The idea of a conscious experience, and therefore, your own individual conscious experience from within, has been something I have questioned the nature of since the first steps of early adult life. The nature of consciousness is truly a meaningful, deep, and, so it seems, an unanswerable question presently in time. What brings consciousness to... Continue Reading →
The Internet Blanket of ChatGPT
I have not yet set myself to encounter or experiment with ChatGPT, the chat bot built on top of the GPT-3 natural language processing A.I. model that is quickly taking the world by storm. I don’t know how I feel about supporting the growth of an artificial intelligence platform through my own usage of it... Continue Reading →
Theories of Bitcoin Value and a Multi-Currency Economy
What is the best way to think about the valuation of Bitcoin? Is it in terms of U.S. dollars? In terms of other cryptocurrencies? Or look at Bitcoin in terms of the goods and services it is meant to be used to exchange for – but is yet to be adopted to do? If the... Continue Reading →
Cryptocurrency and the Freedom it Doesn’t Solve
Cryptocurrency – it’s been a hot topic as the valuations of these digital assets have significantly grown (and fallen) since the course of the Bitcoin inception. Even after significant price decreases, something like Bitcoin has still given individuals out there substantially high returns. There have been bubbles that have burst and perhaps left many average... Continue Reading →
Relativity of Money – First Thoughts
As we go about our financial lives, earning paychecks and spending our income, I think many of us neglect to consider the idea of a broad money supply, whether that be an important fact to consider or not, when we think about our finances. There is in fact, at any given day in time, a... Continue Reading →
A Purpose Through Capitalism
Capitalism - its the systematic baseline of the economic system we live and work in here in the U.S., and has been since the creation of our nation. Capitalism has brought forth many different outcomes to individuals, businesses, and the sociological functioning of society that range from wealth, technological advancements, poverty, motivation, and the state... Continue Reading →
Datanomics
Data in the digital format has evolved to be an extremely valuable and important aspect of society. Something I have not crossed paths with is the idea of the economics of data and what that could potentially look like in the future. How could our data transform into a form of currency? That’s where I... Continue Reading →
An Agnostic Life
I felt like exploring some thought on living an agnostic life for this piece I am putting together today and where it can lead. To begin, if you are unfamiliar with what being an agnostic is, from a religious sense it is one who believes that the existence of God cannot be known. You are not... Continue Reading →
More Things We Should Be Learning
There is so much knowledge, insight, and ideas to learn from in our world that it can be a bit overwhelming to think about trying to build a perspective on everything if you tried in a lifetime. What kind of ideas are not as common for the average person to be learning about, but might... Continue Reading →
Behavior and Inflation
Inflation during June of 2022 came in at 9.1% over the previous 12 month period. The Federal Reserve branch of New York put out a survey to consumers and concluded that their attitudes towards inflation is that it will decrease over the next one, two and three years, down to about 6.2%, 3.2%, and 2.3%,... Continue Reading →
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