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can be a risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD):
Older GBCAs Older GBCAs can increase the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a rare but serious disease that can cause thickening of the skin, organs, and other tissues. The FDA has issued warnings about specific GBCAs that were responsible for most cases of NSF.
Newer GBCAs Newer GBCAs, called group II agents, are generally safe for people with kidney disease, including those on dialysis.
Gadolinium nephrotoxicity Gadolinium nephrotoxicity can occur in some conditions, such as kidney impairment, and can lead to subclinical kidney injury. This injury can decrease kidney reserve and may eventually manifest as CKD.
Gadolinium is a rare earth metal that is toxic, but it is bound to chelating molecules in its injectable form to block its dangerous effects. Most of these molecules are then filtered through the kidneys and eliminated.
Solomons Song 🎼 @StacyGo93804606 I posted something a ways back on Vetinary vaxxes they give our pets, as well. We luv them so l want to explain that some Vets went up against BIG Pharma with data collected in regards to rabies vax. This Vet said: "I can't in good faith and according to my Hippocratic Oath over-vax ppls dogs anymore and kill them"! He explained quite irately that Vets must give the same dose for all size dogs! Or they are in jeopardy of loosing their license to Practice! So basically, a 30lb dog gets the same dose as a 90+ lb dog! They also don't need them every 3yrs. Lions have shown they only need one rabies vax per a Lifetime. Ofcourse we are talking different species but they wouldn't let him get to the the piles of data collected. Our dogs aren't living as long dogs did 3+ decades ago. I raise GSDs and my Alpha male made it thru major surgery. Prior he had blood work done and they said he was in good health for surgery. 4mths later his recovery was remarkable and his fur was growing back. He was 7yrs old and the Vet said it was OK to give him his 3rd rabies. A mth later he wouldn't eat and also vomited. He went downhill in 24hrs and he had no control over his quivering muscles! Absolutely terrifying to see a 115lb, fearless dog who could walk past fireworks and not flinch; crash like he did! I rushed him to the Vet and she thought he'd be OK until the phone rang at 2pm. I knew he had died and it was during lockdowns. 😮💨
I was so 💔. I spent hrs training him. He'd give his Life for mine and to see his lifeless eyes that watched over me sent me into darkness. They later told me he had cancer. The End_just like that! The Vet in the vid said one awful side effect of this overdosing is cancer! I won't get started on the Pet Food Industry that robs us and our dogs of nutrition. It's the same for ppl and we should end this 'Sick Care System'. It's GENOCIDE of all living creatures and especially our kids who we try to protect with our lives! While they are poisoned! ☣️ 10:41 AM · Aug 27, 2024 · 11.6K Views
I posted something a ways back on Vetinary vaxxes they give our pets, as well. We luv them so l want to explain that some Vets went up against BIG Pharma with data collected in regards to rabies vax. This Vet said: "I can't in good faith and according to my Hippocratic Oath…
Lebby from ASM Q&A, I will agree with you, this technology has taken some time. But then when I think back to other technologies that I worked on where there is incumbent technology, there is a laser ray in this phone called a VCSEL. I’ve worked on this in 1990/1991 with Motorola, never before face ID applications. We worked on it then, or optical interconnects for data centres or central office switches, as we called them at the time. But it took about a decade or more for that technology to take off. Now there’s a hundred billion of these lasers. If you look at OLEDs and the first OLEDs were being worked on in the early 90s. It took a long time. But it gets to a point where it just becomes ubiquitous. I’ve worked on some technologies and I’ve seen the timelines. If you’re asking the question, would I like this to go faster? Yes, I would. Are we achieving an industry average with this brand new technology to displace incumbents? I think we are. We’re not behind. As investors you may look at this and go, well, it’s taking a long time to get to revenue. But are we really behind the curve? I don’t think we are. That’s why I’m excited. I don’t feel that we’re behind. I feel we’re on a threshold of something huge!! Tier ones are looking at our technology. I can’t answer the question about their decision process because they’re big companies, but we’re engaged from the engineers all the way up to the executive office. We’re engaged at the right levels. We’re working that issue as hard as we can.
