One thing that pisses me off is when people dismiss a presidential candidate because he/she "lacks political experience". Politics was never supposed to be a career track. Politicians simply represent the will of the people. There is no college major or career that better qualifies you to represent the will of the people. If anything, … Continue reading Politics Should Not Be A Career Track

"At Yahoo, I designed and built a large project. This took about six months to deliver. At the time, the company was doing quarterly reviews that I think Marissa had imported from Google. Anyway, my manager had rated me as "meets expectations" for a few quarters because this project and the one I had previously … Continue reading Stack Ranking Should Be Illegal

"What do you do?" This is one of the first questions you'll get asked when you meet someone in America, and it's a question I've always struggled with. Are they asking how I like to spend my free time, or what my job is? A: "I like to read, write, make videos, make music, and … Continue reading Do Business Profits Drive Your Life Too?

"Work smarter, not harder" This is a fairly uncontroversial mantra, yet society has decided to collectively ignore it. 80% percent of us our wasting our lives in meaningless jobs, and nobody has stopped to question "Hold on, do we really need to be working on yet another dog food dropshipping subscription service?" "Should we really … Continue reading 95% of Jobs are Meaningless. What the Hell are We Doing?

I remember being forced to complete pointless homework assignments as a student, and vowing that I'd fight to end this literal torture when I became an adult. I wanted to work on meaningful cutting edge research and make art, but nobody would pay me to do that. So I became an engineer, utilizing my skills … Continue reading Why I Started This Blog

We could end poverty in the first world tomorrow. How? Just implement a Universal Basic Income. It really is that simple. So why don't we do it? Isn't poverty, the literal suffering of humans, the single most important problem within society? There are literally entire communities of homeless people living in tents on sidewalks in … Continue reading Poverty is a Human Choice

There's a a humanitarian crisis going on right now. Poverty? Well yea that's a crisis, but society doesn't really care about poverty. Poverty in the first world could be ended tomorrow via the implementation of a Universal Basic Income, but only one presidential candidate is even talking about that. The humanitarian crisis I'm referring to … Continue reading The Purpose of this Blog