inflation What is Inflation? Inflation has become the number one economic fear among millionaires for the first time in recent history, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. Especially those who lived through the hyperinflation of the 1970s.
Awareness How We Connect A human connection forms when two or more people choose to engage in vulnerable interactions where each person is heard, seen, known, and valued.
travel Vicenza, Italy Vicenza is a beautiful and vibrant town, between Verona and Venice in northeast Italy. It was also the home to one of the great architects of all time, Andrea Palladio. A must for lovers of Renaissance architecture.
chinese oppression China's Brand The Uyghurs pictured above wear masks in protest of Chinese Communist censorship and human rights abuses. According to the People’s Republic of China, the Uyghur minority is to be assimilated into Chinese culture. And resistance is futile.
travel Travel Perks. Remember, in this little slice of heaven, everyone has money. To differentiate yourself, building rapport and reciprocity is essential.
social media In Defense of Social Media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation & sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through networks.
Bitcoin Bitcoin Fever: Revisited The cryptos may be changing the face of money for all time. Or not. History alone will be the cryptos final judge and jury.
What We Really Want Featured When She says, “Baby” "Those who are best friends with their partners have the largest well-being benefits from marriage and cohabitation" -studies report
reality bent Featured The 1% To be in the top 1% of net worth globally, you’d need a minimum of around $936,430, according to the 2019 Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse.
What We Really Want Featured Terminal Velocity. Terminal velocity is the steady speed achieved by an object freely falling through a gas or liquid.
WEb 3.0 What's Next. The metaverse is a combination of multiple elements of technology, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and video where users "live" within a digital universe.
The Future Tense Featured Whiskey and? The word "whiskey" comes from the Gaelic "uisge", a shortened version of "uisge beatha" meaning "water of life," also known as "aqua vitae" in Latin. Whiskey was originally used as a medicine, both as an internal anesthetic and an external antibiotic.
SARS-CoV-2 Featured Going Viral. The viral phenomena are when objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them.
water Featured The Fundamentals. Coffee Anyone? Coffee cultivation and trade began on the Arabian Peninsula. By the 15th century, coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district of Arabia and by the 16th century, it was known in Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.
taking flight Taking Flight. Jetson ONE is an ultralight and extremely fun to fly recreational all-electric personal vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Russia The Empire Strikes Back. The Romanov family was the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia. They first came to power in 1613, and over the next three centuries, 18 Romanovs took the Russian throne.
Bitcoin Bitcoin Fever. Web3, short for web 3.0, is a vision of the future of the Internet in which people operate on decentralized, quasi-anonymous platforms, rather than depend on tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
China New Messaging. CIA director Bill Burns said the agency would be at “the forefront” of “facing our toughest geopolitical test in a new era of great power rivalry” - China.
natural gas crisis Inflation. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reduction in the purchasing power of money.
changing demographics Bad at Love. According to American birth data, we have been below the population replacement rate since the early 70s. When is the trend, a trend? Are we loving each other to extinction?
changing demographics Life Expectancy Plunges. “Life expectancy suffers biggest postwar fall” — Covid prompts a drop in 29 developed countries, with US men losing two years.
media bias Afraid. a·fraid - feeling fear or anxiety; frightened.1) worried that something undesirable will occur or be done. 2) unwilling or reluctant to do something for fear of the consequences
