Why the Recent Banking Troubles are More Important than We Realize And How Understanding Money is the Key to Unlocking Prosperity
On March 10th, one of the largest banks in the United States, Silicon Valley Bank, was shut down after major financial mistakes doomed them to oblivion. Although not the first domino to fall (two days before, Silvergate shut down its operations) and not the last (two days after, Signature bank was shut down by the…
What Avatar: The Last Airbender Taught Me About Balance
“Only Justice can bring Peace” When Aang receives these words from Avatar Kyoshi, he remarks, “I knew I shouldn’t have asked Kyoshi.” Why does he remark it this way? I believe it is because she is Aang’s opposite. Aang is an airbender and Kyoshi is an earthbender and they are conflicting elements. They’re each other’s…
Why Equity is Doomed to Fail
Recently, I was asked to take a training class for my job titled, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace.” It was just one of those mandatory classes that the company asks all their employees to take a few times a year. What struck me as notable was the definition of equity. The training described…
What Getting a Tattoo Felt like
It started in the summer of 2018. I was reading what would become one of my favorite series of all time: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Around the third part of that series, it was revealed that the main characters, the Joestar bloodline, had a star-shaped birthmark on the back of their left shoulders. After I saw…
Individualism vs Collectivism: Why I Believe that Individuals Matter
There may not be a more important battle of philosophy than the one centered between individualism vs collectivism. On one camp, you will find a sprawl of many different flags and banners that are all varying; they hold many distinct values, beliefs and convictions that often clash with one another, but they are all fiercely…
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