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[5] viXra:2510.0124 [pdf] submitted on 2025-10-26 20:46:48
Authors: Jaba Tkemaladze
Comments: 24 Pages.
The intensifying frequency of climate disasters, geopolitical conflicts, and pandemics exposes critical vulnerabilities in globalized, input-intensive food systems. Traditional protein sources—terrestrial livestock, crops, and marine fisheries—are highly susceptible to collapse under such catastrophic scenarios due to their dependencies on complex supply chains, external inputs, and stable climatic conditions. This article posits that lake-based aquaculture represents a strategically undervalued yet indispensable component of a resilient food security framework. We argue that the inherent characteristics of lacustrine systems—including superior feed conversion ratios, the utilization of natural trophic pathways, and a static "live storage" production model—confer a unique capacity to function autonomously during prolonged infrastructural and logistical breakdowns. The analysis delineates criteria for selecting resilient fish species, advocates for extensive polyculture management models, and outlines strategies for mitigating risks related to disease, genetic resource security, and ecological degradation. Furthermore, a strategic roadmap is proposed for integrating this approach into national policy, emphasizing legislative action, targeted research, economic incentives, and specialized education. The conclusion asserts that proactive investment in developing lake aquaculture as a decentralized protein reserve is a critical imperative for enhancing national food sovereignty and long-term survivability in an era of escalating systemic risks.
Category: Economics and Finance
[4] viXra:2510.0102 [pdf] submitted on 2025-10-21 20:42:19
Authors: Taiki Takahashi
Comments: 10 Pages.
Recent advances in behavioral economics and quantum cognition and decision elucidated a number of deviations of actual human decisions and choices from mathematical principles of normative decision theory, which are referred to as "anomalies". One of the prominent anomalies is that the violations of Savage’s sure-thing principle, which is the fundamental axiom of the rational theory of decision under uncertainty. It states that if prospect x is preferred to y knowing that Event A occurred, and if x is preferred to y knowing that A did not occur, then x should be preferred to y even when it is not known whether A occurred. I explicitly derive an equality for testing the violations of Savage’s principle in behavioral experiments on decision under uncertainty. Future applications for behavioral and neuroeconomics and quantum cognition and decision theory are discussed.
Category: Economics and Finance
[3] viXra:2510.0070 [pdf] submitted on 2025-10-14 19:47:52
Authors: Taiki Takahashi
Comments: 10 Pages.
Recent advances in behavioral economics elucidated a number of deviations of actual human decisions and choices from mathematical principles of normative decision theory in neoclassical economics. This study demonstrates, by utilizing the mathematical model of probability discounting theory in behavioral psychology, that normative principles of decision making under risk (von Neumann and Morgenstern’s expected utility theory) and over time (dynamic consistency, i.e., exponential discounting) are incompatible. Possible future applications of this finding in behavioral economics and quantum epistemics are discussed.
Category: Economics and Finance
[2] viXra:2510.0066 [pdf] submitted on 2025-10-13 20:29:01
Authors: Aldrich K. Wooden Sr
Comments: 8 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)
The semiconductor industry stands at an inflection point where physics, eco-nomics, and geopolitics converge to reshape global technology. This analysis decon-structs the entire value chain from atomic-scale fabrication to trillion-dollar marketimplications, revealing why three companies control humanity’s computational fu-ture and what this means for AI development through 2030. Using first principlesreasoning—starting from transistor physics, lithography wavelength limits, fabrica-tion process complexity, and capital intensity economics—this paper demonstrateswhy the industry’s oligopolistic trajectory is inevitable, not coincidental. The analy-sis covers quantum-mechanical transistor operation, extreme ultraviolet lithographyphysics, advanced packaging bottlenecks, high-bandwidth memory constraints, andmarket dynamics across foundries, equipment manufacturers, and AI acceleratorproducers.
Category: Economics and Finance
[1] viXra:2510.0065 [pdf] submitted on 2025-10-13 20:28:31
Authors: Aldrich K. Wooden Sr
Comments: 21 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)
This research examines space-based data centers through first principles analysis, de-constructing fundamental physics constraints and reconstructing complete market ecosystemimplications across direct and indirect sectors. Analysis reveals orbital data centers couldachieve 60-70% cost advantages over terrestrial facilities by 2035 if launch costs decline below$100/kg, but face immutable thermal management constraints from Stefan-Boltzmann radia-tion law that limit power density to 10-20 kW per rack versus terrestrial facilities’ 30-100+kW. The market is projected to reach $39 billion by 2035 at 67% CAGR, with first com-mercial operations launching in 2025. Fundamental physics analysis demonstrates space datacenters solve satellite data processing problems rather than general computing problems, withoptimal applications in Earth observation processing, AI training requiring unlimited cleanpower, and national security applications valuing physical isolation. The study maps complete1infrastructure ecosystem requirements including launch systems, thermal management, radia-tion hardening, communications networks, and servicing capabilities, while analyzing marketimpacts across 15+ sectors from aerospace to insurance. Critical success factors include Star-ship achieving target economics by 2028-2030, technology maturation to TRL 8-9, regulatoryclarity on data sovereignty, and anchor customer commitments enabling commercial viability.
Category: Economics and Finance
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