The Rise of the Student Loan Debt Crisis

As of now the estimated total student loan debt by Americans has reached about 1.6 trillion dollars. To put that into perspective that would be the same value as buying every person in San Francisco a very nice apartment or going back 1 trillion seconds in the past would take you to around 30,000 B.C. […]

Game of Thrones

The show has had fans talking about it for almost a decade now, and the hype for the. the show was at its peak earlier last year. The show is based on George R.R Martin’s best-selling book A Song of Ice and Fire. I think that the book series that Martin has created has allowed fans of […]

The Mandalorian

I am sure by now that you have seen the memes of baby Yoda on the internet, as it caught the world be surprised that a Yoda could look so cute. But if you were wondering where all of those pictures of baby Yoda came from, I am here to clear that up for you. […]

The Effects of the Harvard Affirmative Action Case

Asian-Americans have always had it tough when it comes to the college admissions process. In 2019 one major Supreme court case brought this issue to light when plaintiffs sued the famous ivy, Harvard University. The case was speculated to be the one that would put an end to affirmative action. The plaintiffs were a group […]

The Witcher

Based on the books written by Andrzej Sapkowski, the Netflix show had great reviews from the start. The show is about the fantasy series of Geralt of Rivia who is a “Witcher.” In the series, witchers are beings with supernatural abilities that are tasked with slaying beasts and monsters. However, they have a bad rep […]

Gucci’s Blackface Sweater

In 2018, part of Gucci’s Fall/Winter collection had the clothing item displayed above in their catalog, however, people took it the wrong way when they realized what it represented. The piece was called a “Wool Balaclava Jumper” in their catalog. Many people believed that the sweater is very similar to blackface and therefore was very […]

Ted Talk: How to use data to make a hit TV show

Sebastian Wernicke discusses how companies such as Amazon, Google, and Netflix have been relying on data to figure our trends and to see what will become a successful product for them. One example that he uses is that Amazon used data to find out that a show about 4 senators may be successful so they […]

Do You Think That Studies Are Bunk?

in the article Studies Are Usually Bunk, Study Shows, author Andy Kessler suggests to the reader that behavioral economic studies are nothing but, “the study of college kids in psych labs.” He says this because he thinks that these behavioral studies are not good evidence to prove anything because oftentimes these studies are not even able […]

The Paradigm Shift in Artificial Intelligence

We are living in a time that will rapidly be changed by Artificial Intelligence(AI). What you need to know about this technology is that it started around 6 decades ago, but it is becoming extremely popular right now, as we finally have the tools to support it. 6 decades ago, the thought of AI was […]

Previewing the Paradigm Shift: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation

A paradigm shift is defined as a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. This article discusses how smartphone use has completely changed a generation and it has started to effect them mentally, socially, and physically. The author calls everyone born between 1995 and 2012 to be part of the iGen, a group that is […]