Almost very author, researcher, pundit, analyst and podcaster I listen to who makes are argument about some social ill blames at least part of it on Covid. Enough – it’s time to move on. The Covid pandemic and the world’s response was traumatic and severe. Regardless of whether millions died “from Covid” vs. “with Covid”,…
“Life Is Not Fair”
On a financial podcast today, Josh Brown, a financial analyst was asked by the host how normal investors could buy into privately held companies so they could take advantage of “hot companies” before they IPO’d or were maximally funded by private equity funders so that they had a chance to make a killing like wealthy…
Pony Express
After 400 years of service, Denmark’s state-run postal service, PostNord, is cancelling all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since 2000. In Denmark, bank statements, bills, and correspondence from local authorities are all sent electronically. Public services send communications via a Digital Post app or other platforms….
Behind The Numbers
Lately, the news has been focusing on the “devastating consequences” that will come from Trump’s cuts to research programs at universities funded by the US government. It seems like every day there’s another news story highlighting how many lives will be lost, suffering increased, jobs lost and programs hamstrung by these cuts. Today, it occurred…
Not For Me(me)
I don’t enjoy memes. I find them to be: Try as I might, I have yet to stumble across one that makes me think, laugh or appreciate the satire. For me, they are like slapstick comedy from old silent movies and TV – over the top, yet banal and exasperating. So I do my best…
How The New Rich Spend Their Money
I’ve been listening to the Moneywise Podcast where the host interviews high-net worth CEOs/founders of companies to discuss personal finance, business finance, starting/running businesses, and reaching milestone levels of wealth from $10-$50M+. The primary host is a former startup founder who sold his startup for $30M when he was 30 years old. He then started…
How Do You Spell Relief Part II*
I’ve been fired from several jobs. I won’t mince words. Even though the terms used included laid off, position eliminated, reorganization & let go, in the end, it was all the same. I woke that day having a job with a paycheck and by the end of the day, I did not. Here are the…
You Are Not Rich And Famous
As I listen to pundits, media personalities, authors, influencers, politicians and researchers bemoan that Millennials/GenZ (MGZ) are the first two generations to be financially worse than their parents, I’m calling bullshit. Here’s what I observe in the lifestyles of MGZ adults: I see a mismatch of expectations to reality. The expectation is to have a…
Tweaking Around The Edges
I listened to a Soho Forum Debate podcast this week titled: Should The US Have A Public Insurance Plan? In theory, I’m a big proponent of a public healthcare option. The idea of free or low cost Medicare For All sounds like a great idea to me. Having employer sponsored health insurance (and later Medicare)…
The Ozempic Hole
I was wrong, once again. Last year, when I wrote about Ozempic, I was thinking that users would lose weight but would still have psychological problems and would look for a substitute behavior to fill the void that overeating once did. I believed they would be “addicted” to the dopamine driven good feelings that came…