By: Zeru (Peter) Li Recently, scientists at NYU Langone Health conducted a mind-blowing experiment: transplanting a pig’s kidney to the human body. The surgery was proven to be a success, and a brand new chapter in researching cross-species transplants begins. This could …
Read More »The Metaverse
By Zeru (Peter) Li Last year, in late October, at a special event, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would change its name to Meta, a dedication to the company’s mission forward as a virtual reality provider. The iconic “F” logo was also …
Read More »Embracing Sustainability: Big Tech Edition
By: Zeru (Peter) Li As climate change continues to influence our lives, major tech companies, including Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, etc., are standing up to promote change and advocate for a sustainable future. There are many approaches to this problem, and some …
Read More »Exploring the Possibilities of 6G
By: Zeru (Peter) Li While the technology of 5G is rapidly expanding both across the nation and internationally, the world’s top scientists have already started brainstorming for the possibilities of 6G. You might think that it is a little bit too early …
Read More »Inflation Skyrocketed! Why the Fed was to be Blamed.
By Owen Ouyang By the emergence and expansion of modern economic interventionism, as the gold standard outlawed and fiat money prevailed, the lack of stable currency and overwhelming state seigniorage have caused inflation and unstable prices to be rampant worldwide. By recent …
Read More »VR Headsets Post COVID
By: Zeru (Peter) Li The COVID-19 Pandemic has made VR headsets, or virtual reality headsets, more prevalent in average households than ever. Many people, including myself, have looked into the VR market for something fun as soon as shelter-in-place hit. Today, we …
Read More »Why Not Inflation? An Undeniable Fact about Monetary Inflation
By Owen Ouyang Monetary inflation was regarded by many as an effective method to boost consumption and contribute to economic growth. Nevertheless, by nature, the quantitative easing implemented by the state was backed merely by fiduciary media rather than real commodities. In …
Read More »New Brokerage Platforms?
By: Zeru (Peter) Li Stocks have always been a major opinionated topic people discussed, even as early as the beginning of the 20th century. Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor published in 1949 delivers the idea that one should carefully assess the long-term …
Read More »The Road to Serfdom: Lenin’s long term political influences in the 20th Century Russia
By Owen Ouyang As the establisher of the first Communist State, Lenin had a profound influence on the political structure in the post-Revolution era. In the long term, Lenin snuffed out the hope of Russian democracy and regressed it back into an …
Read More »“All Power to the Soviet!”: Lenin’s short term political influences in the 20th Century Russia
By Owen Ouyang Lenin was a vitally significant figure for 20th Century Russia, the implementation of Lenin’s strategies led to nationwide catastrophe with immediate devastating impacts on the power structure and many peoples’ lives in the short term. Ideologically, Lenin could be …
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