Author: Joey

Growing up, I didn’t have some of the normal entertainment sources that other kids did. I never had a video … Continue ReadingWhat Keeping Score During Card Games Taught Me

“Say you’re a computer engineer who applies to work at Google. You really want this job but you are not … Continue ReadingThe Google Cafeteria

I recently interviewed several college-aged kids asking them what caused them to follow or like brands on social media and … Continue ReadingSales Shouldn’t Be About Check Marks

When you are trying to prove a point and use others as examples of people who agree with you, often … Continue ReadingExaggerating: “All” Of My Friends Do It

Do you know what the average age of a homeless person in the Kansas City area is? When you picture … Continue ReadingSolving The Homeless Problem

Do you ever see jokes about 9/11? Memes maybe? Maybe you laugh, maybe you don’t. You at least probably try … Continue ReadingLong Ago Deaths

For the last month, I’ve been writing blog posts on specific content that I’ve been consuming. Recaps, takeaways, etc. It’s … Continue ReadingGetting Back to Fresh Again

This month for my education I: Read: 237 minutes worth of articles Watched: 497 minutes worth of videos Listened to: … Continue ReadingIt’s Time To Wake Up America

When you solve a problem, do you set a goal, or do you tinker with it until it becomes what … Continue ReadingBreaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 16-20 Review)

Pastoralism – the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society. In essays 11-15, Venkatesh Rao seems … Continue ReadingBreaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 11-15 Review)

What’s more important today? Owning a smartphone or owning a car? In essays 6-10, a lot of what Venkatesh Rao … Continue ReadingBreaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 6-10 Review)

There was writing and there was money. Two of the most imaginative inventions of technology. The 20th Century brought yet … Continue ReadingBreaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 1-5 Review)

The best inventions of history wouldn’t have been possible if they hadn’t used ideas from other inventions. In the third … Continue ReadingEverything is a Remix Part 3 & 4 (Review)

Did you know that from 2001-2011, 75% of the top 10 movies from each year were sequels, remakes of earlier … Continue ReadingEverything is a Remix Part 1 & 2 (Review)

What’s going to be the next big medium of the 21st century? The 16th century had Shakespeare and his plays, … Continue ReadingCulture As Pop Culture (Review)

Could you live in a time when there were only 3 networks on TV? After talking in his last lecture … Continue ReadingWhen Is a Network Not a Network? (Review)

The motion picture industry has been commercialized from its birth but did anyone in 1900 know the impact that it … Continue ReadingThe Rise Of The Motion Picture (Review)

Did the arts thrive or get worse through the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin? Hitler, Stalin, the Soviet Union, Nazi … Continue ReadingTotalitarianism and the Arts in the 20th Century ( Review)

Ever looked at abstract art and thought “what the heck?” Modernism: a style or movement in the arts that aims … Continue ReadingCommerce and Culture: The Economics of Modernism (Review)

Did you know most books in the 19th Century were released through magazines and newspapers, not through the full books … Continue ReadingThe Serialized Novel in the 19th Century (Review)

Were classical musicians into composing for the money? In Paul Cantor’s fourth lecture, he talks about the commercialism in music. … Continue ReadingThe Economics of Classical Music: Patronage vs. the Market (Review)

What percentage of Rembrandt paintings were actually painted by Rembrandt? In the third episode of Paul Cantor’s series on Commerce … Continue ReadingCommerce and Culture: The Economics of Painting (Review)

Was Shakespeare in the commercial world? Would he have done better if he had been left alone instead of having … Continue ReadingCommerce and Culture: Shakespeare’s Theater (Review)

Has the free market increased the quality of art, or has it brought it down? Is institutional support for art … Continue ReadingCommerce & Culture: The Economic Basis of Culture (Review)

What happened on 08/05/1858? You likely don’t know. In a lecture by Dr. Stephen Davies, he gives two lists of … Continue ReadingVisions of History: Ways of Seeing the Past (Review)

“You don’t know that ghosts don’t exist. Therefore they do exist.” Today I watched the last part in Dr. Sadler’s … Continue ReadingCritical Thinking: Appeal to Ignorance and Begging the Question Fallacies (Review)

Day 22 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, August 12th, 2018

Day 21 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, August 11th, 2018

“If you didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the last election, you love Donald Trump.” While this may seem ridiculous, … Continue ReadingCritical Thinking: False Dilemma and Slippery Slope Fallacies (Review)

Ad Hominem – is it a logical fallacy or a good argument? “Donald Trump said something inappropriate about women, so … Continue ReadingCritical Thinking: Ad Hominem Fallacy (Review)