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I think you are right. The fact is, social democratic societies deeply need children. Who will take care of you and run businesses when we are old? Tech cannot solve everything ; w…

I know a lot of front end developer who tell me that Next.js is the way to go! In your opinion, which framework will outlive the other ; django or next.js?

Thanks! Out of curiosity, do you think that Ruby still has some future?

Out of curiosity, which is the best framework to learn in 2022? a) Python-Django? b) Ruby? c) Other? I already know python, and I would like to learn a framework to build MVC's for…

Very interesting. I know my opinion on this topic is not normal, but I believe that some kind of 'party' which gives a sense of 'accomplishment' is a missing ritual for scrum-agile…

I also had similar feelings and experiences very early in my career. Here are my thoughts 1) Burnout is not a workload problem, it is related to your subjective perception of the m…

Principles of congestion pricing were applied rather successfully in electricity markets. Having public congestion prices for electricity makes it easier for investor to understand…

*wouldn't the most accurate advice be to ignore all the marketing* Your point is right, but I'm afraid that the underlying advice is not applicable. First of all few people are tru…

Hi! I have a Msc in finance and a CFA. I've worked as a professional quantitative investor, and I've never purchased a single stock for myself! I had a view similar to yours regard…

Hello, I'm not a 'pure tech guy', but I know enough to do project management and challenge devs of tech choices given a business objective. I work at a startup for 50% of my normal…

I want to help people aged 18-34 get better with their finances and economic thinking. By doing so, they can emancipate themselves and stop giving their soul to the boomercracy in …

In my experience, the public VS private debate is a false dichotomy. Here is why : - What influences your day to day experience is the size of the firm for which you work. Big gov …

As an ex-power trader active in the californian market, his analysis is incomplete. The pricing of wholesale market depends on many factors, including 1) the amount of electricity …

In my view, 'experiences' (time) are alway related to 'things' (assets) : - The experience of sleep requires a bed - The experience of cooking requires groceries and kitchen tools …

The labor theory of value is an old marxist economic theory which is not used by serious social scientists in their field. The modern approach is called the opportunity cost , and …

By trying to bond with people on an emotional level rather than an intellectual one. After all, do you want to *be right*, or do you want to connect? At some point I realized that …

Zen buddhism. I started going to a local zendo about 7-8 years ago to do a weekly 1h30 hour meditation (in fact, 3 short bursts of 25min). This also became a (much shorter) daily h…

I've actually had the opportunity to practice a bit of zen meditation within a traditional framework (Rinzai Zen) which is very close to what Leonard Cohen experienced. In my humbl…

Well if my sister tells me that her last date was 'such of a introvert' I am not going to start a lecture of Jung. However if we discuss adaptation from one way of being into anoth…

I've read 'Personality Types' (the book where Jung define introversion and extraversion) many times by now. It is hard to understand at first, by now I am amazed about how his conc…

I liked the 'data analysis' part, and 'buidling your own trading software part'. However the work environment was very toxic for me, and it ended in a minor burnout. Now I work as …

Note : I am an ex quantitative and algorithmic power trader in the NYISO market I totally agree with the analysis and conclusion of this article. The power grid is is a complex leg…

I like the way you view it. A lot of non-rich people do not feel responsible at all for their wealth management. Some get lucky, and are very happy using their extra money to pay p…

The author mentions that his technique is not meditation, but his description is very similar to zen meditation ; just sitting in a state of awareness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik…