What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and [...]
Archive for June, 2010
23 Comments Kevin on Jun 30th 2010
I recently went for a three day hiking and camping trip with my girlfriend to the mountains of New England. It was a fun adventure, though it was quite exhausting. We hiked the long trail of Mt. Mansfield all the way to the summit and then back down in the same day, and in the [...]
16 Comments Kevin on Jun 27th 2010
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Market Analysis,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Philosophy
Betting on the Future
Are you the type of person that occasionally likes to gamble? Do you ever go to the casino and play slots or table games, hoping to score a big hit? How about poker, a game in which skill plays a big part, as well as luck. Or perhaps you like to bet on horse racing? [...]
7 Comments Kevin on Jun 25th 2010
I don’t usually do micro-posts, but this is simply too interesting. I felt it at work today, my girlfriend felt it in the apartment building, and people all over the city felt it. I know this is nothing new to the west-coasters among you guys, but this is the first earthquake that I’ve felt in, [...]
3 Comments Kevin on Jun 23rd 2010
The role of advertising on the Internet is changing. With the rising power of Google and the role of links in determining placement in the search results, a growing number of companies are seeking to buy their way up the rankings by purchasing links on other websites. The problem with purchasing links in order to [...]
39 Comments Kevin on Jun 23rd 2010
Filed under Miscellaneous,Opinion,Philosophy
How Rich Are You?
In the beginning of time, every man was equally poor, or equally rich, depending on how you look at it. Then we discovered agriculture, and the surplus of food enabled specialization of labour, which gave birth to cities and to civilization. Since then, we’ve been more or less divided into three economic groups: The poor, the [...]
15 Comments Kevin on Jun 21st 2010
Filed under Weekend Reading
Summer Weekend Reading
It’s the middle of the summer, it’s hot, and the longest day of the year is coming in just a couple of days! Here are some interesting links of the week:
8 Comments Kevin on Jun 20th 2010
Filed under Miscellaneous,Opinion
Opening up new frontiers
Much of human history has been about opening up new frontiers, in exploration, science, and technology. It started when we spread out of Africa, many millennia ago, and continued when men and women spread into the Americas, and Europeans later came and invaded the “new world”, in part to explore unknown lands, and in part [...]
14 Comments Kevin on Jun 15th 2010
Filed under Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading, at 300 km/h
Here is your weekend reading:
10 Comments Kevin on Jun 13th 2010
This is the fourth and final post in a series of articles on living to 100 and beyond. This post was originally published on June 12, 2010. Traditional retirement planning is made with one main assumption in mind: after you retire, you will only live a couple of decades at most, and you will be [...]
34 Comments Kevin on Jun 12th 2010
