Millennials, You have some work to do I came across this data recently that was eye-catching. You know the World Economic Forum’s claim “You will own nothing and be happy”, well it may be easier for them to accomplish than expected. Millennials only have a mere fraction of the USA’s reported wealth, despite making up […]
Author: ontheball1
Myelin
Everybody Needs Protection An interesting photo here showing neurone cells in your brain (seen in blue) and they are lined by myelin (seen in green). This was taken from a cell culture & specifically stained to highlight the different cell types. In red are astrocytes, different type of central nervous system cells. Neurone cells convey […]
Everyone Has Lost Their Mind
I’ve come across a silly thing on the internet, not thinking I’d be writing about this but it’s just so absurd I can’t not comment. The post said, “Here’s a challenge for you. Go on Google and type in “<Is _________ racist/sexist>” So, while I should have been looking at new stocks for you guys […]
Psychology of Voting
How Psychology Impacts Who’s President I am putting my overpriced degree to work here by writing about one of the few lessons I’ve taken away from it. That lesson was the importance of personality. Personality is often used incorrectly such as “my personality makes me love attention; is someone who needs everything perfect; is “science-minded”; […]
The Cleanest Dirty Shirt
Now Thats a Good Looking Buck Years ago I remember hearing about a psychology study that went something like this: A random sample of men were brought in to a lab and were asked to rank-order photos of 20 women according to their attractiveness. But there was a catch, they were told that if they […]
What’s Your Threshold?
Everybody Needs to Decide Their Line in the Sand As the saying goes, it’s better to be a year too early than a day too late, which is especially relevant when it comes to leaving a place heading in an authoritarian direction. I’m motivated to write this after long discussions with my friends about relocating […]
Disability in the US
“I’m so sore even my hair hurts” Hey there Ladies and Gents, so what’s the deal with Disability in the US? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1.5 million more people in the civilian non-institutional population had a disability in 2022 than the year before. In fact, when combined with the increase from the prior year, there are 2.7 […]
28 Reasons Why Mexico is a good place to be
Mexico as a Hideout this Decade Citizens of the world have always loved Mexico for its sunny weather, fresher food, unique culture, friendly people and lower cost of living A lot of people (myself included, initially) have moved from Europe or North America to Mexico on a more permanent basis to escape the strict government […]
The Rising Fastball Effect
The Rising Fastball Effect Breaking News!The Dollar is Crashing AND The Dollar is Stronger than Ever! You may have seen these opposing headlines or have a friend uttering this over and over–and both of them are not exactly wrong because this discussion is nuanced. The dollar, all things considered, is the number one export by […]
You Need To Read This About Ghana Right Now
What’chu Ghana do about it? I’ve gotten off a call recently with a Namibian lawyer whereby we were talking about the company structures and tax details. We were talking about how lots of legal proceedings are out-of-date, simply unknown or resort to case law in court. Unfortunately, my plans were deemed not feasible and the […]
