Bit Wise, Pound Foolish

There are hundreds of millions of people in the world living on less than $2/day (PPP-adjusted). It’s hard to wrap your head around that figure – could anyone survive on $2/day in the US? Surely $2 must go a lot further in the poorest countries in the world? But no – PPP-adjusted means living on… Read more

I died about a year ago, I think. That’s when the first miracle happened. The doctors can’t explain it. They waved off the first remission; sometimes people are just lucky. But then it happened again, and again. I just won’t die. They brought in specialists after the third time. And they concluded what I had… Read more