Spekkie said, When I asked whether the products were ready and if any issues were outstanding, he clearly said that everything was ready (stability, scaling etc) and the time line was fully intact and there were no changes to that. Tier 1’s are very interested and the number of them significantly increased after OFC demo’s.
Exactly!! meanwhile Longs are being throttled here, I can't post much while Shorts and FAKE Longs mudsling at me and other Longs here NONSTOP!!!
Fact is LWLG has multiple products already, they have multiple versions of it's Perk Polymer, the latest being Perk 6, now available for Licensing, in addition they have a 200Gb modulator that is now capable of being produced at several Foundries and on large 200mm Wafers including the Poling being performed at Wafer scale something Shorts said was impossible, Lebby has told investors that Customers could use these modulators in quantities of 4 per Transceiver device to produce an 800Gbs Transceiver currently, but the preference of the large Transceiver companies (Cisco etc) would be to use the single chip modulator array (4x200) which is still under construction but Lebby announced publicly at PECC that it would be ready sometime in 2024, but the individual modulators would be used in Sampling now while the single chip modulator array (4x200) would be used in mass commercialization, Lebby is still on track with his long-standing Timeline of Customer Acceptance and Ramp in 2024 (see Slide 38 from 2022 ASM) and has not backed down on his SAM/SOM guidance, Shorts are the LYING SCAMMERS period!!
Remember that it is because of the following two main reasons that Tier 1 interest has skyrocketed in recent months
1) the early 2024 "Big Milestone" achieved of success in Mass Production of LWLG modulators on Foundries large 200mm Wafers
2) the INCREDIBLE reliability/stability data collected/presented at ECOC 2023 and then even more so at OFC in March 2024
Investors have learned INCREDIBLE Developments in 2024 so far!!! here is a summary of things investors have learned form OFC in March 2024, and Lebby's LD Micro Interview in April, as well as Lebby's Belgium visit/presentations in April
2) Lebby has achieved Volume Scale Poling on 200mm Wafers!!! (successfully able to Pole Thousands of Devices at a time!!)
3) Lebby's LWLG team of seven completed demonstrations at OFC to over 20 potential Customers!! NDA's now estimated at 40 companies
4) the response to the OFC demos has been so overwhelming that Lebby claims the Tier 1's "being PULLED along" has become more like "being dragged along" (a good problem to have!!!)
Spekkie posted this , Important take away we are working with multiple tier ones, tripled since a few weeks after OFC , wow we are golden
5) The Customer Funnel slide is updated and now showing greater than 20 Prospects and greater than 10 Leads, where in the ASM presentation it was only greater than 12 Prospects and 5 Leads, so about DOUBLED since the ASM!!!!
8) Lebby also showcased that LWLG's Perk 6 is NOW ready and available for Licensing !!!
9) Lebby reported that 3rd party ETH Zurich set world record performance with LWLG Polymers running at 400Gbs per lane enabling 4 lane 1600gbs!!! This ensures LWLG ALREADY capable to meet the future Roadmap
10) The response from the Tier 1's is so overwhelming such that Lebby is 100% focused on SEVERAL Tier 1's who are battling it out for Lebby/LWLG's time and attention to bring 4x200 powered Transceivers to market ASAP!!
Folks this is a Cinderella story 40 years in the making!!!
For OVER 40 YEARS the Industry has tried UNSUCCESSFULLY!!
IBM, Intel, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, DuPont, AT&T Bell Labs, Honeywell, Motorola, GE, HP, 3M, and others in addition to numerous Universities and U.S. Government Agencies, DARPA, DOD, etc have all attempted to produce high-performance, high-stability electro-optic polymers
The Industry combined has spent literally in the Billions R&D $$ UNSUCCESSFULLY trying to do what LWLG has done!
LWLG's technology has been successfully developed in much less time than what the Industry spent, and at a cost less than 5% of what the Industry spent screwing around with unstable fragile molecules for 40 years!
RIDDLE ME THIS >> WHY WOULD THE INDUSTRY SPEND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF $$ ON SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T DESPERATELY WANT???????
