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In 1913, a comic strip introduced a family obsessed with matching their neighbors. The Joneses  never appeared on the page, yet their influence was everywhere: buy a car, upgrade the house, chase the next shiny thing. A century later, nothing’s changed—just the price tags. From kids needing the same shoes to fit in, to grown men competing over whose truck looks tougher, money still sends messages. “ Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress...

In 2010, a man named Laszlo Hanyecz  made what would become the most expensive pizza purchase in history. He paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two Papa John’s pizzas. At the time, it was just a fun, nerdy experiment, the first real-world crypto transaction. Fast forward to 2025, and those two pizzas would now be worth over $1.2 billion . Poor Laszlo. It sounds absurd — and that’s the point. Our world went from trading seashells and glass beads to digital tokens worth more than most companies. So what...

Jake and Ryan were college roommates. They took the same classes, got the same grades, and stayed up late playing the same video games. They were practically twins...except for one “small” difference: Jake started building credit at 18. Ryan didn’t. After graduation, both landed great jobs and walked into the car dealership confident. Jake’s solid credit score earned him a low-interest loan and an affordable monthly payment. Ryan, with no credit history, had to pay hundreds more for the same...