As you enter a bakery in Caracas, you will be able to view the modern Venezuelan economy in one glance: Prices are listed in U.S. dollars, and change is occasionally given in Bolivars. Furthermore, you will likely notice the bakery’s staff performing mathematical calculations as fast as a calculator would. Venezuela is not simply "rebuilding" or "collapsing." It is creating a new economy, which creates small pockets of regular life within a larger macro economy which is still

The calendar has always been used as a simple tool, and today it comes pre-installed on all of our electronic devices. We use it to plan events in the future, set deadlines or know what weekday a certain date falls on. The calendar is simple. It is almost too simple, to the point where one may think that there is no reasoning, mathematics or algorithms behind how it works. These may be difficult to notice at first, but they’ll be described below. After reading the title of th

For years, Venezuelans have lived with a painful contradiction: a country rich in resources, but hollowed out by tyranny, corruption, fear and exile. In that story, one name has come to symbolize freedom and hope - María Corina Machado. María Corina Machado’s story is inseparable from the story of modern Venezuela: a country where institutions collapsed slowly, elections lost their meaning, and speaking the truth became an act of heroism. She did not begin her public life as

The ‘Keeping Up With Yesterday’ Complex Procrastination: It's commonly referred to as ‘the thief of time’ or ‘the art of keeping up with yesterday’. However procrastination is just intentionally choosing to do something other than what you have to do despite knowing its delay will cause you to ‘suffer’ in the future. It's about emotional avoidance, not a lack of willpower. While it's common to all, procrastination greatly impacts students: a study conducted by Piers Steel, es

In today’s world, where social media, constant content consumption, and digital overstimulation thrive, the term “brain rot” has been conceived, leading to the important question: are we consuming content, or is it consuming us? What Is “Brain Rot”? The term “brain rot,”  named Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year , refers to the supposed mental and intellectual decline caused by the overconsumption of trivial or unchallenging online material. While often used humorously, experts n