Broken Window Theory, Gini Coefficient and The War on Drugs: 5 Lessons from “The Wire”
On the face of it, The Wire is merely another crime drama in the milieu of the dying, violence filled streets of an ordinary American city, yet is often considered one of the greatest television shows of all time. Spawning multiple books and being the subject of various courses at elite universities, The Wire is…
The GameStop Short Squeeze: How Reddit is Revolting Against Wall Street
The unprecedented rally of GameStop stock over the past 10 days in a buying frenzy orchestrated by retail traders on the social media platform Reddit, particularly r/WallStreetBets (a Reddit community with millions of aggressive day traders) has taken the investing world by storm. By pushing up the price of this failing company, they have launched…
“The Social Dilemma”: The Dark Side of Social Media
In a day and age where the majority of our interactions happen through social media, it becomes paramount to consider its effects on ourselves, on society, and our future. In an eye-opening documentary by Netflix, named The Social Dilemma, former employees of major Silicon Valley tech giants discuss in-depth how these platforms work and what…
The Boys: How A Superhero Satire Deconstructs Celebrities
What if superheroes were real? Released in July of 2019, Amazon Prime’s binge-worthy black comedy The Boys (based on the comic of the same name) answers this very question. Unlike the show Watchmen and the movie The Incredibles, which tackle the idea of “good” superheroes being treated like criminals, The Boys takes us into a…
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