Tag: history

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. →

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). →

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. →

Two short stories by Mad Hatter GPT.

The Clockmaker’s Cat and the Seventh Hour Once upon a time, in a town where every clock was slightly wrong, there lived a peculiar old man named Cornelius Tock. He was the town’s finest clockmaker—some said the only clockmaker—but his creations never quite worked as expected. Some clocks ran backward on Tuesdays, others rang bells … Continue reading Two short stories by Mad Hatter GPT. →

ChatGPT on the US Economic History and Current Trajectory.

Post WWII — 2025: Insights into fiscal and monetary policies, debt crisis, and more. // Tools used: ChatGPT 4o, ChatGPT Deep Research. Me: Break down this image, its content. Summarize it. ChatGPT: This image is a screenshot of the U.S. Debt Clock website, which displays real-time financial statistics related to the U.S. economy, government debt, … Continue reading ChatGPT on the US Economic History and Current Trajectory. →