Business

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek

Request; I’m wondering if change my subject and write master thesis about motivation. Your work is inspiration for me. But also I think about other works about this subject because it would gives wider picture of how people perceive motivation.

coffee badging

Requests: the practice of showing up at your physical workplace to interact with coworkers just long enough to establish that you showed up, before leaving to get your real work done from home.

tax evasion vs. tax avoidance

Priority request: Does lying about your taxes have karmic consequences or does it sometimes serve the highest good?

the bottom line

Request: the most important part of something; the most important aspect to consider.

vertical farming

Request: Vertical farming is growing in popularity and I'm considering starting a business in that sector. Would be good to know how integrous the practice is.

Investing.com

Financial markets platform providing real-time data, quotes, charts, financial tools, breaking news and analysis across 250 exchanges around the world in 44 language editions... with more than 46 million monthly users -- website

META1 stablecoin

Priority request. A cryptocurrency "secured by a diverse mix of assets including gold mines, bars, bonds and other precious metal securities" -- meta1coin.vision

tobacco packaging warning pictures

Priority request: found on every tobacco package in Eastern Europe, Austria, among about 80 different countries.

retail arbitrage

Request: "An example of this would be finding a product at Walmart that sells for $5, purchasing that product, and then reselling it on Amazon for $20." Is it an integrous way of earning money?

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins

Priority request. "Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them" -- amazon

Eric Weinstein

Priority request. hedge fund director and podcast host. He was the joint managing director for Thiel Capital from 2013 until 2022. He has a PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard -- wikipedia

Cardano / ADA cryptocurrency

Focuses on scientific research and peer-reviewed development, aiming to achieve scalability, sustainability, and interoperability through a layered blockchain approach, which sets it apart from other cryptocurrencies -- cardano.org

XRP cryptocurrency

Unlike bitcoin and other mined cryptocurrencies, where new coins enter the market in the form of block rewards, XRP enters circulation whenever Ripple decides to sell coins from its pre-mined stash on the secondary market -- coindesk.com

a catch-22 situation

a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations -- wikipedia

hiring someone who is irregularly staying in the country

Request: Is this integrous? Does it depend on the person, on the country? On the employer?