I Blogged For 100 Days Straight
In November, I set a goal. My goal was to become a more proficient writer. I talked about in an …
Snapple Lids and Marketing
Snapple. A brand made up of the words “snappy” and “apple.” I just learned that while writing this blog post. …
Deciding On the Future: What Methods to Use
As I’ve been continuing my journey in figuring out the best “career path” for myself, I tried a couple of …
Solving The Homeless Problem
Do you know what the average age of a homeless person in the Kansas City area is? When you picture …
Getting Back to Fresh Again
For the last month, I’ve been writing blog posts on specific content that I’ve been consuming. Recaps, takeaways, etc. It’s …
It’s Time To Wake Up America
This month for my education I: Read: 237 minutes worth of articles Watched: 497 minutes worth of videos Listened to: …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 16-20 Review)
When you solve a problem, do you set a goal, or do you tinker with it until it becomes what …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 11-15 Review)
Pastoralism – the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society. In essays 11-15, Venkatesh Rao seems …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 6-10 Review)
What’s more important today? Owning a smartphone or owning a car? In essays 6-10, a lot of what Venkatesh Rao …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 1-5 Review)
There was writing and there was money. Two of the most imaginative inventions of technology. The 20th Century brought yet …
Everything is a Remix Part 3 & 4 (Review)
The best inventions of history wouldn’t have been possible if they hadn’t used ideas from other inventions. In the third …
Everything is a Remix Part 1 & 2 (Review)
Did you know that from 2001-2011, 75% of the top 10 movies from each year were sequels, remakes of earlier …
Culture As Pop Culture (Review)
What’s going to be the next big medium of the 21st century? The 16th century had Shakespeare and his plays, …
When Is a Network Not a Network? (Review)
Could you live in a time when there were only 3 networks on TV? After talking in his last lecture …
The Rise Of The Motion Picture (Review)
The motion picture industry has been commercialized from its birth but did anyone in 1900 know the impact that it …
Commerce and Culture: The Economics of Modernism (Review)
Ever looked at abstract art and thought “what the heck?” Modernism: a style or movement in the arts that aims …
The Serialized Novel in the 19th Century (Review)
Did you know most books in the 19th Century were released through magazines and newspapers, not through the full books …
Commerce and Culture: The Economics of Painting (Review)
What percentage of Rembrandt paintings were actually painted by Rembrandt? In the third episode of Paul Cantor’s series on Commerce …
Commerce and Culture: Shakespeare’s Theater (Review)
Was Shakespeare in the commercial world? Would he have done better if he had been left alone instead of having …
Commerce & Culture: The Economic Basis of Culture (Review)
Has the free market increased the quality of art, or has it brought it down? Is institutional support for art …
Visions of History: Ways of Seeing the Past (Review)
What happened on 08/05/1858? You likely don’t know. In a lecture by Dr. Stephen Davies, he gives two lists of …
Critical Thinking: Appeal to Ignorance and Begging the Question Fallacies (Review)
“You don’t know that ghosts don’t exist. Therefore they do exist.” Today I watched the last part in Dr. Sadler’s …
Critical Thinking: Ad Hominem Fallacy (Review)
Ad Hominem – is it a logical fallacy or a good argument? “Donald Trump said something inappropriate about women, so …
Critical Thinking: Emotional and Popularity Fallacies (Review)
Is it good to make an argument based on your emotions? Is it good to make an argument based off …
Critical Thinking: Issues, Claims, Arguments and non-Arguments (Review)
What is the difference between a claim and an argument? Dr. Sadler, Critical Thinking Professor at Fayetteville University has a …
Advice Is About The Past, Not The Future
When someone gives you advice, are they giving you advice because they can see the future? Because they know what …
What I’ve Learned From Daily Blogging
Have you ever been really tired after a long day of work? Like the kind of tired that if you …
What Happens Every Second?
Have you ever looked at a hashtag’s page on Instagram? If you posted something with a pretty crazy hashtag, you …
Am I Qualified To Blog?
What would you say is the likely outcome of a kid who had little to no academic schooling almost his …
Don’t Turn A Blind Eye To Negative Thinking
“Just be positive. Believe you’re going to succeed and you will. Focus on the good, don’t think about the bad. …