Scott Krisiloff’s Blog

In the short term government has the greatest impact on economic cycles, but over the long term science and technology define the productivity and standard of living of humanity. We should invest in science because this is an investment in the progress of humanity and provides a worthy mission to pursue while we spend our time on this Earth.

I imagine that anyone who lives a long life might draw similar conclusions about what is and isn’t important, and I feel that it is a gift to have been given this perspective at a relatively young age. Ultimately, by reading every issue of TIME I learned the value of time, which is, by far, our most precious commodity.

We all get a unique window of time on this planet and the events that we see are somewhat random. The person who lived the core of their adult life from 1920-1960 saw a very different view of the world than the person who lived that life from 1940-1980 or 1980-2020. Entirely different types of people would have thrived in those windows, and someone... See more

Between 2013 and 2017 I read every issue of TIME magazine from 1923-2000–nearly 4,000 issues and 77 years worth of history. The project began as a way to track economic history and ended up being personally transformative. By reading TIME week by week over the course of multiple generations I was able to watch and feel history unfold. The experienc... See more

America works best when we work together on big projects. There is a school of thought that cutthroat competition leads to human progress. I found that the opposite was true. The defining event of the 20th century was World War II. The War created a mission that was so important that it rallied an entire society out of Economic Depression and organ... See more

Societal memory is short and even those who make it to “the top” are eventually forgotten. This happens even faster than you might think. If you seek validation, personal achievement isn’t the place to find it. Invest in family, friends and self understanding. These are the things that will be most valuable on your journey through life.