What I think about Zeitgeist
Yohanez recommended the movie “Zeitgeist” to me, but I had previously seen the second one, “Zeitgeist: Addendum”.
I think “Zeitgeist: Addendum” is a very interesting movie and everybody should look into it. I looked at the first movie also briefly, but it seems more chaotic and tries to discuss a lot of stuff at the same [...]
Ambiguity
Nobody really knows what they voted for.
”The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you—we as a people will get [...]
Change we can believe in
Obama won the election in USA by repeating the word “change” a million times.
Nobody knows what they have voted for.
No track record. He was in the academia for 12 years with no serious publications, only 2 years as a senator, etc.
Got elected by mesmerizing people with words and emotion, not through reasoning and logic. People [...]
Urge to Nest: Buy High
About a little more than a year ago I was looking around for an apartment. I was considering buying this brand new apartment that was going to be finished in 2010. It was much more expensive, smaller, more trendy, more in central Oslo than the apartment I bought this summer.
The reason I remember is that [...]
October 24, 1929
It is 79 years today since one of the most notorious stock market crashes started. The day was popularly named “Black Thursday”.
Three phrases - Black Thursday, Black Monday, and Black Tuesday - are used to describe this collapse of stock values. All three are appropriate, for the crash was not a one-day affair. The [...]