Reason for ECN

There are stories out there that I call Eye Catching News. My attention is drawn to these stories because I think they are related to situations that will have far reaching effects. I don't know what exactly what they are, though I have a few ideas.

With my job I have to work by looking at trends a lot and these stories are data points of the trend of world. Of course I don't have all the data so I have to extrapolate and interrupt what I see. Since I am completely fallible, there will be a lot times when I just get it wrong. The whole point of ECN is to display the data points I am using to form a conclusion. If I ever get advanced enough, these uncommented story will fade away and be expanded on in more detailed posts.