Some economic thoughts:
Perhaps if we desire to augment our wealth, freedom and bank account this is an optional strategy:
- Opt to buy really cheap and ‘shitty’ phones (I just bought a new Motorola phone [Android] for only $150!!!) It works very good, clean Android, and it does the most important thing very well … making phone calls (remember, it is still called a ‘phone’, not a ‘device’).
- Buy the most expensive laptop you can afford (in praise of maxed-out MacBook Pro laptops, refurbished from the Apple Store).
Why? Think … the average person (even poor people in America) buy the newest iPhone (I see a lot of poor working class folks at the mall with iPhone Pro’s, which cost around $999). What if that money could go to buying a really nice laptop (Apple MacBook Air, or a refurbished MacBook laptop?). Or seeing the Apple Mac Refurbished Educational discount store.
My simple solution for getting kids out of poverty and the hood:
- Buy a kid a MacBook laptop (it can be new, refurbished or used)
- Get the kid to go to college and study computer science
- Kid gets a programming job once they graduate (more or less guaranteed salary of $60,000+ USD for these kids)
My first solution for ERIC KIM SCHOOL.