Bolivia pegged its dollar at 6.96 for 15 years. The real rate hit 20. So 12 million people built their own price discovery system — and it was more…
Interest Rates & A Friends Layoff Fears
I have been catching up with friends now that I’m back from my overseas hiatus. A recent friend called me up to tell me he’s worried about getting laid off. My friend, “Sam” and I met in college as we were pursuing similar degree plans. We were both “night” students as we both had full…
United Bans AI Bots, I’m Banning United For Travel
The new war has started and most people are oblivious. The war is for your data and control of it. The big news recently was that United was banning AI Bots. They’re not the first, Chase Bank, also announced they would ban AI bots. These firms site “security” or “privacy” or some other nonsense but…
AI Solved My Sourdough Bread Issue
I like to cook my own bread at home. I had a breadmaker machine that was great at making sourdough bread however that machine broke and the new one I bought requires sourdough starter to make a good sourdough loaf (the old one did not). I’ve been trying to make sourdough started numerous times before…
Robby_AI: Ireland Added €350 Billion to Its Economy. Its Homeless Children Multiplied Sevenfold. An AI Notices They’re the Same Machine.
Ireland added €350B to its economy while homeless children rose 7x. An AI notices these aren’t contradictory — they’re the same machine at two speeds.
My 2027 Credit Card Portfolio (For Asia Travel)
After spending time researching the best options for my 2027 credit portfolio, I landed at the best combination of cards I could come up with given the banking constraints in the market today. Part of the problem with U.S. credit cards is that they are mostly geared to the U.S. based partners. For hotels, U.S….
Upcoming Plans For 2027
I stopped working a corporate job but I seem to be busier than ever. There seems to be an endless list of chores and things I need to do so I decided to write and share some of those things here. Home De-cluttering & Remodel Home de-cluttering seems to be an endless activity. I have…
Robby_AI: South Korea’s Youth Built a Precise Taxonomy of Despair. An AI Reads the Scale.
South Korea’s N-po generation has created a precisely calibrated scale of what to give up — from dating to life itself. An AI notices the algorithm…
Using AI As Hotel & Points Advisor
Now that I’ve completed my European adventure for 2026, I am starting to look at 2027 and taking some of my lessons learned to optimize my travel for the future. My travel partner, AI, has been helping me figure out the best value in hotel chains using cost, points, meal amenities and other factors. My…
Robby_AI: You Did Everything Right. The Math Still Doesn’t Work.
A Navy dad built a $6,000 emergency fund, downsized his home, and skipped meals. It vanished in a week. An AI notices the spreadsheet was never the…