We need others, even if they happened to be non-human — Have you ever had a crush on a cartoon or a video game character? If you have, then you experienced “moe”. It’s a very common occurrence in Japan, so much so that they have their own word for that feeling. Moe refers to: “feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters…

Did they sell — or will they continue to hodl? — We’ve all heard things like: “If you’ve invested just $100 back in 2011, you’d be a millionaire now” And it sucks to know how much you’ve missed out. But it can also be eye-opening: If you would’ve invested today, where could you be ten years from now? Especially in times…

Stick to the value and not the price of the asset — There’s a growing divergence between bitcoin’s value and price. What happened? The U.S. inflation figures coupled with Celsius’ stop on withdrawals have the crypto market in a meltdown: Bitcoin is around $22,000 (Tuesday the 14th of June, 2022), its lowest since December of 2020. The value of the entire crypto…

Here’s what vibrations do to products through time — Nobody said that the aging process had to be silent and motionless. To expedite it and bring new flavors to the mix, researchers and brands are experimenting with sound to bring out the best of food and beverages. We often see the experts changing the brightness, temperature, and materials, among…

Embrace yourselves, shortages will be everywhere — It’s not just children starving in Africa, it’s the whole world experiencing a food crisis. You might have seen some food items missing from the shelves of your local grocery store and you wouldn’t be the only one: Issues with farming, food processing, and transport have led to a huge…

And successfully prepare for the next bull run — Now is the time to start rebuilding. I know, it doesn’t seem like it. Inflation is eating our savings (if any). Shortages of food and other goods are likely to get worse. There’s no visible end to the war in Ukraine (plus China might invade Taiwan). Markets keep falling again…

Some updates and views of its future — The crypto market seems to be in a never-ending bloodbath. Almost every crypto is at least 50% below its all-time high. Frankly, I don’t even want to look at my portfolio. From how things look today, we might be entering into a crypto winter. To make things worse, Cardano has…

Communicate and find patterns with sound as your guide — “Without sound, celebration and grief look nearly the same.” (Ben Marcus) Sound offers something unique to the perception of our surroundings. I always remember going into all these historical landmarks and seeing them completely furnished and pretty but at the same time inert and lifeless. However, once you played contemporary…

Here’s the bigger picture — It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Despite being so volatile, history shows us that bitcoin has been the best performing asset of all time. It has outpaced stocks, commodities, and bonds. In the last decade alone(2010–2020), it has increased by 9,000,000%. Mindblowing. Given its track record, several key financial…