I was reading Paul Krugman's quick Substack post today on why we don't need to worry or panic so much of the nation's (US) trade deficit. He makes the case that America now "has a president who is obsessed with trade imbalances." This protectionist attitude and changing the financial landscape is cheered on and supported … Continue reading A quick overview of Paul Krugman’s post and ChatGPT modernizing Hume’s economic essay.
Category: Philosophical & Sociological Reflections
Vibe Theorizing with LLMs will be the new Vibe Coding.
Scientific exploration with AI will become the norm. Vibe coding is a new concept that has been added to our lexicon into contemporary culture. VC for short, is a small snippet into how technology like AI/LLM will transform our culture, the internet, social media, and how we interact with other and interact technology itself in … Continue reading Vibe Theorizing with LLMs will be the new Vibe Coding.
“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].
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].
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.
The Irony of Bitcoin’s Trajectory
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-u-s-digital-asset-stockpile/ It is official, President Donald Trump and his administration established Bitcoin and a few other cryptocurrencies as strategic reserve digital assets. What was once an idea that was contrarian and treated as an outcast by the establishment is being embraced by them; ironic. I think back to what Michael Lewis once said in an … Continue reading The Irony of Bitcoin’s Trajectory
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