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LIFE + BUSINESS

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What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Flyover Country

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Meritocracy

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Recession

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Best Price

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Salary

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Sup Y’all

What People Think It Means

What It Means To Me

Views From The U.S.

BAK

EducationEconomy Employment

The U.S. market is pretty, pretty huge

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Economy Views From The U.S.

BAK

Lots of good schools in the U.S. too

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Education Views From The U.S.

BAK

You’ve probably heard of a few

# University Country

1 Harvard University United States

2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States

3 Stanford University United States

4 University of Cambridge United Kingdom

5 University of Oxford United Kingdom

6 University of California, Berkeley United States

7 Princeton University United States

8 Yale University United States

9 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States

10 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States

11 The University of Tokyo Japan

12 Columbia University United States

13 Imperial College London United Kingdom

14 University of Chicago United States

15 University of Michigan United States

16 ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich Switzerland

17 Cornell University United States

18 Johns Hopkins University United States

19 Kyoto University Japan

20 University of Toronto Canada

Education Views From The U.S.

BAK

The companies are a big deal

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BAK

It all ‘works’ quite well…get it?

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Employment Views From The U.S.

BAK

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Views From The U.S.

BAK

People keep telling me that I should buy Bitcoins or even understand what the hell that is. Seems completely criminal if you ask me. I’m allfor trying new technology and being “on the forefront” of things but it really doesn’t appear any different from how the

U.S. monetary system creates “new money” electronically, just instead of reputable citizens doing it, it is some backwards weirdos.

If I can convince myself that Bitcoins are something more than just nerds doing nerd things then maybe I’ll give that whole concept some more thought.

Until then, I’ll stick to accumulating wealth using means that won’t get me in trouble with FBI agents.

Better a Rolex on the wrist, then cuffs around the fist.

COFFEE BREAK CONTEMPLATION #1

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STARBUCKS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

BLACK FUEL

Reinvention of the coffee shop atmosphere

Revitalization of the city street

Real development of the18-24 age group

BLACK FUEL

CULTURE

Beverage spend*($4.30 per customer)

Proliferation of channel development ($1.5 billion)

Coffeehouse food offerings**($3.75 per ‘food-included’ sale)

COMMERCECOMMERCE

BLACK FUEL

*company-operated stores **U.S. stores, food included in 1/3 of transactions

Store design & accessibility (21,000+ appealing retail outlets)

Elite endorsement Digital payment leadership(15% of transactions on mobile*)

CURRENCYCURRENCY

BLACK FUEL

*paradigm primarily in U.S.

COFFEE BREAK CONTEMPLATION #2

What is Shen Yun exactly? I get asked if I want a pamphlet every time I’m in a mall or something of that nature.

With all these bright lights, huge signs, and supremely confident solicitors competing for my attention, I sometimes feel wrong when I actively avoid interacting with people who want to sell me something.

It’s okay though, once my friend from New York told me that if you don’t learn to sidestep those kinds of situations, then you’ll never get to where you are going on time.

Or even worse, you might have to listen to some dude rap to you.

JAN STANISLAW BAK

Jan Stanislaw Bak

Hint: Sarcasm

According to German superstition, not looking a person into the eyes when you toast brings

7 years of bad sex

According to Polish culture, not taking a nap during a party

is bad luck for the night

According to American tradition, not treating a Chicagoan with

respect leads to a lifetimeof bad karma

I HEARD YOU MAKE MONEY.....I GET MINE LIKE THIS

I’mOut

For Presidents To Represent Me

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Dreams Of Freedom

Dreams Of Freedom

Dreams Of Freedom

Dreams Of Freedom

Dreams Of Freedom

Dreams Of Freedom

DR

Dreams Of Freedom

3 Things You Need To Know

About A Few Of ‘The States’

J Stanislaw Bak

State By State

SUNSHINE

RELAXATION

ENTERTAINMENT

State By State

CHICAGO

FLATNESS

YELLOW

MACHINES

State By State

NYC

UPSTATE NEW YORK

NIAGRA

FALLS

State By State

LEBRON JAMES

OHIO STATE

INDUSTRIALIZATION

State By State

HISTORY

AMISH

PITTSBURGH

& PHILADELPHIA

State By State

OIL IMPERIALISM

GEORGE BUSH

FOOTBALL &

BASKETBALL

State By State

LIBERAL BUSINESS

GREEN COUNTRY

COFFEE

State By State

GasAn Abstraction

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GasAn Abstraction

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GasAn Abstraction

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GasAn Abstraction

JAN STANISLAW BAKOld

News

I want to says that’s a newspaper

but why would anyone waste paper

when you can go online and save

trees?

Millennial…what is this?

OldNews

No idea.

OldNews

Millennial…what is this?

OldNews

Millennial…what is this?

Looks like some sort of holographic

Frisbee.

Obviously! That’s an old fashioned

computer! I used to use that in

school!

OldNews

Millennial…what is this?

The coupon collection of some

really old people.

OldNews

Millennial…what is this?

I haven’t seen too many of those

since I graduated college. I go

online to ask for student loan

payment deferments.

OldNews

Millennial…what is this?

COFFEE BREAK CONTEMPLATION #3

I remember when a Black Card was like the epitome of luxury and success. Now there’s a few mail offers for some type of Black Card each month.

Not that I need another credit card, but it sure is difficult to not continuously be sucked into using more and more.

It’s good that they got rid of some of those really bad terms they used to have, everything from ‘universal default’to all that other crazy shit. Funny how today we think “OMG that’s so ridiculously unfair I can’t believe it actually used to happen”

yet pre-financial crisis days such things were considered completely normal….and the cycle of business and life keeps turning.

I’ve been asked ‘what’s the point’ of business and life many times.

And my response is “Yeah”

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An Estimation Of History

Time

8000 BC 1800 AD 2015 AD

5 MILLION1 BILLION

7.3 BILLION

TOTAL HUMAN BIRTHS – 108 BILLION PEOPLE

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Time

30,000 BC 1950 AD 2015 AD

35 YEARS47 YEARS

71 YEARS

TOTAL HUMAN DEATHS – 100.7 BILLION PEOPLE

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Time

1 AD 1700 AD 2015 AD

$445 $615

$13,400

TOTAL GOLD MINED – 170 MILLION KILOGRAMS

C

Time

Numbers don’t lie, still they hide the truth

Learn to look deep inside

Free your mind

Time

Hope

“I ain’t even know the strength you had to have to march”

Letter to The King