LEBBY HAS USED THE SAME TIMELINE SINCE 2019 at least!!!! here is a link to the 2019 ASM presentation and Lebby at 27:27 shows the TIMELINE to Customer Acceptance and Ramp, albeit in 2019 Lebby had NOT put the DATES on his TIMELINE yet!!!
In the 2022 ASM Lebby for the first time put dates to his already long-standing TIMELINE and those dates have NOT changed to this very day!!!!
Lebby is still on track with his long-standing Timeline of Customer Acceptance and Ramp in 2024 (see Slide 38 from 2022 ASM) and has not backed down on his SAM/SOM guidance, Shorts are the LYING SCAMMERS period!!
Jose Pineda, Ph. D Director of Education, Gender, and Youth; Deputy Director of Public Financial Management Dr. Jose Pineda is an economist bringing 24 years of experience in managing USG, UN, and other international development organization economic projects. He is the Director of Education, Gender, and Youth Practice at DevTech, and an expert in economics of education, macroeconomics, international economics analysis, and econometrics. Dr. Pineda’s technical experience is bolstered by his managerial experience. He has held multiple senior leadership roles on complex research initiatives and projects. Dr. Pineda led the technical work on the Venezuela’s Education Sector Diagnostic and the assessment of Trends on Education and the impact of COVID-19 in Latin America. In this role, he has done technical review of research and data collection plans, the design of survey instruments, follow up the implementation of data collection and provide technical analysis for interpretation of results and policy recommendations to the Venezuelan authorities. Currently for DevTech, he is the Deputy Director of the Public Financial Management Practice. He directs the Economic Growth Support Activity (EGSA) project and leads the technical work on the Debt Sustainability Risk analysis in Indonesia. He also directs the Indo-Pacific Opportunity Project (IPOP), leading DevTech’s technical work on Debt sustainability on Kyrgyzstan. He is part of the technical team for the debt restructuring and technical assistance contract for the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as the team working on the macroeconomic framework for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Fiscal Rule. Before his position at DevTech, Dr. Pineda was Deputy Director of Research at the Office of Public Policies and Competitiveness at CAF Development Bank of Latin America, and held other senior leadership positions at UNDP, and UNEP in technical areas including education, gender, economic growth, evaluating impact of drivers of economic development, and development of green economy models and indicators. He also brings experience working with high level officials at the aforementioned organizations, liaising with them to ensure their research requests are fully being addressed. Dr. Pineda’s management experience is evident through his role for the CAF in Venezuela, as Deputy Director of Research, where he was responsible for developing the research agenda and supervised all research conducted by consultants in development, economic integration, education, and macroeconomics. As a Senior Researcher for the UNDP, Dr. Pineda held a supervisory position for six years overseeing the work of junior researchers and consultants. He developed the Human Development Office’s research agenda and conducted extensive studies on macroeconomic policies, education policies and demographic dynamics, implications of environmental challenges, and presented the results to policy makers. Dr. Pineda served as a Senior Consultant for UNEP in the Economic Division, where he led the work on economic modelling for Green Economy Policy Assessment (assessing the role of green investments and green fiscal policy) and has created a set of indicators for measuring and evaluating progress. He has provided technical assistance and advisory services to governments in their implementation of public policies including training events and stakeholder mobilization workshops. He also provides technical assistance and advisory services to governments in their implementation of green economy strategies including training events and stakeholder mobilization workshops. Dr. Pineda has over 20 publications in economics and international development, and over 10 years of teaching experience, teaching graduate courses in economics at the Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, BC Canada, the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán in Argentina. Universidad del CEMA, Córdoba, Argentina. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, and the University of Maryland.
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Dalio is among 6 other Greenwich residents on the list including C. Dean Metropoulos, who recently made national headlines when he sold popular beer brand Pabst Blue Ribbon to a Russian company for an estimated $750 million, according to Forbes.
According to the Associated Press, "in addition to its namesake beer, Pabst Brewing Co. makes Colt 45, Old Milwaukee and Schlitz, in addition to regional brews such as Lone Star, Rainier and Old Style. Pabst was acquired in 2010 by C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., which is known for investing in food brands, including Twinkie maker Hostess."
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