Armchair Validity Essay by ChatGPT.

// A persuasive essay as to why ignore the critics who calls someone an armchair scientist. One of the most frustrating and misguided dismissals in intellectual discourse is labeling someone as an "armchair economist" or "armchair scientist," implying their perspectives lack validity because they don't involve direct fieldwork or hands-on experience. This criticism fundamentally misunderstands … Continue reading Armchair Validity Essay by ChatGPT. →

“The Ouroboros Fund” Private Equity and Pension Funds.

I was watching a 2019 interview with Aaron Glantz, who wrote a book called Homewrecker about how a handful of politically connected financiers—including Steve Mnuchin, Wilbur Ross, and Blackstone executives—profited immensely off the 2008 housing collapse. A women in the audience asked him a question that was reminiscent to one of my insights when I … Continue reading “The Ouroboros Fund” Private Equity and Pension Funds. →

The Science Wars: Postmodernism [AI Video].

https://youtu.be/p2RFioSggEQ

Sam Altman Acknowledges ChatGPT’s Creative Writing Skills and I Made ChatGPT Write one about LSD.

Sam Altman posted on X a metafictional story by a new trained model of ChatGPT that is yet to be released to the public, I imagined. This is the first time where he is awestruck by the results. Yet, in my own experience I've seen a lot of glimpses of creativity by ChatGPT, whether going … Continue reading Sam Altman Acknowledges ChatGPT’s Creative Writing Skills and I Made ChatGPT Write one about LSD. →

Exploring Daniel Dennett’s view on AI, Free Will and Determinism, with ChatGPT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH553zzjQlI The late Daniel Dannett, who I recall passed away last year at 82 years old, appeared on my algorithm feed. I was not planning on watching it, but lo and behold I did. Cait Jurmungal and Dennett discussed various philosophical topics, including his excellent counterarguments to the idea that free will is an illusion, … Continue reading Exploring Daniel Dennett’s view on AI, Free Will and Determinism, with ChatGPT. →

A Podcast Episode on Political Drama in the Digital Age of American Politics [AI Video].

https://youtu.be/iIt2232euCQ I put together an AI video from various books on the political drama of recent history in the United States. It's far from perfect due to the constraints of AI, on top of that--adding layers from different perspectives, competing narratives, and is confusing overall. One book I wished I had added, but only recently … Continue reading A Podcast Episode on Political Drama in the Digital Age of American Politics [AI Video]. →

Overview of an article on Game Theory and tariffs by ChatGPT 4o, and generating a new paper with 4.5.

Article I read a well-written article that I highly recommend that applies Game Theory to the U.S. tariffs and trade wars, especially with Donald Trump's recent geopolitical moves into a more protectionist agenda to make America Great Again. His obsession with the Gilded Age protectionism played a large factor in his actions. Me: [custom summary … Continue reading Overview of an article on Game Theory and tariffs by ChatGPT 4o, and generating a new paper with 4.5. →

Modern social movements through the lens of four books AI video.

https://youtu.be/c_sEALlYego "Direct Action: An Ethnography" (2009) by David Graeber offers an anthropological examination of activist groups, highlighting how horizontal decision-making shapes modern protest movements. Graeber (anthropologist) is best known for his anthropological analyses of debt, bureaucracy, and activism, and for advocating anarchist-inspired horizontal democracy "Twitter and Tear Gas" (2017) by Zeynep Tufekci investigates how social … Continue reading Modern social movements through the lens of four books AI video. →

Revisiting a Classic Time Capsul: The HousingPANIC Blog.

The "HousingPANIC" blog documented the unfolding housing bubble and subsequent crash in real-time from 2005 to 2008. The blogger expressed strong opinions about government incompetence, media complicity, and the greed of the real estate industry. Posts included news articles, economic analysis, and personal anecdotes to paint a grim picture of the housing market's deterioration. The … Continue reading Revisiting a Classic Time Capsul: The HousingPANIC Blog. →

One of my biggest pet-peeves are naysayers of the armchair approach.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people retort or dismiss someone by calling them an armchair economist. I think that you never know where wisdom may reside, and they don't need to be intellectually savvy in books to make an extremely great point and have a good opinion. Obviously, reading makes one more … Continue reading One of my biggest pet-peeves are naysayers of the armchair approach. →