“A philosopher once asked, “Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?” Pointless, really…”Do the stars gaze back?” Now, that’s a question.” Source: Neil Gaiman I do not have the words for what is currently happening. There is so much uncertainty. It is almost…
Read MoreThe Market as an Athlete: Periodization in Training
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.
Read MoreMy Old Kentucky Home: Place-based Inequality in America
Central and Eastern Kentucky are flooding, with hundreds of homes lost. The loss of coal mining jobs and the opioid crisis are two key hindrances to growth that Kentucky is grappling with Place-based inequality is a tough issue to tackle, and it comes with many nuances. Kentucky is a beautiful, beautiful state.
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Ditch Your Car: Ridesharing is More Cost Effective
Ride or Drive: A Financial Model Comparing Ridesharing to Car Ownership Can ride-sharing really replace cars? The numbers say if you drive less than 10,000 miles, maybe.
Read MoreChocolate, at Any Cost: The Price Elasticity of the Candy Industry
Despite the increase in health consciousness among consumers, chocolate and other confectioneries are still in high demand The new pricing methods for cocoa could cause candy makers to hike their prices Some candy products have more room to change their prices because their quantity demanded won’t shift substantially. Other products are completely the opposite. Candy…
Read MoreKyla, Not Kayla: The Impact of Being Called the Wrong Name
A lot of people call me by the wrong name. Some variation of Kyle, Kayla (most common), or Kylie will normally replace the two-syllable name that my parents bestowed upon me twenty-two years ago (pronounced kuh/eye-la). Kyla means “triumphant” in Gaelic, a nod to my second-generation Irish heritage.
Read MoreSummarizing Malcom Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers in One Slide
I’ve been challenging myself to be concise lately. How can I explain information in the most succinct and understandable way?
Read MoreThe Bookstore to the App Store: What Our Apps Say About Us
This week has been tumultous, to say the least. The geopolitical environment is extremely tense, the discourse is combative, and no one can agree on anything. I spent the last week or so in Kentucky, and came back to Los Angeles last night.
Read MoreMy Favorite Charts, Pictures, and Ideas of 2019
Below are all my favorite pictures, ideas, and charts from January – December 2019 – a visual representation of some of the coolest things that I’ve been reading, thinking about, and studying for the past year. Most of them are scraped from the non-financial tweets that I’ve liked over the past 12 months.
Read MoreStatistics in One Slide: Sample Mean
“If you can’t explain it to a baby, then you don’t really understand it”
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