21st Century Thoughts

If you pay taxes of any kind throughout the year (impossible to avoid as a US citizen) then why do we not hold our government accountable at all? This has been the perfect week for me to write about this, from the debt ceiling debacle to my personal experiences, once again government has done a garbage job. If you asked 100 people what they think of the DMV, does 1 or 2 people say "positive"? I doubt it. This is telling since every single government agency operates in the same way. I had to finalize my citizenship docs (and officially am awaiting my court date) but that required my last apostille from the SoS in Chicago. Let's just say it took 5 trips, 3 of them being wrong instructions, 1 being refusal to accept since the worker had a personal vendetta against me at that point, and the fifth being successful. Each time you leave, you wonder "Why isn't the government better?" Why do we hold a company like JPMorgan or Apple to give us 100% greatness each time...

The struggle to create, build, make, establish, etc. any business or organization starts with the simple issue of "what to build?" Sounds simple but it is deeper. Yes, the initial issue of having an idea and then following up on it is difficult but that isn't actually step 1. Step 1 is asking yourself internally the question of: "Am I creating a solution or problem?" Most people immediately say that they want to solve a problem but that is looking at the world through the eyes of Ghandi. Business exists to create demand or problems that continue indefinitely. Who is trying to solve a problem and cease to exist? And no, this is not going in the direction of conspiracies. This is identifying what a business's main purpose is. Let's take META for example. They are causing so many issues with mental health, self-esteem, and biased algorithms but do they care? They are making money and aren't on the frontlines trying to stop it from happening since it bri...