Author Archives: Stephen Rivera-Lau

1. Manufacturers 1 A. “The Power Tool Institute (made up of many of the major tool manufacturers) takes strong offense to the concept of making safety devices like this mandatory on products like table saws. They cite both technical and … Continue reading →

For my counter intuitive topic, I will focus on everyday actions. Coming from the idea that “the shower can be a killer,” everyday events and actions all have chances of injury, or even death. Many shower daily, and there is roughly  … Continue reading →

Money is needed to allow transactions, to measure values of items. Without it, trading would always require possessions. The value of items are priced by many factors, such as supply, demand, or rarity. People once used cows and produce for trading. People … Continue reading →

Sleeping on it Maarten Bos and Amy Cuddy in “A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Making Complex Decisions,”  approve sleeping on decisions. Sleeping on a decision relaxes your mind with a rest before developing a choice. Using Obama as an example, Bos described Obama’s decision to … Continue reading →

A representation of money is needed to allow transactions and show wealth. Without it, there would be no representation of one’s wealth besides what is already physically owned. However, what makes money seem ridiculous is that much of it is an … Continue reading →

When first seeing the graphic of Bush and Obama, I was very confused and stared hard at the transformation made from one individual to the other. However, the first thought in my mind was about Obama’s race. I remembered a … Continue reading →