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.
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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.
ChatGPT Summary of Dragon Kings (Finance).
Comprehensive Summary of "Black Swans, Dragon-Kings and Prediction" Author(s): Didier SornettePublication Date: December 2010Journal/Publisher: ETH Zurich Presentation/Working PaperField/Discipline: Complex Systems, Financial Economics, Statistical Physics, Risk AnalysisDOI/Link: Not explicitly provided (document presented at ETH Zurich, original link: http://www.er.ethz.ch) (Optional) Executive SummaryDidier Sornette challenges the widely popularized concept of "Black Swans"—unpredictable and unknowable rare events—by introducing the … Continue reading ChatGPT Summary of Dragon Kings (Finance).
ChatGPT Deep Research on Dragon Kings (Finance).
I learned about Dragon Kings maybe two or three years ago in my personal research of financial markets and economic history. I found it fascinating, but I remain skeptical on how reliable it could be for predicting and applying it for financial markets. Dragon Kings are essentially extreme events that are anticipated or at least … Continue reading ChatGPT Deep Research on Dragon Kings (Finance).
Two useful AI/LLM prompts for academic papers.
I want to give credit to the places or folks I find different prompts from: https://twitter.com/search?q=prompt%20summarizer&src=typed_query&f=live If I find an interesting and useful prompt, I will tend to ask ChatGPT for feedback to improve upon it further and make slight variations. Me: Feedback and thoughts on this post. Do you think this prompt for summaries … Continue reading Two useful AI/LLM prompts for academic papers.
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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