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Into the Wind: The Story of the 34th America’s Cup
After losing race 7 of 2013 Americas’ Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy of the world in which two of the fastest sailing yachts on earth go mano-a-mano to resolve who is the fastest, Jimmy Spithill found his team of sailors, engineers, designers and computer scientists had started a meeting without him; all discussing possible solutions and different sailing alternatives for the following race. At this point, the team Spithill lead, Oracle Team USA, reigning champion or ‘defender’ was losing the match 0-6 against Emirates Team New Zealand or ‘challenger’. In a competition to be the first to win 9 races and take the cup home. It was, from any…
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Monopoly Money it’s Worth More than Venezuela’s Money (Seriously)
Venezuela is the undisputed king of inflation in the last decade. Yet, it looks like it could get even worst, much worst. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the projected inflation of the country is 14,000,000% for 2019. Again, that is Fourteen. Million. Percent. Considering this horrifying reality, and leaving the depressing social impact aside which is the true tragedy there, there is only one sensible question to ask: Is Venezuelan currency worth less than Monopoly money at this point? Seriously, if you want to get a $1 US by exchanging another currency, and you can only choose between having monopoly money and Venezuelan bolivars, what currency will give…
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…On A Mind-Shattering Large Number
When we think of mathematics shivers come crawling inside our bones, at least for most of us. Hazy memories of school days and boring non-sense numerical exercises based on complex rules that produced volatile grades. Yet, some aspects of mathematics can be inspiring and at the same time can destroy our perspective of maths as a boring and complex apparatus. We can always start with a simple question: What is the biggest number you can think of? Our educational development can be traced to the answer to that question. When we are younger we go from 3 to 17 to 100 if we are the cool kid in pre-K. Then…
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Why Are You Rigged To Be Miserable? (Probably)
Depression is a condition I owe my current understanding of the world. Back in August 2017, I was diagnosed with a mild form of depressive disorder while along with my therapist we concluded it was the result of limited social interactions due to working from a home-office located in gloomy Seattle. She proposed meditation and mindfulness, but I had something else in mind. With too much enthusiasm at the time, I formulated a plan and spent a week crafting and forecasting a series of steps that would take me out of the darkness and into a new career. That’s right, my plan not only included getting out of my depressive…
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