Category: Analysis

How has the U.S. city fared over the course of the pandemic? “I don’t think rentals will ever recover in Manhattan” “I’m never going back to SF” “There won’t be enough homes in America to support the suburban eisodos” Rent prices are collapsing around the world due to COVID-19. All the benefits of living in…

I spent an entire summer selling cars (July 4th is a good weekend to buy cars). I sold Hyundais, at a local dealership in Kentucky. I really enjoyed it, but it was a big time investment. I was on the car lot all the time – morning, night, weekends, weekdays – selling, selling, selling.

I could not get this exchange between JK Rowling and Elon Musk from yesterday out of my head.

The probability of you winning is low, but the probability of someone winning is high. The paradox of the lottery. It’s a scary time right now. Many people are losing their jobs, unemployment is past 20%, there is a global pandemic, and there doesn’t appear to be a clear path back to normalcy. But the…

Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign on April 9th of 2020. He will remain on the ballot. What happened? I think that there are some lessons from game theory that can apply here. Disclaimer: this is not a political article, I have no opinion on any of the candidates below, and none of this is written…

What you listen to influences your emotional state It’s interesting to use music choices as a chance for reflection on the past A R I Z O N A is a great band I have been trying to figure out what to write about for a long time. Everything felt wrong or off that was…

I remember 2008. I was 11. I remember being worried about gas prices. I remember not going on vacation. I remember things being tense. I could feel the stress that surrounded me.