How do you measure altruism? America donates over 2% of its GDP to charity every year. But how does a person make the conscious decision to simply give money away, to charities or people or countries that they will never know? Economists, scientists and mathematicians alike have all tried to devise algorithms or formulas and… Continue reading

Dark matter is the matter in our universe that we cannot see It’s hard to detect, and it doesn’t interact with light But it’s still matter, and we know it exists Just because it’s not visible, doesn’t mean it’s not real, because that is how all good ideas start: a fabrication from nothing. Good Luck. Continue reading

For the past few decades, targetting the sellers has been very ineffective in stopping the sale of illegal drugs. When you arrest the sellers, it only exacerbates the issue. The fundamental law of economics that controls any market is supply and demand. Stopping drug sellers decreases supply, making it more scarce, while the demand remains the… Continue reading

Anyone who knows me also knows that I have allergies… A lot of them Beef, dairy, eggs, yeast, peanuts, sesame, lamb, pineapple, gluten, 1000 different type of trees, pollen, and the cold. Dairy might be the worst one Not being able to have milk with my coffee or cereal. No ice cream, no alfredo sauce,… Continue reading

Dear Jeff, You live a privileged life You have great friends and family Opportunities are everywhere, and you only need to take the first step You have great aspirations and will accomplish a lot in life But even if you don’t, it’s okay I know you are stressed out right now, and maybe the past… Continue reading

Today I found out that there is a 19-year-old physics student at Stanford who is discovering ways to locate and avoid space-debris (or space junk), which will benefit companies like NASA and SpaceX and the ISS. and most of you have heard of the 20-year-old women’s advocate and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate TED conferences… Continue reading

Life gets tough sometimes Maybe more often than just sometimes But if you can survive one day at a time You can go pretty far Good Luck Continue reading

Adam Grant did an experiment in his book “ Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives our Success (Which I highly recommend you check out) He asked employees of a company: “what % of your co-workers do you think steal from the company?” He found that people who often answered this question with high % generally meant that that specific… Continue reading