Should We Persecute Those Who Endorse Dangerous Ideas?

In communist China, those deemed to be promoting dangerous Capitalist ideas were subjected to severe crackdown under the Cultural Revolution. In Catholic 16th century Europe, those who promoted radical ideas that undermined mainstream Judeo-Christian beliefs, were locked up as heretics. In America during the Red Scare, those suspected of endorsing Socialist ideas were subjected to … Continue reading Should We Persecute Those Who Endorse Dangerous Ideas? →

How to Fix Political Corruption – Give Each Person a $25 Voucher

Senators and Congressmen are forced to spend hours every day, making phone calls to the rich, listening intently to all their problems, promising them actions, and eventually, begging them for money. Presidential hopefuls, the leaders of their party and charismatic figureheads with supporters numbering in the millions, travel halfway around the country in order to … Continue reading How to Fix Political Corruption – Give Each Person a $25 Voucher →

Buy Low, Sell High: The Worst Financial Advice of All Time

As someone who’s given a number of talks on personal finance and managing your investments, there’s one piece of advice that I keep hearing from people over and over again. “Buy low, sell high”, they usually whisper to me in a sagely tone, as though they have discovered some profound truth that will unlock investment … Continue reading Buy Low, Sell High: The Worst Financial Advice of All Time →

China is Going to Rule the World – This is America’s Last Chance to Stop It

Given the frantic pace of the 24 hour news cycle, stepping back from it all and looking at history provides some immensely valuable perspective. The modern news cycle may care only about what happened in the past few years, but in reality, World History is measured in centuries. First there was the Roman empire. Then … Continue reading China is Going to Rule the World – This is America’s Last Chance to Stop It →

Caucus: The Next-Generation Community-Discussion Forum

Regular readers have probably noticed my extremely low posting frequency lately. I would usually explain this with some excuse about being busy, but this time, I actually have a good reason behind it. I've been spending the past couple of months building a site of my own. For years, I've been frustrated by the state … Continue reading Caucus: The Next-Generation Community-Discussion Forum →

Conscience Driven Politics

Around the world, xenophobia seems to be everywhere. In the US, anti-immigration rhetoric fills the airwaves in half the country. People like Donald Trump, the leading republican Presidential nominee, describe Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers. Eastern European countries like Hungary are not only politically lobbying to restrict the rights of asylum seekers escaping … Continue reading Conscience Driven Politics →

We Need to Break Up Banks to Prevent the Next Financial Meltdown

In a previous article, we discussed the problem with banks guaranteeing fixed deposits while actually investing the money into speculative, long-term ventures, and how such an arrangement naturally leads to bank runs. There is a second problem in this scenario as well; one that is so commonplace that most people do not even stop to … Continue reading We Need to Break Up Banks to Prevent the Next Financial Meltdown →

Banks can Prevent Bank Runs by operating more like Bond Funds

The story of financial crises is an old and oft-repeated one. Bank runs have been occurring since the time of the renaissance, were a key factor in the great depression, and its variants have necessitated billions of dollars in bailouts in the past decade after the subprime crisis. Is this really inevitable? Is this really … Continue reading Banks can Prevent Bank Runs by operating more like Bond Funds →

We Don’t Get To Pick Our Family – That Is Why We Love Them

Can you imagine disowning your parents because you think you can do better? What about disowning your kids because you "just weren't compatible with each other"? After all, our relationships with our family are such an essential component of our lives. Doesn't it make sense to carefully pick and choose exactly the right parents, children … Continue reading We Don’t Get To Pick Our Family – That Is Why We Love Them →

Life Changing Knowledge is All Around Us – We Simply Need to Reach for It

For most of human history, people lived in a world where information was as rare as gold. And just as valuable too. A world where the common man had no access to education, which was exclusively a domain for the rich and nobility. A world where this lack of education was a real insurmountable barrier … Continue reading Life Changing Knowledge is All Around Us – We Simply Need to Reach for It →

Why Philosophy gets no Respect in Society

There was a time when Philosophy was one of the most respected intellectual disciplines in humanity. Philosophical greats such as Aristotle, Plato and Kant are world renowned today, even centuries after their death. Others like Pythagoras and Newton considered themselves to be natural philosophers, and their contributions to mathematics have made them scientific idols even today. … Continue reading Why Philosophy gets no Respect in Society →