You can find part one of this article here. The Mindfulness of a Monk Intelligence is the capacity to grapple two opposing ideas simultaneously: in other words, understand complexity. The world is complicated, and ever increasingly so. Modern civilization has proven its aptitude in creating new problems and then manifesting…

Living in my mid-twenties with 90%+ of my friends adventuring through some form of quarter-life “crisis,” “naturally,” a group of us began chatting about where our life priorities should lie. The epicenter of the debate — the world seems to “ending” so what do I prioritize in life? Is it…

We’re currently undergoing perhaps the greatest social experiment in human history, and the test subjects are largely Millennials and Gen Z. Digital platforms give us unprecedented access to overwhelming amounts of information, entertainment, and people. While there is obvious upside to such a proposition, the underlying damaging effects are now…

San Francisco is an expensive city — everyone knows that, but it’s another thing to experience it, and notice it everywhere you go. I’m still new to San Francisco, and for the first time in over a year I ventured my way to the downtown financial district. I usually bring…

The streaming wars started years ago and the market has only taken more of the spotlight since the pandemic. Netflix started the charge, Amazon built out a studio, large telco companies acquired their way in, and late entrants like Quibi flopped. Some insight into how the media business works comes…

News coverage has recently focused on inflation and is quick to point to the downward force it’s had on stocks, particularly tech stocks. From the WSJ, “U.S. stocks fell and government bond yields rose after the rising inflation data was released. Investors are concerned that rising prices could prompt the…