Category: Sociological Imagination

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 →

Going over Stephanie Kelton’s Substack article on Social Security w/ ChatGPT and Milton Friedman GPT.

// Note: Most of the custom GPTs I've created are for my personal use and are not publicly available in the GPT store for obvious reasons—one being concerns over likeness. They may not always perfectly capture or simulate the individual they represent, and it's important to distinguish between what that person might actually say if … Continue reading Going over Stephanie Kelton’s Substack article on Social Security w/ ChatGPT and Milton Friedman GPT. →

A Small Coffee Shop vs. the System: A Case Study in How Macro Forces Crush Local Businesses.

// Tools used for this post: Perplexity Deep Research, ChatGPT Deep Research, and ChatGPT 4o. Introduction. In February 2025, a seven-minute TikTok video posted by Rachel Nieves, co-owner of Buddies Coffee Roasters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sparked a national conversation about gentrification, small business survival, and Latino cultural preservation in rapidly changing urban landscapes. I came … Continue reading A Small Coffee Shop vs. the System: A Case Study in How Macro Forces Crush Local Businesses. →

Grok 3 versus Perplexity Deep Research: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Using Deep Research on two different LLMs to find who is the creator of Bitcoin. OpenAI released Deep Research on February 2nd only for Pro users. Since my plan is Plus, I don’t have access to it. Subscribing to the $200/month is costly right now for most users, so I decided to use the next … Continue reading Grok 3 versus Perplexity Deep Research: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? →

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a Deeper Level.

Reflection on a great man who tried to purge greed and exorcise the evil in America.AI Generated.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was more than a civil rights leader. He was a beacon of moral clarity, a revolutionary thinker, and a spiritual guide for a nation desperately in need of healing. As an American sociologist, theologian, reformist, … Continue reading Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a Deeper Level. →