I thought this perspective was quite interesting- that the core issues never resolve, they only get more intense, yet one's ability to cope also grows with increased experience and skills.
Great thread tho I suspect definitely not the first of it's kind here at the Buzz.
@crazy jimmy said many moons ago- Having a business is like having a pet dragon... it always needs to be fed....
Aite den, I couldn't find a movie-related thread here, which is a bit hard to believe since TB has been around almost since the previous century, but here's a clip I found interesting (though it happens to be a deleted clip) from a well reviewed movie with an unusual premise:
"Jack Malik is a...
FTR, I just chatted for awhile with a guy working nearby , a hard worker with a college degree, born and raised in Venezuela. In a nutshell he is very happy that trump did what he did bc the entire government there is fully in with the drug lords so a massive change was needed and he believes...
Same here.
Regarding the 1.3T trade surplus, this interesting free article points out plenty of issues with it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/opinion/china-trade-deficit-surplus-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.h-1J.7ucA0BmvnAL7&smid=url-share
Some of it reminded me of the opening pages from the book A New Earth by Eckart Tolle. He writes about what it might have been like to witness the opening of the first flower ever on earth.