We all know that in 48 hours millions of Americans will head to the polls to elect our next President. We all know this election is important. We all know this election boils down to choosing polar opposites. We all know that our country is divided. However, with all of this knowledge, I am guessing that many Americans feel how I do, we all can’t wait for Thursday, November 10th.
Category: Societal Issues
Are We One?
The 2016 election season has been one of the most unpredictable rollercoasters in the history of our nation’s politics. However, on November 8, 2016, the craziness comes to an abrupt halt as voters head to the polls and finalize their decisions about who will lead our country. America, a beacon of hope for millions across the globe, is going to be placed on two radically different tracks depending on the outcome of the presidential election. However, as America decides who will lead, we must ask the question: will the rest follow? Continue reading “Are We One?”
Great Leap Forward: The Sequel
Consider this, in June of 2007 the first iPhone was sold. Just 9 years ago we didn’t have the “app store,” but recently the 1 billionth iPhone was sold. In one decade, we went from a crazy guy named Steve Jobs talking about the iPhone, to the iPhone being as common as any other piece of technology.
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Plane Drool
Next time you are cruising at 37,000 feet, eating a bad substitute to trail mix, and bored out of your mind, take a good look around. Start with the rows around you that allow you to be inconspicuous, then work your way back. What are the people doing?
Comfort Killer
I am the comfort killer. I sleep very little. I work out to the point of being sick to my stomach. I push myself to do things I hate. I take cold or lukewarm showers. I read books that are agonizingly slow and are sometimes less exciting than watching paint dry. I assure you I am not a masochist or Sysphean. However, many of you are probably wondering, “what the hell is wrong with you?”
Wasting Away our Lives
Economics is the study of distributing scarce resources. If there truly were no scarce resources, there would be no need for supply and demand as the supply would always be infinite. In some aspects we have the ability to produce, create, or design infinite amount of, well, anything. However, there is one such item in which we cannot reproduce. The cliché riddle goes something like this: “I am something that you lose, but can never get back.” The answer is, undoubtedly: time. Continue reading “Wasting Away our Lives”
Limited Resources: Help or Purge?
The world is a place of limited resources. There is a finite amount of land, a finite amount of water, a finite amount of food, and of course, a finite amount of money. With these limited resources, there is inherent competition; thus, as the economists say, how do we maximize the pie and how do we divide the slices up among the people? Continue reading “Limited Resources: Help or Purge?”
Nature vs Nurture
What makes someone great? What makes one of us stand out? How are visionaries created?
Pins, Perils, and Pigs
The founder of modern economics, Adam Smith, argued for specialization during his discussion of the pin factory. Smith noted that individuals working in a factory were able to make somewhere between one and twenty pins in a day; however, if there were to be a group of pin makers who would specialize in each section of the pin making process, the production would go much quicker. How quick? Smith estimated that ten people working alone could make between 10 and 200 pins a day, but with ten people uniquely specialized to contribute to each step of the process, there could be around 48,000 pins produced a day.
The Carrot or the Stick?
The question of motivation is one that plagues the mind of the procrastinator, the binge watcher of Netflix, and the collegiate student alike. There is no doubt that motivation is one of the most ambiguous terms in our language in the sense that not only is it hard to adequately state what motivation is, but it is also challenging because each individual is motivated by different things.
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