Singapore’s stalled birthrate reflects a pattern across wealthy Asian economies where higher living standards, shifting values and gender imbalances have made low fertility persistent and resistant to quick policy fixes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/asias-falling-fertility-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #singapore #japan #southkorea #taiwan #china #fertility #demographics #aging #population #immigration #labor #prosperity #children #women039sissues
💸 Money is NOT Wealth.
For generations, we chased money, sacrificing health and peace—yet still felt empty. Why? Numbers cannot nourish a soul.
True abundance isn't measured by your bank balance. It's measured by:
* The safety in your nervous system
* The softness in your breath
* The peace in your chest
* The love that flows without fear
Money is kind; it's a mirror showing your inner state. When you overflow inside, life mirrors it outside. When you live in lack, even millions feel like crumbs.
The shift: When the heart remembers "I am enough," we stop chasing money and start becoming abundance.
As I wrote earlier today: Love turns currency into connection. That is the highest return on investment.
Abundance is a frequency we embody, not something we pursue. When gratitude and love transform your internal state, money becomes a river instead of a cage. A flow, not a chase.
May we all say with a full heart: I am enough. I AM abundance. 🌱✨
🫧 #Dreamshare ™
Why is #SocialBookmarking mostly always flat lists, persisted as rows in most basic datastores?
Instead why aren't they 😋 juicy metadata-hung 🍒 nuggets, sparkling in rich semantic tapestries, discovered in lush forests of #SocialWeb, where insights and knowledge can be gleaned? Fruits that lure us to explore, be more connected to others.
🍓 Personal #prosperity vaults!
Tech's there..
#ActivityPub #LinkedData?
Explore a #SemanticWeb?
#P2P and #fedi hybrids?
#CRDT's local-1st?
Marvin
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Museum of the 21st century. Cartoon for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
Museum of the 21st century. Cartoon for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
#Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.
One was called " #Prosperity", where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.
The second set of rules was called "Monopoly", where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person eliminating everyone else.
Magie's mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules & celebrated "Monopoly".
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruthless-monopolys-secret-history/
Thank you, @MarkHoltom.
