Urban cosmogenesisAt the dawn of time, some matter clustered together to achieve higher economic productivity. This we call "urban matter."
Some other matter drifted apart from civilization and came to depend on subsidies to exist. This we call "rural matter."
Today, all humans' atoms are made up of one or a mix of both of these atomic heritages, locked in eternal struggle between urban Light and rural Dark.
An urban atom produces at least 10.7 and on average 17.2 2022 international yoctodollars of economic output per year. A rural atom produces at most 6.2 and on average 0.14 2022 international yoctodollars of economic output per year. You can see the effects of urban and rural matter at the societal level on the below graph:
While atomic heritage testing is expensive and still imprecise, you can estimate your urban/rural heritage based on economic output.
First, you must estimate your annualized GDP contribution over your working life, in 2021 Int$. This is generally the same as your income.
To compute the upper bound of your urban heritage, you can estimate how many minimally urban (10.7 yocotodollar) atoms it would take to achieve your annualized economic output. Then divide that by the number of atoms in your body (if you haven't had them measured, use 7e27 as an approximation) to determine the upper bound of your urban heritage.
To compute your estimated urban and rural heritage, you can compute what blend of average urban (17.2 yoctodollar) and average rural (0.14 yoctodollar) atoms it would take to produce your combined economic output.
Some examples:
* At $0 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you can be at most 0% urban; on average you are 100% rural
* At $1,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <1.4% urban; on average you are 99.99% rural
* At $10,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <14% urban; on average you are 92.5% rural
* At $45,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <61% urban; on average you are 63% rural
* At $75,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <100% urban; on average you are 62% urban
* At $120,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <100% urban; on average you are 99.7% urban
* At $1,000,000 of annualized work-lifetime economic output, you are <100% urban; on average you are 100% urban
Due to urban atoms having no upper bound on production, you can always potentially be nearly entirely rural in composition. A single urban atom can economically power a civilization. Rural atoms, however, cannot have negative production (although their net production is negative due to siphoning of urban production in the form of subsidies).
If your economic output is less than $980/yr, then you are likely purely rural. If your economic output is greater than $120,400, then you are likely purely urban. If your economic output is greater than $60,690, then you are likely majority urban.
If you are <30% urban, you are a rural. This corresponds to an average economic output of $36,806 or less.
If you are 30-70% urban, you are a suburban. This corresponds to economic output between $36,806 and $84,574 on average.
If you are >70% urban, you are human (or "an urban"). This corresponds to an average economic output of $84,574 or more.
If this diagnostic evaluation suggests you might be a rural, please see your general practitioner and ask to have your atoms tested. And please return our urban subsidies.
Edited 1/6/2022 20:28:44
