2010-08-10 16:55
Lewis Pugh, an environmentalist, swimmer, and motivational speaker, recently swam across an ice-cold lake on Mount Everest, the first person ever to do so. Afterwards, he gave a talk at TEDg… Read More
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2010-08-09 20:09
I recently read an article the other day about the Los Angeles public transportation system - it went something along the lines of, "Public transport in LA is horrible, and needs to be fixed… Read More
2010-08-09 20:08
I recently read an article in the Economist that tried to compare Facebook to a sovereign government. It says that Facebook, if it were considered a nation, would have the third-largest popu… Read More
2010-08-07 02:38
Jeffrey Sachs, considered by many to be one of the top economists of our time, recently wrote a Financial Times editorial on what he believed to be the solution to America's current issues… Read More
2010-07-23 03:52
Ok, so I realize that this might come off as a joke, but I'm actually slightly serious about this. There was a recent article that I came across that said that some internet porn sites have… Read More
2010-07-20 01:44
Earlier today, I was spending some time with my 6-year old niece, when an interesting thought came across my mind. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up, and her eyes beamed, a… Read More
2010-07-13 20:52
Wow. It's been quite a while since I wrote a post on this blog. In fact, a lot has happened since my last post May 28, 2009. First, I graduated college - Woohoo! I think spent a month lying… Read More
2009-05-28 23:28
These past couple weeks I’ve noticed a lot of my friends have started to scramble for jobs as summer is fast approaching. I know because my Facebook update stream is overwhelmed with j… Read More
2009-05-19 01:02
Here is an acronym that I created in order to help identify the mentality of Gen Y. Some of these can be viewed in a positive or negative light, but if there was a way to define a generation… Read More
2009-05-11 08:12
The other day, I was talking to one of my good friends who was excitedly telling me about her amazing internship that she got this summer. She talked briefly about what the company does and… Read More
2009-05-04 20:02
Let me start off this post by telling a story. It’s a poker story, so if you don’t understand the basics of poker then this might not make sense, but I’ll try to give the c… Read More
2009-04-23 18:55
I just read an article that CNN posted titled “5 Clues that you’re addicted to Facebook”. It gives the story of a single working mom with a 12-yr old daughter and how her d… Read More
2009-04-21 06:59
So I was talking to one of my friends the other day about what he was going to do after he graduates from college. He’s a Business Economics major, and is specifically interested in… Read More
2009-04-21 06:55
So I just got back from hearing Tony Blair speak and wow, am I impressed. He’s without a doubt the most famous person I’ve ever seen speak and just his ability to engage and inte… Read More
2009-04-16 06:44
So I’ve had this thought for a little while now, and coming across this article made me think that my thoughts could very well be true. Simply, the article says that people that use Fa… Read More
2009-04-13 07:25
So as the regular season of the NBA comes to end, all the good memories of playoffs past start to come back to life. Remember Jordan’s game winning shot over the Jazz? Remember Dwane W… Read More
2009-04-07 06:20
So as my short, yet highly entertaining college years come to an end, I start to rethink about old times and think about the “what ifs”. I’m a person that doesn’t hav… Read More
2008-11-04 07:58
Hello!My name is Peter Epstein and I'm currently a senior majoring in Business Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Considering that I'm in college, I would estimate tha… Read More
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