The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5 by Taylor Pearson This is the era we’re headed into…where everything is outsourced, where income has gone down versus inflation for the past 40 years, and there are fewer and fewer choices for highly educated people with high student loan debts to get good… Continue reading The End of Jobs
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Trump & Sanders
Any 2016 speculation before the primaries is pretty much a waste of energy. If Bernie loses to Hillary in Iowa and Hew Hampshire, he’s pretty much finished, baring some major scandal or gaffe for Hillary. The GOP field is more diverse, with many candidates neck-and-neck, making it harder to determine a front-runner from the first… Continue reading Trump & Sanders
Countering Flawed Arguments of the Anti-College Movement
There are good arguments against going to college, namely the leftist bias and the possibility of accumulating a lot of debt for a degree that has little earning power, but there are two dubious premises perpetuated by anti-college movement: 1. That a college degree is worthless 2. That going college holds back people from achieving… Continue reading Countering Flawed Arguments of the Anti-College Movement
The SPLC’s War on Reddit and Free Speech
From splcenter.org: Black Hole There’s a relevant quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: “He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.” That seems to apply to the SPCL right now, which is shooting itself in the foot and expending… Continue reading The SPLC’s War on Reddit and Free Speech
The Great Chinese Nothing
Just as quickly as the Chinese Stock market crashed – sending the western financial media into a tizzy, clicking their heels with delight the The Great Satan, China, would finally meet its comeuppance – it came roaring back as if nothing had happened, hence The Great Chinese Nothing. It never occurred to anyone that maybe… Continue reading The Great Chinese Nothing
Reviving the American Dream with ‘Purple Policies’
Harvard professor explains how we can revitalize the American Dream In hopes of reviving those positive trends, Putnam proposed what he calls “purple policies,” which combine conservative and liberal ideas. With the goal of reviving equal opportunity, Putnam advocates for the careful development and reform of programs such as early childhood education, apprenticeships, tutoring, community… Continue reading Reviving the American Dream with ‘Purple Policies’
Millennials and the GOP
When ‘old’ people ascribe labels such as ‘entitled’ or ‘arrogant’ to millennials, it’s because they are used to an economy where people shut-up and did what they were told, and in the pre-globalization era shutting-up and collecting your guaranteed paycheck may have been a good idea. But with the economy becoming more competitive, companies in… Continue reading Millennials and the GOP
Why They Feel Left Out
I sometimes wonder why more conservative bloggers don’t write about existentialist matters, instead writing about political issues as if such issues exist in a vacuum removed from the human condition. How about articles that answer the question if having a high IQ in our increasingly technological society makes some people ‘better’ than others. Or about… Continue reading Why They Feel Left Out
Another Correct Prediction – AirBNB
Another correct prediction: Airbnb raises $1.5B, valuing it at $25.5B Everything keeps going up, the cries of ‘bubble’ ignored. Looking at $80 billion valuation for air BNB (which would make it more valuable than Priceline), $100 billion uber, and $50 billion Snapchat. $50-100 billion seems to be the upper limit, after which the pressure to… Continue reading Another Correct Prediction – AirBNB
Why Personal Finance Has Become So Important To Millennials
With on average of 2000 people online at any given moment (on par with the wildly popular /r/aww) why is Reddit’s /r/personalfinance so popular, as well as 4chan’s business & finance board, 4chan.org/biz/ ? But it seems like the topic of personal finance, as well as economics and finance, is poplar everywhere online where high-IQ… Continue reading Why Personal Finance Has Become So Important To Millennials