Fortune a Day - Recap - Week 5
31 Jan 2025 Reading time: 30 secondsHere’s my week 5 recap of my Fortune A Day project!
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The Liberty Pear Highlights (Nov '24 - Jan '25)
28 Jan 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
I’ve been writing and posting for a little over 2 months now. I’d like to revisit a few of my favorites from this time!
I will make highlight posts like this every once in a while, maybe monthly to reduce the length of them.
• Nationalize AI Series
This is the series I spent the most time on - and a lot of it is extremely important especially with the recent news about how China is catching up in AI.
I wish this series did as well as my tariffs series, as it is much, much, much more important! Each part can be read independently, but it is best when you read all of it. It’s not terribly long!
• The Tariff Series
I wrote two parts regarding tariffs. I believe these are both critical to understanding what might happen if there are broad tariffs implemented.
I do think I will make a part 3 and potentially more parts to this soon-ish.
• The Future: Made In China
A massive fusion breakthrough shows again that they are in the lead in this critical innovation. What does the USA need to do? What other energy projects are China ahead on?
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Quotes from one of the most consequential men in American history.
• The Extinction of the Nightingale
There’s a theme, so far, on this blog - focusing about lesser known and/or under appreciated aspects of history. One example of this is my other highlighted post about Building 7.
Another such, vastly under-appreciated, story - is this story.
• 2025 Economic Thoughts & Predictions
Economic outlook & predictions based on two major policy proposals by the current administration. An economic article more so than a political one. Critical information if you’d like to understand how policy could affect everyone’s lives.
• Lump Of Labor Fallacy
Does adding new workers to an economy reduce jobs for others? Nope! This is known as the Lump of Labor Fallacy - see the explanation here to understand.
Understanding this can help you understand what certain policies will do to the economy overall.
• What Are Externalities?
This post is meant to give you a basic understanding of what externalities are, some examples of them, and an introduction on why they matter and need correction. Here we are particularly focused on negative externalities - since these are both more common and from a policy perspective, far more important.
• Building 7
An lesser known story during 9/11.
• Paradox of Thrift, Fallacy of Composition, Austerity, and Second-Order Thinking
Explore second-order thinking through the lens of various economic counter intuitions.
• Then, Jesus Said…
What would Jesus think of some of these things?
AOC Joins Jon Stewart On His Weekly Podcast
28 Jan 2025 Reading time: 30 secondsAs I have mentioned before, I don’t expect everyone to love or even like Stewart or AOC (or anyone, frankly). I find these types of chats informative even if I don’t fully agree with it all. I took a lot from this one.