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You can’t start running before you learn how to crawl You can’t see step 2 from step 0 You can’t jump rungs when climbing a ladder (or you can but you’ll have a higher chance of falling) Sometimes no matter how excellent you are, things will just take time Continue reading

Time moves slower when you are: 1) in pain 2) looking forward to the future 3) looking too much back into the past We can’t really control when we are in pain. That’s up to the universe However, we can control our mindset and not dwell too much on the past or seek too much Continue reading

I’m going to be doing a water sustainability research project this semester as an extra curricular study Hopefully I’ll be able to do some interesting work… My goal is to understand how we as a society can value and invaluable resource Continue reading

When my life is busy I generally also feel more productive Productive days make me feel happier too We are tied to our projects The things we build toward The projects that make us unique The more time we spend, the happier we generally feel My life is really busy right now, but it’s good Continue reading

We acquire things justly by acquiriing something without infringing on the liberty of others We trade labor for money Money for goods But when humanity realized that labor was part of the production function of goods, those in power abused the labor of others Infringing on other people’s liberty produces injustice To create a just Continue reading

Is there such a thing as “equivalent exchange”? Yes, if you trade one $10 bill for another $10 bill, but that doesn’t really accomplish anything In economics, more trade is better More trade means more producer and consumer surplus, which contributes to overall economic welfare, which is just economic jargon for “the world is better Continue reading

I am afraid of forgetting who I am Looking back at past photos, past memories, past blog posts I don’t want to be 30 and look back at my life and ask where did I diverge? I don’t want to be 50 with regrets I don’t want to forget who I am… It’s scary. It’s Continue reading

Hedge your bets or double-down? If you really care about something, and you truly want to succeed, you double-down it’s not gambling It’s making an investment in a path you choose Continue reading

Economists oversell the benefits of material goods Philosophers often undersell economic growth But it’s important to put the two in conversation Is the average American happier than the average American 100 years ago? Surely we are more economically fulfilled in terms of technology, medicine, education and services In fact we are perhaps 500% more economically Continue reading