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Paperwork; Visceral and Virtual
Apr. 29th, 2024 10:52 pmMany decades ago, in junior high school, I chanced upon a group of older boys playing a game at the school library that they told me was "like Dungeons & Dragons". I had heard of said game, and so the flame was lit. One of the manifestations of this hobby was a rather large collection of RPG magazines. Now many of these have been stashed in my wardrobe for many years and I thought it was time I divested myself of the collection (I have kept Different Worlds, Interface, and Ares) and, over the past two days, I've sold off hundreds of said magazines, close to 90kg in weight and at least three large storage containers. I think they are all going to good homes, and certainly, the payments for such goods will be put to virtuous use.
In a more virtual manner, I have also completed my previous year's tax in a single night, albeit with much of it organised prior. I'm not too sure how my accountant arranges it, but my tax submission is technically several months late, but apparently, if that's done by an agent that's acceptable. I confess I have long since lost interest in the administrivia of such things, preferring to explore the grounding of monetary policy and effective fiscal policy. Recently, I have expressed a few thoughts on the technology of money and its transformation into a virtual expression. To summarise my point of view, I don't particularly care for metallic monetary systems ("metallism"), I think cryptocurrency is a clever scam, and finally, there is an inevitable trajectory that physical cash will become a thing of the past, as it should. In Australia, cash payments have collapsed to a mere 16% of transactions, and even less by value.
As usual, I have a few other irons in the fire; I am working on an article on the current conflict in Palestine which, as always, puts the matter of real people above ideological and metaphysical claims. I have a few words to write about YouTube's rather annoying campaign against ad blockers. Plus there is a small matter of arranging the Isocracy AGM by the end of next month, and finally, two events with the ACFS are coming up in the next fortnight. And, as usual, the RPG Review 'zine is running a bit late, although I must confess that I very much enjoy running my current "Call of Cthulhu" campaign, which is increasingly showing the latent story over the explicit.
In a more virtual manner, I have also completed my previous year's tax in a single night, albeit with much of it organised prior. I'm not too sure how my accountant arranges it, but my tax submission is technically several months late, but apparently, if that's done by an agent that's acceptable. I confess I have long since lost interest in the administrivia of such things, preferring to explore the grounding of monetary policy and effective fiscal policy. Recently, I have expressed a few thoughts on the technology of money and its transformation into a virtual expression. To summarise my point of view, I don't particularly care for metallic monetary systems ("metallism"), I think cryptocurrency is a clever scam, and finally, there is an inevitable trajectory that physical cash will become a thing of the past, as it should. In Australia, cash payments have collapsed to a mere 16% of transactions, and even less by value.
As usual, I have a few other irons in the fire; I am working on an article on the current conflict in Palestine which, as always, puts the matter of real people above ideological and metaphysical claims. I have a few words to write about YouTube's rather annoying campaign against ad blockers. Plus there is a small matter of arranging the Isocracy AGM by the end of next month, and finally, two events with the ACFS are coming up in the next fortnight. And, as usual, the RPG Review 'zine is running a bit late, although I must confess that I very much enjoy running my current "Call of Cthulhu" campaign, which is increasingly showing the latent story over the explicit.
