This is an excerpt from my book “Money is Biological: Exploring Money’s Emergence, Evolution, Innovation, and Future.” It’s available on Amazon.

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1. Money is the neuron in the converse of transacting – i.e., innovation to consumption.
2. Money is an innovation or invention enabled by biology’s human psychology, as all manmade innovations are.
3. Money is a biological construct, just like a chair or an aeroplane, innovated by humans with their unique biological psychology. Chairs and aeroplanes are also biological constructs.
4. Similar to how a chair or an aeroplane has utility for humans, money serves as a utility and addresses fascinating biological problems arising from man’s biological ingenuity in inventing multiplicity. These intriguing problems involve men’s psycho-biological ability to progressively and accumulatively innovate diverse utilities, oftentimes of novelty – with money emerging as the solution for trading those innovations.

This is an excerpt from my book “Money is Biological: Exploring Money’s Emergence, Evolution, Innovation, and Future.” It’s available on Amazon.

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When money evolved arguments

There are mainstream arguments of when money evolved from barter to commodity money and to fiat money.

Perhaps the most contrary but evidential was the late anthropologist and anarchist activist David Graeber’s argument that debt is the first form of money in his 2011 published book, ”Debt: The First 5000 Years[i].”

It posits debt (the credit system, i.e. debtors and creditors) as one of the first forms of money, and probably preceded barter and cash, dating back to about 5000 years ago in Uruk, Mesopotania, present day Muthanna Province in Iraq.

Find this book on Amazon, my webstore (if you’re in South Africa), Takelot.com, or in South African bookstores (Bargain Books, Exclusive Books, Protea, etc.)

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Formerly published as “Township Biz Adjacent” (Copyright © 2020 Tiisetso Maloma).

This booklet offers a never-before-seen analysis of the billions-worth township economy – including the rural areas and the ghettos, by applying the Adjacent Possible theory.

The book purports that the billions generating townships are a goldmine that now, unlike before, are favourable and ready to be mined by young – especially black – startup entrepreneurs, especially those dealing in B2C (Business to Consumer) and FCMG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) products.

The booklet shows that understanding the economics of townships through the Adjacent Possible theory can help us innovate and create suitable products that township consumers can support virally and continuously, i.e., products adjacent to township consumer behaviour and consumption metrics.

Its premise is that townships are an Economic Cyclone, (a concept to be explained later in the book). It expands on this concept and explains why young township entrepreneurs are favourably adjoined to this mammoth cyclone of opportunity.

The Adjacent Possible theory has its genesis in evolutionary biology and was coined by Dr. Stuart A. Kauffman.

Did everyone at EFF’s 10-year celebration who sang along with Julius Malema to “kill the Boer kill the farmer” commit hate speech and incitement of violence?

These snippets come from my book “Innovate Like Elon Musk.” It’s available on Amazon, my webstore (if you’re in South Africa), Takelot.com, or in South African bookstores (Bargain Books, Exclusive Books, Protea, etc.)

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The Falcon 9 rocket is designed to land its first stage, enabling its reusability. SpaceX has developed two primary methods for landing the Falcon 9 first stage: landing on land and landing on an autonomous drone ship.

Landing on Land:

a. As the first stage approaches the Earth’s atmosphere after stage separation, it reorients itself using its grid fins for stability and control. This maneuver is known as a boostback burn.

b. The rocket performs a reentry burn, firing three of its Merlin engines to slow down and control its descent through the atmosphere.

These snippets come from my book “Innovate Like Elon Musk.” It’s available on Amazon, my webstore (if you’re in South Africa), Takelot.com, or in South African bookstores (Bargain Books, Exclusive Books, Protea, etc.)

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Here are some interesting, peculiar, and innovative features that Tesla vehicles come with.

Dog mode

Tesla Dog Mode is a feature that keeps the car at a comfortable temperature for pets left inside while the owner is away. It displays a message on the touchscreen indicating the pet’s safety and prevents the car from automatically turning off. It helps ensure the well-being of pets and provides reassurance to passersby.

To learn how to start your own brand product, purchase a copy of the “90 Days to Create & Launch” book.

I often say to young people that to stay productive, they should not listen to people over 40 who have achieved prestige and are ever complaining and condemning “structures” in society.

Most of these people’s favourite topics are race and gender.

Why should you not listen to them? These people knew the societal challenges when they were 25.

This is an excerpt from my 9^th book ‘Innovate Like Elon Musk.’ Purchase it on Amazon, here if you are in South Africa, or, visit South African bookstores.

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In this section, we will look at some of the explicit instances that indicate innovative business manoeuvres and first-principle innovations employed by Elon Musk’s companies. Some portray material-to-proprietary innovation, and others are marginal improvements.