There are two types of people when it comes to China: those who preach its imminent collapse, and those who preach its inevitable rise to global superpower. Fortunately, both of these groups are wrong. Rex Wang, a former Taiwan diplomat, falls into the first category. He wrote an entire book…

The illusion of choice — Youtube has many problems. Kids is one. Kids of all ages are consuming repetitive, mind-numbing content by the hour. I took a look at what Youtube thinks is kids-friendly content. Here’s what I saw:

Why Apple’s slow and painful downfall is Steve Jobs’s own fault — If Steve Jobs saw the Apple of today, he would be disappointed. “He believed that once-great companies often declined after they became monopolies, innovation slowed, and the products they made became an afterthought. Eventually, they put salespeople in charge and prioritized how much they sold instead of what they sold.”…

People everywhere are running out of money. In the U.S., 1 in 5 people with jobs now say they run out of money before their next paycheck. That’s 5% more than last year. And that’s according to a survey done back in February. More dramatic estimates say that even among…

The way we think about work is completely outdated — Seven years ago, at 19, I got my first part-time job waiting tables. I lasted a month before I got fired. It was the only time in my life I’ve had a job. Since then, I’ve been side-hustling my way through life like there’s no tomorrow. Copywriting gigs, ghostwriting gigs…

Walter Rothschild may have been the heir to a massive banking empire, but he sure had a lot of free time on his hands. The photo above illustrates Rothschild’s attempt to convince people that exotic animals were not as untameable as previously thought. …

Peter Thiel has always been a bit weird. With a quiet net worth of $4.7 billion, you’d think Thiel should spend his days surfing with half-naked models somewhere in the Caribbean. Instead, he’s busy purchasing massive amounts of land in New Zealand in case of an apocalyptic event. Next we…

Let’s play a game. I’ll tell you about the life of someone named John. John constantly feels like something is missing from his life, but he does not know what it is. If you can identify the tiny little habit that keeps him miserable, you win. Every morning, John wakes…

The magic hidden in plain sight — Let’s talk about the obvious things first. The first obvious thing is that Mona Lisa was astonishingly beautiful back in the day. She might not have Angelina Jolie’s cheekbones or Emma Watson’s eyes, but that’s not how people saw her 600 years ago. The Ancient Greeks glorified women with bigger…