Waves

Last few days ago, I've searched through a current trend on economic downturns. What is really causing it? I don't really want to believe about this "housing problem" in the US. It's true that that was the major factor. But that's not the whole story.

This economic downturn is the story of the problem of "unlimited human wants and limit".

Simple. If you're given RM1000, with the prospect of getting RM2000, would you go for RM2000? Yes, you would. And what if RM100,000, RM 1 Mil, RM 1 Bil, RM 1 Tril... let's change currency. USD 1 trillion.... it goes on.

That's it, that's it. This is our problem. We can't satisfy ourselves with what we have. We can only realize the limit of how far we could go. But you're actually the one who impose that limit. In reality, your "want" won't be satisfied.

So how do we go around this? We have policies and laws to govern our unlimited wants such that the scarce resources on this planet are accessible to all.

So when we have unlimited wants, we tend to go so far until we hit the limit, and then we back off. After things settle, we go there again - stronger. This in effect creates a "cycle" in our economy - growth and shrink. Hard landing, soft landing. You name it. It's the same thing.

So now, we know why there's an economic cycle?

But can't we have economic "flatness"? Price is stable - everyone is happy.
In ideal world, yes. In reality, no. Our desire fluctuate, often correlated with our limit.

The interesting observation is this: Small particles travel in waves.

Ocean creates waves, Particles travel in waves, Pendulum creates waves (simple harmonic motion). All this, if we plot will create a plotting pattern called "sinusoidal".

Once you have sinusoidal plot, you can use many apparatus and tools and mathematical techniques, and come up with all sorts of theories about life.

Particles, down to atom level, will have electron and proton. This is the determining factor of the behavior that we see, even at the "macro" level.

OK, you'll then argue with me that the law governing particles is different in atomic level. It's true that Newton's Law of motion conflict fundamentally with Quantum Mechanics. But if we zoom in and out, the essence - polarities created tension between two atomic particles, creates these "waves" even down at the field and atom level. The law is different, but the character is the same. This dynamic of particle polarities creates interesting phenomena in nature:

Hot and cold, Black and white, etc. It's basically "Ying and Yang".

My bottom line is this:
Our life work harmoniously with nature in waves.
Life because of "unlimited wants and human limit". Nature because of "ying" and "yang".