Lessons about leveraging curiosity — I have always been fascinated by acquiring new skills ever since I was 12 years old. When I was 12, my mom died. I remember the feeling of loneliness that took over me. One of my teachers encouraged me to make friends, promising that this would help me cope with…

Discussions on spirituality — I used to think that having actual experiences was the one thing anyone needed to be convinced of any truth about life. For example, we live in a world where many people believe that we are alone in the universe while others don’t just believe but claim to know that…

My true thoughts about cryptocurrencies — I’ve been in around the crypto block since 2017. Cryptocurrency was one of the things that helped me pull myself out of my 2016 depression. It was through cryptocurrency that I first made (and lost) the most amount of money back in the day. I made $25000 in 6 months…

Most men just use this advice to double down on their evil — Last evening on my commute home, the taxi broke down. In my country, taxis are one of the most common means of public transport. But these are not New York-type taxis. No. These are typically white 1999 Toyota Hiace vans with blue and white square box patterns running across each…

Decisions that brought down a $32 billion company in a week — In 2021, FTX was at its peak with over one million users. Its valuation in February 2022 was $32 billion, it had celebrities of all types promoting it to their audiences, and it seemed like its founder (Sam Bankman Fried aka SBF )was the savior that crypto needed. Many people…

What happened to FTX and some lessons learned from the fallout — Analysts at Forbes estimate that Tom Brady had a 0.14% stake in FTX which would have meant that he lost about $45 million when FTX filed for bankruptcy. Like Tom Brady, many investors in FTX saw their fortunes wiped out in a span of a week. FTX was the second-largest…

Should we be picking sides? — There is a movie in which a family of four is stuck in city traffic. In the car are a man, a woman, and their 2 children. The mundane scene is interrupted by a commotion coming from a block or so behind them. They can’t seem to make sense of…

About beating people that are already down — Our ideas and understanding of the world are shaped by our perceptions formed by environmental conditioning. I recently read this article from Tim Denning in which he voices his frustration towards people that write doomerism stories as well as those that write “societal discussions”. I happen to be a doomer…

A few unique suggestions that you might find helpful — When there is a decline in economic activity for more than a few months across several industries in the economy, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) refers to this as a recession. According to the NBER, these recessions have lasted an average of 10 months since world war II. …