I’m sure you’re familiar with the experience of walking all around a store looking for things you need and rummaging through a pile of jeans or khakis or shirts trying to find your size.

Why are stores not segmented by size – rather than by style?

Imagine going to the section with your size and everything in that section fits?  And, I think it would increase store efficiency (often measured in sales per square foot) , because you can easily see an assortment of styles without having to walk around, which would inevitably result in missing things you may have otherwise bought.

And, it would free up sales people to help you rather than spend more than half their time re-folding clothes for display after people have rummaged through piles trying to find their size!

Also, in this scenario, why would mens’ sections need to be staffed – what do sales people do besides helping you find your size? (I’m assuming women probably shop differently).

The circumstances that led to the Argentine economic crises (1999-2002) seem to have a lot of correlation to our current state of affairs.

I wonder if it would be possible to develop a private, precious-metal backed currency, which people could hold as a hedge against government stupidity and hyper-inflation?

This new currency would be safer than holding precious metal securities (the government has the power to cease stock exchanges from trading), and securities are generally vulnerable to manipulation. Not to mention the vulnerability of 1’s and 0’s (electronic trading) to cyber-hacking.

It’s also a more practical solution than holding gold and other precious metals in a vault.

As part of the currency’s charter, an independent auditing firm would periodically affirm its legitimacy.

Counterfeiting may be an issue, but American Express is able to manage risk exposure with its Traveler’s Checks…

People who don’t graduate from high school still have the opportunity to take a high school equivalence exam, the GED.

Why is there no equivalent standard for a University equivalence certification?

This would be a low cost education pathway for people to learn at their own pace, and to focus on topic areas of vital interest to their career and livelihood. Lecture videos on the Internet and electronic books make it extremely affordable to distribute the best teaching from places like Harvard and USC, even if someone can’t afford or can’t get into such an institution.  The papers and materials generated, as part of this independent educational pathway would be reviewed by an Equivalence Standards Panel.  And, you could even join with other like-minded people in virtual learning clusters, to produce group projects etc.

Thoughts?

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