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Wanna Make a Ton of Money Creatively?

March 28, 2023 · 1 min read

If I said it once, I said it a hundred times. If you want to succeed at the highest possible level in life, you must master at least two out of three fundamental skills. You must learn to think analytically…

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Panama Canal: Engineering Marvel Behind Global Trade

September 18, 2019 · 1 min read

A fascinating short documentary on how the Panama Canal works and how critical it is to the global economy...

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Schools of the Future: A Skeptical Look

June 10, 2020 · 1 min read

This short WSJ video reports on what some believe schools will be like in the future. I don’t believe it…

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Facts That Informed This Essay

March 30, 2020 · 2 min read

* The seasonal flu kills between 12,000 and 61,000 people a year. * In Italy, about 10% of people known to be infected have died. In Iran and Spain, the case fatality rate is higher than 7%. But in South…

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Music Teacher Captures Isolation's Emotional Toll In Song

May 15, 2020 · 1 min read

This poignant video of a music teacher trying to convey her thoughts and feelings about shelter-in-place through a heartfelt song nearly brought me to tears.

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