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.
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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.
Classic Tragedy of the Commons in Los Angeles, California.
California is no stranger to dealing with wildfires. Californians know and should be aware of the risks, being at the whims of natural disasters or man-made issues that could put them in catastrophic situations and financial ruin. The recent Los Angeles wildfires look like something out of a sci-fi dystopian film or apocalyptic nightmare. The … Continue reading Classic Tragedy of the Commons in Los Angeles, California.
A System of Unequal Paths: The Rich’s Accelerator vs. the Poor’s Equalizer.
The stark divide in the quality of education cannot be so easily solved with minor tweaks or small interventions. AI generated. The United States has a large divide between the rich and the poor that has been most apparently known and recorded since the Gilded Age (1870s — 1890s), the period of the most extreme wealth inequality … Continue reading A System of Unequal Paths: The Rich’s Accelerator vs. the Poor’s Equalizer.
I’m a Non-voter.
https://www.zazzle.com/proud_non_voter_sticker-217946111943348771 In almost every election cycle, the Democratic Party or its supporters love to blame nonvoters for their election losses. Despite other factors contributing to their defeat, I can already predict they’ll point fingers at nonvoters again. I voted for the first time in 2020, despite being eligible in 2016, and yes, it was for … Continue reading I’m a Non-voter.
THE VIRAL HOMELESS UCLA PROFESSOR AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING CRISIS.
Update (Prefix): I want to acknowledge that I didn’t fully address the supply-side factors in the housing crisis, which could alleviate much of the high cost-of-living burden. Also, I overlooked the impact of the ‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY) mindset, which often hampers new construction. I want to clarify that the tenure system alone isn’t … Continue reading THE VIRAL HOMELESS UCLA PROFESSOR AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING CRISIS.
LABOR STRIKES & THE MAL-DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. (REVISED).
If you paid attention to the news, you probably have seen a wave of labor strikes across the United States. There’s the Writers’ Strike that started on May 2nd, 2023, and is ongoing. Now, the actors have joined the picket lines when negotiations fell apart with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). As … Continue reading LABOR STRIKES & THE MAL-DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. (REVISED).
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