Hallucinogen-3 or the Karma of Finance
Observation on Microsoft’s Halo 3 – Release, first drafted on Sept 26, 2007, published on Oct. 2, 2007
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Here is a question to all of you who believe that the new Halo-3 game will ultimately be a boost for Microsoft and
the economy. How exactly do you imagine that this product will help to grow the company and “make America (and
in deed, the rest of the world) stronger”?
Now, obviously, Noah denkt™ too recognizes, that this product has a fair chance to be successful in the market.
And so we, too, understand that there is a considerable opportunity for Mircosoft and its investors to make money
here (- which can then be made available to finance new and exciting technological advances). The question of
however is, whether these earnings generated by Halo-3 will in deed offset the medium and long-term costs that
this product will unleash onto Microsoft and the economy. For too debilitating and distracting is the content of this
game, that one could now still hope that it will adequately harness the productive power that the future certainly
requires.
No, if we want to be honest here, we have to accept, that this product is way too virtual to help its players cope
with the real world. And so we cannot discard the degenerating effects that this game will have on them. For too
much does it suck them into an archaic fantasy environment that one could now still trust that they ill now be able
to translate this experience into competitive non-dream world scenario.
Given therefore that it is more likely than not, that this product will impede the further enlightenment of minds, we
urge our readers to not get trapped into an impending share up-tick. For too soon will the distracting
consequences of this game come to haunt Microsoft as well, that we could now still think that it will thus be able to
grow its profits continuously.
No, and no again, if we do not want to dilute ourselves, we have to accept, that all money that is made by
appealing to man’s more base instincts, will eventually hurt its profiteer more than he initially thinks. And so we
cannot believe that Microsoft will honestly benefit from the book-keeping gains, Halo-3 will generate for it. For too
uninspired has their approach been this time, that they will easily be able to reinvent it next time.
Now some of you will certainly be tempted to argue against our assertion that the debilitating effect of Halo-3 is not
as bad as we make it out to be. After all, they will say, does this product help kids to train their multi-tasking rapid
reaction skills. And so one should not discard the introductory technology function that this game provides. For
too powerful is its design capability that one should not now expect that some of that will sooner or later end up in
more relevant industry applications.
Despite the fact though, that some of the technology savvy which Halo-3 creates will certainly show up in other
imaging solutions (notably in target identification applications for weapons systems and robotic machine tool
construction) we prefer to stick to our opinion, whereby the negatives of this product will eventually outweigh the
positives that it surely has. For too little has it done to address the actual existential challenge that one could now
still hope that those who are in involved with it will then appropriately deal with it.
No, no, the fact, that a few will undoubtedly draw the right lessons from this product will not be enough to
overcome the mind-numbing consequences that this game will have on the many. For too little has it helped these
many to truly understand the few that one could now still trust, that the latter will still be able to remedy the errors
that those masses will bring on themselves.
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Observation on Microsoft’s Halo 3 – Release, first drafted on Sept 26, 2007, published on Oct. 2, 2007
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Here is a question to all of you who believe that the new Halo-3 game will ultimately be a boost for Microsoft and
the economy. How exactly do you imagine that this product will help to grow the company and “make America (and
in deed, the rest of the world) stronger”?
Now, obviously, Noah denkt™ too recognizes, that this product has a fair chance to be successful in the market.
And so we, too, understand that there is a considerable opportunity for Mircosoft and its investors to make money
here (- which can then be made available to finance new and exciting technological advances). The question of
however is, whether these earnings generated by Halo-3 will in deed offset the medium and long-term costs that
this product will unleash onto Microsoft and the economy. For too debilitating and distracting is the content of this
game, that one could now still hope that it will adequately harness the productive power that the future certainly
requires.
No, if we want to be honest here, we have to accept, that this product is way too virtual to help its players cope
with the real world. And so we cannot discard the degenerating effects that this game will have on them. For too
much does it suck them into an archaic fantasy environment that one could now still trust that they ill now be able
to translate this experience into competitive non-dream world scenario.
Given therefore that it is more likely than not, that this product will impede the further enlightenment of minds, we
urge our readers to not get trapped into an impending share up-tick. For too soon will the distracting
consequences of this game come to haunt Microsoft as well, that we could now still think that it will thus be able to
grow its profits continuously.
No, and no again, if we do not want to dilute ourselves, we have to accept, that all money that is made by
appealing to man’s more base instincts, will eventually hurt its profiteer more than he initially thinks. And so we
cannot believe that Microsoft will honestly benefit from the book-keeping gains, Halo-3 will generate for it. For too
uninspired has their approach been this time, that they will easily be able to reinvent it next time.
Now some of you will certainly be tempted to argue against our assertion that the debilitating effect of Halo-3 is not
as bad as we make it out to be. After all, they will say, does this product help kids to train their multi-tasking rapid
reaction skills. And so one should not discard the introductory technology function that this game provides. For
too powerful is its design capability that one should not now expect that some of that will sooner or later end up in
more relevant industry applications.
Despite the fact though, that some of the technology savvy which Halo-3 creates will certainly show up in other
imaging solutions (notably in target identification applications for weapons systems and robotic machine tool
construction) we prefer to stick to our opinion, whereby the negatives of this product will eventually outweigh the
positives that it surely has. For too little has it done to address the actual existential challenge that one could now
still hope that those who are in involved with it will then appropriately deal with it.
No, no, the fact, that a few will undoubtedly draw the right lessons from this product will not be enough to
overcome the mind-numbing consequences that this game will have on the many. For too little has it helped these
many to truly understand the few that one could now still trust, that the latter will still be able to remedy the errors
that those masses will bring on themselves.
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| Addition to this comment from Jan. 6, 2009: Noah denkt™ believes that the Microsoft share price is likely to rise in 2009, due to an albeit modest recovery of the overall economy in the coming year. |