One Man Perspective: a blog about everyday thoughts
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Our Attention Seeking Culture
In the age of the internet it has become normal to spam out every moment, thought (yes, hypocritical), or whatever contrived thing we come up with as a pot-shot at going viral. While there are content creators who genuinely care about educating, spreading awareness or just having fun, many are simply looking to cash in…
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Trying to Outsmart The Market – An Experience
Leveraged market trading can feel a lot like Russian roulette. Amplified returns and amplified losses. Being brazen and risk taking and arrogant enough to think I could outsmart the market I was quickly drawn to the prospect of huge returns without the patience required by conventional investing. After only a week using a simulator account…
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Aspiration and Fatalism
As saturated as the topic of you can/can’t be anything you want to be is, I thought I’d add a few of my own thoughts. I was tempted to use the word ‘determinism’ in the title but fatalism lines up more with my philosophy. Over and over throughout our schooling and potentially beyond, we are…
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Getting Shredded – What’s The True Motivation?
Whether it’s driven by insecurity or vanity, gym culture has taken over many men’s lives to the increasingly homogeneous Hollywood male physique of defined abs, bulging traps and bowling ball shoulders. Perhaps it could simply be popular by trend or tantamount to a fashion craze. I recently started working out myself. I bought a couple…
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Inflation could be Here to Stay and There’s Not Much We can do About It
The outlook for economic growth looks bleak for much of the world, especially in the developed West. Inflation has reached highs not seen for decades. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, reshoring of industry, supply chain disruptions and OPEC’s production cuts have all been contributing factors. Growth has been steady or stagnant for many developed western nations,…
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Thoughts…
Welcome to the OneManPerspective blog where I write thoughts, opinions, takes and perspectives on science, politics, economics, media and more. I am a recent university graduate from a science background. My goal is to write essays for fun and just see what happens. Posts come out on Thursdays!
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