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75+ Years Later, We are Closer to 1984 Than Ever

25 Nov 2025 7 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti $0.09

Last year, June 2024, marked the 75th anniversary of George Orwell's soul-shaking novel, 1984. One would expect that almost three-fourths of a century later, our societies would have taken a lesson from the book and history and avoided much of what O...

Consumer Traps Everywhere

24 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti $0.13

I'm busy rethinking my garage given my ASIC project (see my other articles), and I'm doing some planning as well as cost research on materials and parts. As I'm working out the details on how to build the necessary racks and so on, I found myself sit...

The Job-Hopping Generation: How AI and Automation Are Redefining Employee Loyalty

11 Nov 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.19

Exploring how AI, automation, and shifting workplace attitudes are redefining loyalty and retention in the modern job market.  There was a time when long-term service was a badge of honor—when employees joined a company, built a career, and retired w...

Why Are Gold Prices Rising?

26 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25 $0.18

The last five years of the global economy have gone down in history as a period in which governments thrived on debt, central banks raised interest rates to suppress inflation, and investor confidence was constantly tested. Debt is no longer limited...

The $38 Trillion Reckoning: How Washington’s Spending Addiction Threatens Its Global Standing

24 Oct 2025 5 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.30

A deep dive into how runaway spending, rising interest payments, and political paralysis are reshaping the world’s largest economy.  In October 2025, the United States crossed a milestone that few economists, investors, or ordinary citizens could ign...

What the U.S and China's Latest Clash Reveals About America’s Waning Economic Gravity

14 Oct 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.27

China isn’t retreating from globalization, it’s rewriting it. The U.S. must now decide whether to compete or cooperate. For decades, Washington’s confidence in its economic primacy rested on one unspoken truth: everyone needed access to the American...

Splinterlands | Mini Set Pack Prices & The New Reward...

9 Oct 2025 5 minute read 0 comments costanza $0.05

The Printer keeps working overtime in Splinterlands and soon there will be new reward cards that have different dynamics and there is also a new Mini-Set Coming Up. Here are some thoughts on them...     The Market Sets Pack Prices Now... This is a...

China vs. the U.S.: The Great Energy Export Showdown

7 Oct 2025 5 minute read 1 comment FKlivestolearn $0.30

Clean energy exports now bring China more revenue than America’s oil and gas — signaling a new era of industrial dominance.  In the global race to dominate the future of energy, two giants stand on opposing sides of the economic spectrum. The United...

China’s Surging Trade Surplus Signals New Global Imbalances

1 Oct 2025 4 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.32

Exploring the economic, political, and industrial consequences of China’s export surge.  China’s trade engine has once again defied predictions of a slowdown. According to newly released data, China’s trade surplus surged 32.7% year-over-year, reachi...

Defining Financial Independence

25 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti $0.18

When I was a young teenager, I told my dad I was thinking about what I wanted growing up, and I was pretty sure I didn't want to be just another paycheck chaser. I wanted to be financially independent. My father laughed in response; he then told me a...