2 days agoMember-onlyWhat’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. …Capitalism16 min readCapitalism16 min read
Sep 4Member-onlyWhat the End of Feudalism Tells Us About Capitalism’s Inevitable DemiseLate 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…Capitalism6 min readCapitalism6 min read
Aug 28Member-onlyStudent Loan Repayment is an Economic Crisis — Here’s How to Not Waste ItAt 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…Economics10 min readEconomics10 min read
Aug 21Member-onlyWorldcoin Wants to Pay You For Your Eyeball — Here’s Why You Shouldn’tWorldcoin 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. …Economics9 min readEconomics9 min read
Aug 14Member-onlyDear Feminists, We’re The ProblemI 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…Society12 min readSociety12 min read
Aug 9Member-onlyHow to Not Get Automated Out of Your JobWhen 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…Economics6 min readEconomics6 min read
Aug 8Member-onlyThree 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 Improvement11 min readSelf Improvement11 min read
Jul 31Member-onlyI’m Tired Of Spending Money On Bad Food In Lame Restaurants TooA 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 Finance9 min readPersonal Finance9 min read
Jul 25Member-onlyOppenheimer Isn’t a Story About the Atomic Bomb — It’s About OurselvesChristopher 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…Technology12 min readTechnology12 min read
Jul 18Member-onlyRE: The recent Supreme Court decision on student debt reliefDear 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. …Economy4 min readEconomy4 min read