Juan Orbea

The fastest growing economies in the world are un sub-Saharan Africa, growing at 5-7% YoY.

He further speaks of the intersection of the universal themes of mythology and Christianity and Christianity's future. History is a test of mankind, says Rene Girard, and mankind is failing that test.

Well, by contrast, in Germany the Great Depression produced hyperinflation which broke the financial system and hammered the economic layer. In fact, it went all the way down to the sociopolitical layer with the collapse of the Weimar Republic, which then penetrated into the cultural layer. Things like the Holocaust, were Germans turned against... See more

If you add a compounding effect on top of an already large number, it becomes very difficult to predict the size of future outcomes.

Most things that happen in society are multi-turn and repetitive. These are called preferential attachment processes which happen when something (such as money, status, fame, punishment) is distributed based on how much is already possessed. Most social processes are preferential attachment. For example, if two Founders each tweet out the same... See more

When navigating the question of which high school to attend or — if you don’t have a choice — who to make friends with as a high school student (or which kinds of people to encourage your kids to befriend if you’re a parent, although good luck with getting them to listen), ask yourself the following questions:

The Problem: “DAO” Has Lost all Clear Meaning