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slow and steady, sustainability, and space travel
It’s been over a month since my last post and I wanted to just get back into the game after my hiatus The latest topic I’ve found interesting is space colonization and environmental sustainability on Earth Of course, climate change and sustainability is a top issue for humanity and is perhaps the greatest challenge of… Continue reading
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Misinformed, my opinion on opinions
I respect the right for everyone to have an opinion. I also support freedom of speech. But if your opinion is either: Not founded on any information, data, research, etc. Founded on false information, propaganda, etc. Then you need to willing to accept that your opinion is flawed. I have an opinion on almost everything,… Continue reading
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fighting climate change
Climate change—or let’s be blunt here, global warming—is a difficult topic of discussion not only because no one genuinely understands the ramifications of a warming Earth, but also because there is not one unified blueprint to tackling the problem. We fight fire with water. We fight obesity with exercising and dieting. We fight lethargy with… Continue reading
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Baby steps
Baby steps It’s all about baby steps I still remember these words from my grade 8-9 basketball coach 1% better every day Whether that be personal life, academics, career, health, or basketball 1% better every day Don’t worry about being a millionaire overnight Celebrities aren’t made by one movie (they usually did several crappy movies… Continue reading
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Money
Modern money has no intrinsic value and I think that makes it the most fascinating case study ever The USD is the global reserve currency and 60% of world transactions are dealt in USD That’s crazy The USD is backed by US. But if the country’s economy fails, like Venezuela, Ecuador, or Zimbabwe, then the… Continue reading
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why your college doesn’t matter. AT ALL
What college you attend is almost Not important at all. Instead, you should be the type of person who could attend a prestigious college. In fact, it was two professors, one from Princeton, who actually released a paper in 2002 that detailed why attending super-selective colleges had no impact on future career salaries (economic benefits) How did… Continue reading
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Different circumstances
Today I went to Milton Herschel School and man this school is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen It must be over 4 times as big as Vilanova’s 250 acre campus Children lived in mansions which houses up to 14 kids The school where they took classes looked more like a tiny college And there… Continue reading
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finite desires
The first thing we learn in any introductory economics class is the definition of economics, which is widely accepted to be how we, as rational humans, with infinite desires, should act in a world with finitely scarce resources. There are two important notes here: Humans are rational We have infinite desires Both of these concepts, when looked at… Continue reading
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Accepted to Cambridge
I am so happy to announce that today I was accepted to Cambridge Pembroke College to study Economics and Philosophy for the Spring 2020 Semester. I am immensely excited to work with professionals in their fields in a tutoring system where I will get to be intellectually and academically challenged in a unique system that… Continue reading
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Career
I really have no idea what I want to pursue for my career Originally I thought it would be clear that I’d follow a career in finance But the more broadly I learn, the more broadly my interests become Below I will want to just list a few of the things I’ve considered pursuing just… Continue reading
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