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AbstractOctober 13, 2020January 15, 2021

We all love math. We just don’t know it.

What is truth? Andrew Farah tweeted this the other day, stating “we have infinite access to information and we can’t agree on truth”.  Andrew is right. We do have a lot of information. But having information doesn’t mean we know what to do with it. Just because information is readily available, doesn’t mean it’s parsed…

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AbstractOctober 4, 2020January 15, 2021

Memes as news: The Importance of Short-form Content

Meme — is an idea, behavior, or style that becomes a fad and spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. Wikipedia This week has been a whirlwind, to say the least. On October 1st, the President announced that he had tested…

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AnalysisSeptember 24, 2020January 15, 2021

Natural Language Processing and Naval: The Art of the Podcast

Podcasts are a harmonic creation. They are fascinating tools, connecting us to the speakers in a very personal way, almost like we are a part of the conversation too. I laugh out loud at some things, or nod along, reacting emphatically, despite being in a different time and place than both the interviewer and interviewee.…

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AnalysisSeptember 11, 2020September 11, 2020

The Paradox of Societal Polarization: We are all Hedgefoxes

“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” — Archilochus We are so quick to organize ourselves into different categories. Politics. Religion. Sports teams. Keto vs paleo vs aerivore. We like labels. It’s an iteration of community building, which is a key part of the human psyche. We are social creatures, and…

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AnalysisSeptember 9, 2020

my writing frequency and the overwhelming idea

A brief update: You might notice me publishing a bit more frequently over the next few weeks (hopefully). I found myself in a bit of analysis paralysis. I usually write long-form pieces, which require a decent amount of research and thought.

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AnalysisSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

The Economic Impact of Bees and the Role of Deceit

Bees and Humans. “If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” E.O. Wilson Pollinators are responsible for every 1 in 3 bites of food. They increase the output of…

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AnalysisAugust 31, 2020November 13, 2020

Dating Data: An Overview of the Algorithm

Love in the time of COVID is a… challenge, to say the least. I’ve downloaded and deleted Hinge every few months since December 2019, and decided to run the data on my most recent download to see how things were going. I did not go on any dates with anyone new due to the pandemic,…

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AnalysisAugust 17, 2020August 18, 2020

How the Pandemic has changed the Premium of Living in a City

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…

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AnalysisJuly 27, 2020July 28, 2020

23 Lessons for 23 Years

I turned 23 over a month ago. I wanted to share 23 lessons that I have learned over my past 23 years. These are ideas from people that I have been lucky enough to spend time with, to listen to, and learn from.

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AnalysisJuly 4, 2020

The Secret of Car Sales: The Science of the Negotiation

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.

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Scanlon on Stocks was founded in 2016 to chronicle my options investing experience. I was an options trader for 5+ years. The blog has evolved since then, with strong focus on the fundamentals as well as equity valuation and macroeconomic research. It now is focused on statistical analysis and other thought pieces.

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