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Blueberry Cherry Maca Recipe Extravaganza  Four ways to enjoy one exceptional fruit blend By John Swygert The original NutriBullet drink is recorded exactly as made. The three dessert variations are proposed recipes to test and adjust before publication. 01  Original NutriBullet Blueberry–Cherry Maca Drink A remarkably thick, creamy fruit drink with a cheesecake-like flavor. No yogurt or cream cheese is required. Ingredients — original batch 12 oz blueberries 4 oz cherries, pitted 5 huge, heavily heaping teaspoons dehydrated milk powder 4 huge, heavily heaping teaspoons maca powder Sugar, to taste Method 1. Add the blueberries and pitted cherries to the NutriBullet cup. Work in batches if the fruit and powder exceed the cup’s maximum fill line. 2. Add the dehydrated milk, maca and sugar. Add a small splash of cold water or milk only if needed for the blades to turn; the original blend is intended to be very thick. 3. Blend until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately or refriger...

The Efficiency Reversal How Cheaper Technologies Create Demand, Move Scarcity, and Can Become More Expensive Than the Systems They Replace John Swygert September 23, 2026 Economic and technological hypothesis paper Abstract Technological progress is commonly associated with declining cost. A new technology, process, fuel, or computational system becomes more efficient, requires fewer resources per unit of useful output, or reduces the cost of accomplishing a task. Lower cost encourages adoption. Adoption expands the market. Expanded markets stimulate new applications, infrastructure, specialization, and dependence. Eventually, however, the success of the technology can produce a counterintuitive result: the technology that became attractive partly because of its economy can generate such extensive demand that scarcity migrates elsewhere in the system and the market price, total expenditure, or cost of constrained inputs rises. This paper proposes the term Efficiency Reversal for this...