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Waiting on the trickles of the "trickle down" economics. I bet CEO salaries are doing just fine.

Last year, I correctly predicted Jeff Bezos will divorce due to extra-marital affair.

Here are my prediction for the next 5-10 years.

1. Autonomous cars will be common, and they will have hive minds as AI progresses. 2. Governments around the world will look different, as AI will supplant politicians as representatives (probably in late decade). 3. Banking systems will crash and bartering will occur in the first half of the decade. It will change to adapt usage of cryptocurrency. 4. Blockchain will be part of the internet infrastructure. AI personas will exist as butlers for people, these personas are actual replica of their personalities. 5. Robotics will replace most jobs such as waiters and cashiers. Some of these robots will be monitored or operated by one or two persons. That job will require higher tech education/degrees.

(I have 5 more but it's not related to tech, lol).

Really? It felt like the golden age of podcast was a decade ago. I haven't listened to podcasts in a while. With YouTube premium, you can just listen or watch YT videos instead, so maybe it's golden age for videocasts?

This! They are deferring the inevitable time when the subway is no longer sustainable. Are we waiting for another Sandy?

NYC Subway is already falling apart. Fix that first! Less corruption, and get rid of de Blasio while we're at it.

Kind of related, but I've been curious about this -- highly educated countries also have very high voter turnout. I think South Korea has about 77% voter turnout. I think the U.S. has about 50-55% voter turnout. The more educated everyone is, the more they want to participate. I disagree that this should make you feel ashamed. I think it has its pros and cons.

I'll wait until the AirPods has noise-cancelling. I can't wait until Apple enters into the NC game!

Design with the earth in mind (environmental sustainability), and that food and products must be thought of from creation, delivery (less carbon footprint), to end-of-life cycle (eco-friendly/green packaging waste) in a way that is good for the earth. This should be law.

I often feel bad when I open a package and see extraneous crap that will just be thrown out. Our garbage will outlive us all. There is no need for that!

Getting enough sleep.

Arianna Huffington was right. Sleep is absolutely necessary. In addition, some people require only 4-5 hours of sleep, others like myself require 7-8 hours to be "good". Getting a FitBit to track my sleep has also been helpful. Just because I sleep on time, does not mean I have "enough" sleep. Most of us don't fall asleep until 1-hour after we lay our heads. And in addition, most of us do not get enough "deep sleep."

In addition, after I started tracking sleep, I realize caffeine has been detrimental to getting "deep sleep." I often switch to decaf or go cold turkey to help my body detox from caffeine.

I've lived and grew up in NYC for almost 30 years and I agree with the author.

Manhattan has become an unaffordable ghost town. Walk down West Village, Union Sq, Flatiron, etc.., you see rows of closed stores that have gone vacant for a very long time now. In contrast, I was in London recently and that city was thriving compared to Manhattan, it was lively and beautiful.

In addition, NYC Subway and transportation is a disgrace. It is on its way to becoming a third-world country equivalent. This was due to mismanagement and corruption. You won't notice how Manhattan has deteriorated until you leave the U.S. and visit other cities in Europe and especially Asia. Even Thailand's subway system is a hell of a lot better than the NYC subway.

Bill Gates recently recommended this book by Hans Rosling called "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think" and it is a great book to read to be a realist.

The world is NOT getting worse, it is getting better. The news is only picking up issues that sell, and fear and devastation sell, just like sex.

Solving global warming -- let's start with being mindful of our carbon footprint. I'd love to see every car on the road to be driverless, electric cars in the future. I think we are on our way.

In any case, don't read the news. Read books instead.

Perhaps, in this economy and the rising student debt crises, it's hard to suspend work to go get an education to get a loan and graduate to find a job that may or may not pay enough. I know others are doing part-time MBA's but I cannot see anyone getting into debt to get an MBA if you are in the middle class. I think this is probably due to deteriorating middle class more so than the degree losing luster.

The Venus Project: Future by Design

The Corporation

Inside Job

HBO's documentary on Warren Buffet

Who Killed The Electric Car?

Overprinting is called hyperinflation. People lose trust in the currency because they are worthless. It has happened before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation

You're talking about assets vs. liabilities. Unfortunately -- we are racking up more liabilities.

This country has $21 trillion in debt.

With this current administration (Trumpy and previous administrations before him) have been ignoring this swamp-filled problem. So much so that in August, the current administration added $214 billion to the deficit.

We are on our way to adding $1 trillion a year to this country's deficit. $1 trillion is an insane number: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

We are now over a 105.4% Debt-to-GDP ratio. If you as a citizen make $1 and spends $2, you're officially bankrupt! The U.S. government can measure all it wants, but we cannot continue to ignore the current situation. The reason Trump got elected in the first place was that his constituents thought he would be the man to address the "swamp." But nope.

Definitely great phones, but I still prefer the iPhone SE size. If they upgrade the SE with the innards of the XR + with same cameras + full front screen, it would be perfection.

As an SE user, me too. I wished they would have done a refresh for the SE.

Aside from the size, I'm more concerned at the prices of phones going over the $1k+ mark as the new normal. Sigh.

This. Let's not pretend corporations are people, though they have the same rights (if not more) than a regular citizen. Their sole objective is to make money first.

If we want to fix the system, let's start by taking a hard look at corporations and stripping down their privileges.

Hopefully, you don't have clinical depression but find out.

I recommend Stephen Covey's book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The whole book is excellent. Start with Habit 1: Be Proactive.

Seek to be 100% responsible for everything you do and currently have. Do not blame others or situations, take full responsibility. For when you blame others, you give them control.

Becoming proactive means becoming highly accountable, subordinating your impulses for your real values. The opposite of this is "Reactive" which is when one is swept away by externalities, the heat of the moment. This habit will hopefully kick-start your life.

I recommend (and already mentioned) journaling. In the journal, I visualize attaining the goal or write about ways to keep going.

Watch, listen or read stuff that motivates and uplifts you. And keep on doing it every day.

Try to motivate yourself every day and find what works. This quote sums up what motivation is, it is not something that is only done once:

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar

You save almost 40% of your salary each year? That's pretty impressive!

They sell these treadmills and bikes with video training and scenery on it. I have no idea who is buying their products though.

I bet this is just another pump and dump startup.

That's clever. I also do a personal Kanban board as my To-Do List for work and personal. I use Trello.

Minus the Revelations book, it's great.

Why Chromebook? You can use a MacBook Air which is great, light, and you can get it used for cheap.

Who's to say it's not meant to exist? It exists. The grandparents are raising the kid. The couple that died wanted a kid. The sequence of events is not how it should have been. But it happened.

NYC will never know how bad it is until they go out of the U.S. to such places in Asia like Thailand, HK, Taiwan, or Japan and experience those subway stations. There is no such thing as a "weekend service" and subways arrive on-time without question, there are clean restrooms and WiFi. The NYC subway is decades behind. It has remained stagnant in advancements and has now broken down due to lack of development and overcrowding. It's a problem.

I would buy all of these too! They should sell it! It's awesome.