On March 11, 2025, the S&P 500 has plunged 8.4% from its peak, unsettling financial markets and pulling assets like Bitcoin downward. Far from a harbinger of doom, this equity correction offers a silver lining for the global economy. Driven by U.S. tariff uncertainty, the fall could lower bond yields and weaken the U.S. dollar, […]
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An Essay Exploring Consciousness, Culture, and the Promise of Artificial IntelligenceMarch 09, 2025 Introduction: The Grand Puzzle of Being Siloed Imagine standing at the edge of a cliff at dusk, the wind cutting through you as the last light bleeds into the horizon. Below, the ocean roars—vast, unyielding, swallowing your ragged breaths. You’ve lost a
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Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency are converging to create what some call the greatest moment in human history—a civilization-scale shift that’s both thrilling and unsettling. In a recent discussion on The Journey Man, dated March 10, 2025, Raoul Pal, a macroeconomics and crypto expert, and Emad Mostaque, a former hedge fund manager turned AI
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Introduction The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency is poised to redefine the foundations of wealth and power. In a recent Journey Man episode, Raoul Pal, a macroeconomics and crypto visionary, and Emad Mostaque, a former hedge fund manager turned AI pioneer, grappled with the implications of this exponential age. They painted a future
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I’ve always seen the world through two lenses: images and words. They’re my tools, my ways of making sense of the chaos, of building a framework that holds my understanding together. Images—whether snapped with a camera, rendered by AI, or layered in Photoshop—feel like extensions of my hands and eyes. I can tweak the light,
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UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS ESSAYS 2 OF 2 Abstract Human self-awareness is a paradox: it endows us with unparalleled agency and creativity, yet imprisons us in existential isolation. This framework, “The Siloed Spark,” posits that consciousness—an emergent property of biological systems—evolved as a localized “Spark” optimized for individual survival, not collective connection, resulting in isolated minds yearning
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Introduction The financial narrative entering 2025 is one of cautious optimism tempered by lingering uncertainty. As outlined in “Rising Above the Noise: The Data-Driven Market Outlook for 2025,” the macroeconomic data—improving financial conditions, expanding global liquidity, and stabilizing growth—points to an emerging expansion rather than the collapse heralded by mainstream headlines. Yet, the pace of
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Introduction As we step into 2025, the financial world remains saturated with headlines predicting economic doom—warnings of persistent inflation, a looming recession, and financial instability. The mainstream media thrives on doom scrolling, preying on fear-based narratives that drive engagement rather than clarity. However, real investors know that the signal is in the data, not the
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Top Dog or Cog – Reassessing Human Exceptionalism: A Unified Theoretical Framework for Consciousness and Self-Awareness in the Context of Artificial General Intelligence Abstract This thesis investigates the implications of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for human exceptionalism, proposing a unified theoretical framework to reconceptualize consciousness and self-awareness as universal and emergent properties. Synthesizing Integrated Information
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You read an article the other day—something about quantum computing or AI saving the planet—and it stuck with you. The big idea hit: this tech’s going to rewrite the world. But when you tried to explain it to a friend, the details slipped—qubits, grids, whatever else blurred into “it’s huge, trust me.” It bugged you,
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