Someone shared and recommended a long video essay on the sociology subreddit about conspiracy theories. I knew most of the things on there already, but I have much more sympathy for conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists. I go down those rabbit holes if they catch my attention to find underlying truths or misinterpretations of the … Continue reading Who really controls the world? Discussion w/ ChatGPT.
Category: Sociological Imagination
Sharing some of my thoughts after reading Paul Krugman’s latest article.
Paul Krugman is one of the economists I follow because economics is such a complex topic, and I like to learn from various schools of thought, not to mention, I value different perspectives. Despite some of my criticisms and disagreements with some of Krugman's views, also recognizing his biases and blindspots on certain topics he … Continue reading Sharing some of my thoughts after reading Paul Krugman’s latest article.
Explaining Racial Inequality in Higher Education Using SocioScopeGPT.
The other day when I was having a discussion with ChatGPT to remember a past insight I had on the housing feedback loop, I had the thought to create a custom GPT to explain complexities, because we live in a very highly developed complex society. Thus, rather than focusing on a simple piece of the … Continue reading Explaining Racial Inequality in Higher Education Using SocioScopeGPT.
“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].
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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