Here is an interesting article I’ve recently came across: Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works The article makes the interesting claim that coming to America, and by extension following the American Dream, is a Ponzi scheme that actually works. It also goes through a couple of stories that are supposed to be inspiring. [...]
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10 Feb 10
The American Dream: A Ponzi Scheme That Works
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22 Jan 10
The Dog Powered Shopping Cart
Ever since we moved last time, each shopping trip experience turns into a small hassle when we have to transport the groceries from car to our apartment. The car is in the parking garage on the P2 (-2) floor and our apartment is on the 2nd floor. Due to the fact that we go to [...]
18 Oct 09
Success, careers and… losers
A talk that really touches some of the problems of current society. Enjoy:
21 Aug 09
Basic Skills
One of the things you learn while young, is basic math. It helps you know what the change should be at the store when you’re buying something. It can also come in handy in many situations. For example: the train leaves at 12:30. I want to eat before leaving. It usually takes me 10 minutes [...]
29 Mar 09
Tough times…
We’ve all heard repeatedly that these are tough times. That the lifestyle we’re used to is gone and that the Wall Street is breaking the American Dream. People will be reduced to live a dog’s life. What I didn’t imagine is this will happen so soon and that people will literally turn into dogs. Here [...]
15 Jan 09
Is the American Dream a Biological Impossibility?
I came a cross an article on blog.wired.com which states no more or less that the American Dream is a biological impossibility? What does it mean? It means that biologically speaking we’re not fit for the dream. What is the dream? In the own words of Peter Whybrow, head of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience [...]
28 Dec 08
the season to be jolly
So, the holidays are [almost] over. If there is one thing that I find a bit annoying here is the fact that everyone anticipates and prepares for the holidays long before they begin. To give an example, once Halloween was over people were already preparing for Christmas. What happens if you decide not to rush? [...]
21 Dec 08
why the romanian dream?
Why “The Romanian Dream”? It’s like the American dream only with Romanians. And for it to have something in common with the bigger, better American one, the dream takes place in the Promise Land, where everyone can make it big and the distance between being a nobody and being somebody is only a few blocks [...]
20 Nov 08
Hello world!
As the title says: Hello world This is the first entry on our blog on the Romanian Dream. We’ll explain shortly why we call it the Romanian Dream and why a blog about it. M
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