There is a concept in economics known as comparative advantage. The idea is that we are better off by specializing in the things that we are good at, and trading with others for the things that they are good at. We’re all better off as a result. It doesn’t even matter if one person is better than… [Read More]
A List of Great WordPress Plugins to Make Your Site Better
I’ve been blogging for nearly two years now (can’t believe how time flies!), and while I would not consider myself a pro at blogging, I have discovered quite a few plugins that have made my life easier. Maybe they will help you out as well. Here they are: ©Feed This plugin lets me insert a… [Read More]
Invest Wisely in Protecting Your Most Precious Data: How to Back Up Your Stuff to the Cloud
Why should I backup to the cloud? More and more, our lives are moving into the digital world. Many of our photos, documents, and other important things exist only in a digital form. On one hand this is pretty amazing: It is much easier to share and preserve our information than ever before. We can easily… [Read More]
Five Personal Finance, Economic and Life Lessons Learned from “The Lion King”
My girlfriend recently treated me to a live performance of The Lion King Broadway Musical. I’m not usually big on watching musicals, but I loved the movie and the musical did not disappoint. The Lion King is a moving story about love, loss, and the circle of life. It follows the life of a young… [Read More]
Bitcoin: The Digital Currency of the Future
Ever since the dawn of the Internet and of the information age, writers and visionaries have visualized the disruptive changes that such technologies would eventually have on our lives; they have imagined futures where we spend more of our lives online than offline, and where ubiquitous access to technology and connectivity would be a strong… [Read More]