Ranking Cute Animals: A Stock Market Experiment

It seems counterintuitive that stock markets measure their success by what society thinks is cute versus their perception.  Following the year nineteen thirty-six a man named John Maynard Keynes stated that stock markets were like beauty pageants. To prove his theory he further explained how the stock market and beauty pageant compare. You take pictures of women’s faces and have men vote for who they think everyone will think is the prettiest. After thinking about his concept, it made sense to invest in what people would invest in. NPR tried the experiment but with cute animals. The results were 100% that the stock market is like judging without bias.

Extreme Parenting

It seems counterintuitive that being a good parent is not a straight and easy path. Back in the day, China’s version of parenting was outright mean. Versus people that are in the western area don’t practice tough love. They lead their kids with guidance rather than control them.

Chua a Professor at Yale and the author of ‘’ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’’. Her book just like her essay discusses how Westerners now want to raise their kids how the Chinese do. She has two daughters Lulu and Sophia who are raised downright mean. They are not able to pick extracurricular activities, have no sleepovers, have no grades higher than an A, play violin or piano, and have no complaints about things they can’t do. Lulu, who is her youngest daughter, was having trouble with playing a complicated song on the piano. Instead of helping and understanding Chua insulted Lulu and threatened to not celebrate any holidays that involve presents for two to three years. Chua’s husband disagreed but, in the end, Lulu perfected the song.

There is no straight and narrow path to parenting. The downright mean and supportive method doesn’t always have the same outcome. In the end, parenting should have a balance of being there but also giving tough love if needed.

Counterintuitive Life Lessons

It seems counterintuitive that money can be used to improve your life but it’s not your main source of happiness. Having money doesn’t more you going to be happier than you were before you got that raise increase. Sometimes chasing money can lead to depression than happy emotions. Instead of using money for useless things that people desire spend it on things that decrease stress levels.