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2 days ago

What’s the Value of Your Life Really Worth?

What is economics exactly? According to Merriam-Webster, economics is: a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. But when you look to academia to get an understanding of what economics is really all about, economists can’t seem to agree. …

Capitalism

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What’s the Value of Your Life Really Worth?
What’s the Value of Your Life Really Worth?
Capitalism

16 min read


Sep 4

What the End of Feudalism Tells Us About Capitalism’s Inevitable Demise

Late stage capitalism is all the rage right now. This is especially true for younger generations — mine included — who believe there is no way out of the economic mess we’re in. Despite all the doom and gloom, there is light at the end of the tunnel. To get…

Capitalism

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What the End of Feudalism Tells Us About Capitalism’s Inevitable Demise
What the End of Feudalism Tells Us About Capitalism’s Inevitable Demise
Capitalism

6 min read


Aug 28

Student Loan Repayment is an Economic Crisis — Here’s How to Not Waste It

At the end of the week, interest will start accruing on your student loans. Next month, you’ll have to begin making payments again. Do you know where you’re going to get the money from? I know I don’t. And to be brutally honest, I was struggling to make payments before…

Economics

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Student Loan Repayment is an Economic Crisis — Here’s How to Not Waste It
Student Loan Repayment is an Economic Crisis — Here’s How to Not Waste It
Economics

10 min read


Aug 21

Worldcoin Wants to Pay You For Your Eyeball — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t

Worldcoin might be the most important financial innovation since Bitcoin. Yet, very few people are talking about it. What is it exactly? Worldcoin is a crypto project that combines biometrics with decentralized finance. You open an account by scanning your eye, which provides the basis for verifying your identity. …

Economics

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Worldcoin Wants to Pay You For Your Eyeball — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
Worldcoin Wants to Pay You For Your Eyeball — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
Economics

9 min read


Aug 14

Dear Feminists, We’re The Problem

I wasn’t raised to become a feminist. Instead, I stumbled into it. Feminism was the logical response to a world that told me I was less than simply by being born a girl. I was raised in a Christian family. We attended an evangelical church that frequently segregated Sunday school…

Society

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Dear Feminists, We’re The Problem
Dear Feminists, We’re The Problem
Society

12 min read


Aug 9

How to Not Get Automated Out of Your Job

When you think of automation what’s the first thing that comes to mind? A robot taking your job of course! While that’s the popular belief it’s not quite going to play out like that. In reality, automation is going to be an incremental decline in the demand for human labor…

Economics

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How to Not Get Automated Out of Your Job
How to Not Get Automated Out of Your Job
Economics

6 min read


Aug 8

Three Years Ago I Set a Radical Goal. Today I Accomplished It. Here’s How I Did It.

It’s no accident that books like Atomic Habits consistently rank at the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. Our culture is obsessed with setting goals. The problem is we don’t do well with achieving them. We all have things we want to accomplish in this life but for one reason or…

Self Improvement

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Three Years Ago I Set a Radical Goal. Today I Accomplished It. Here’s How I Did It.
Three Years Ago I Set a Radical Goal. Today I Accomplished It. Here’s How I Did It.
Self Improvement

11 min read


Jul 31

I’m Tired Of Spending Money On Bad Food In Lame Restaurants Too

A provocative article by Rocco Pendola recently came across my feed. In it, he argues that going out to eat is basically: Going through the motions of going out to restaurants and bars only to be charged an amount of money that absolutely is commensurate with the costs restaurants and…

Personal Finance

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I’m Tired Of Spending Money On Bad Food In Lame Restaurants Too
I’m Tired Of Spending Money On Bad Food In Lame Restaurants Too
Personal Finance

9 min read


Jul 25

Oppenheimer Isn’t a Story About the Atomic Bomb — It’s About Ourselves

Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated film, Oppenheimer, opened in theaters over the weekend. It beat expectations raking in a whopping $80.5 million in sales. Despite the ongoing labor strike in Hollywood, its release — alongside the Barbie movie — set records. Running three hours, Oppenheimer tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer…

Technology

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Oppenheimer Isn’t a Story About the Atomic Bomb — It’s About Ourselves
Oppenheimer Isn’t a Story About the Atomic Bomb — It’s About Ourselves
Technology

12 min read


Jul 18

RE: The recent Supreme Court decision on student debt relief

Dear Secretary Cardona, On August 24, 2022, President Biden announced a one-time student debt relief plan that would have eliminated $20,000 of my $31,049 student loan balance. I knew it was too good to be true. …

Economy

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RE: The recent Supreme Court decision on student debt relief
RE: The recent Supreme Court decision on student debt relief
Economy

4 min read

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Amanda Claypool

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I’m a writer & strategy consultant musing about the future of the world as it’s unfolding. Support my work: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/amandaclaypool

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