Rick Liberatori
◆ Founder & Editor

Rick Liberatori

Hey, I’m Rick Liberatori, founder of Project Ares. I’m an economist with a background in investment banking, multinational companies, and finance. Originally from Brazil and currently living in Boston, USA. I recently completed my MBA in 2025, where I continued to strengthen my passion for business, data analysis, and statistics.

Since I was a teenager, I’ve always been fascinated by the tech world, from videogames and coding to startups, AI, and innovation. That curiosity eventually became Project Ares, a news platform created to share relevant, accessible, and high-quality information about AI, business, tech, gaming, and the online culture overall.

My goal with Project Ares is to create the best digital news platform ever, combining my global business background with my passion for gaming, tech, and media, helping readers stay informed about the trends shaping the world of AI and Tech.

Rick’s Daily Opinion

VIDEOGAMES

The Nostalgia Economy of Gaming

Remakes, remasters, retro consoles, and old franchises prove that nostalgia is now a business model.

Rick Liberatori Jul 8
VIDEOGAMES

The First Video Game Ever Made: The Story of Tennis for Two

Created in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham, Tennis for Two transformed a scientific computer into one of the earliest entertainment machines in gaming history.

Rick Liberatori Jul 3
VIDEOGAMES

The Death of Physical Games: Is Digital Gaming Killing Ownership?

As gaming becomes fully digital, players may gain convenience, but lose the feeling of truly owning their games.

Rick Liberatori Jul 2
OPINION

Gym = Money = Persistency

If you want success, wealth, and a real story to build, the gym can teach you one of the most important lessons of life: consistency.

Rick Liberatori Jul 1
OPINION

AI Is Creating a Two-Speed Economy

Some industries are accelerating because of artificial intelligence, while others are still waiting for the promised revolution.

Rick Liberatori Jun 30
VIDEOGAMES

The Best Open World Games: 10 Games Every Open-World Fan Should Play

From Minecraft to Red Dead Redemption 2, these are some of the most immersive, beautiful, and unforgettable open world games ever made.

Rick Liberatori Jun 29
OPINION

GTA 6 Pre-Orders Prove This Is More Than a Game Launch

Even before release, Rockstar's next Grand Theft Auto is already becoming one of the biggest entertainment events of the decade.

Rick Liberatori Jun 28
OPINION

The Skull and the Flower: How to Escape the Darkness and Be Reborn Into Something Else

Rock bottom may not be the end of your story. Sometimes, it is the place where the flower starts to grow.

Rick Liberatori Jun 27
OPINION

The Hardest Part of a Startup Is the Beginning

Before the success, the growth, and the vision becomes real, there is pressure, confusion, frustration, and the need to forgive yourself.

Rick Liberatori Jun 26
OPINION

The AI Market Is Going Down, and the Era of Infinite Investment May Be Ending

The artificial intelligence boom is not over, but investors are starting to ask a question the market avoided for too long: where is the real return?

Rick Liberatori Jun 23
OPINION

Xbox Wanted to Become More Than a Console, and Clearly Failed.

Microsoft Gaming tried to turn Xbox into Hollywood, streaming, and a broad tech ecosystem, while Nintendo stayed focused on games, and won by keeping the old-school feeling players actually wanted.

Rick Liberatori Jun 23
OPINION

Online Culture: The Internet Is Humanity's Second Passport

A new global civilization is being built in real time, with its own language, markets, wars, religions, social classes, and opportunities.

Rick Liberatori Jun 19
OPINION

The Myth of Sisyphus and the Eternal Suffering of Modern Capitalism

Work, survival, and the daily act of pushing the same stone up the mountain.

Rick Liberatori Jun 18
OPINION

The 2026 World Cup Ball Runs on a Battery. Football Has Officially Entered the Smart Era

The adidas TRIONDA is not just a ball — it is a symbol of how technology, data, and AI are changing the world's most traditional sport

Rick Liberatori Jun 17
OPINION

Money (Break the Matrix)

Escape the traditional path, build leverage, and stop consuming the internet passively

Rick Liberatori Jun 15
OPINION

Claude Fable 5: Anthropic's New AI Model Shows the Future of Autonomous Work

The first publicly available Mythos-class model may change how developers, researchers, and companies use AI for complex long-running tasks

Rick Liberatori Jun 12
OPINION

What Is Left in a Near Future Dominated by AI?

As artificial intelligence advances, the safest careers may not be the most prestigious ones, but the most human, physical, and relationship-based

Rick Liberatori Jun 10
OPINION

GTA 6 Shows the World That Video Games Are No Longer Just Games

Rockstar's next release may become the biggest entertainment launch ever — and a symbol of how gaming has surpassed movies and music as the dominant cultural industry

Rick Liberatori Jun 9
OPINION

Universal Basic Income: AI Is Helping Build a Utopian Future, But Not for Everyone

As artificial intelligence accelerates automation, the future may be divided into three categories: those who invest, those who entertain, and those who serve

Rick Liberatori Jun 8
OPINION

Anthropic’s $1 Trillion IPO: Is Claude the AI Stock Worth Buying?

As SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic prepare for historic IPOs, investors may need to ask one simple question: which company has the clearest path from hype to real demand?

Rick Liberatori Jun 7
OPINION

Claude Is Winning the AI War.

Anthropic’s new usage-limit boost shows that the battle is no longer only about the best model, but about who lets users do more work

Rick Liberatori Jun 6
OPINION

AI Is Not Coming for Your Job. Someone Using AI Is.

The real threat is not the technology itself, but the productivity gap between those who adapt and those who don’t

Rick Liberatori Jun 5
OPINION

Ferrari Luce: The Controversial Design That Anticipates the Future of Cars, Technology, and AI

From the end of minimalism to neo-classical futurism: why Ferrari, Tesla, Porsche, BMW, and even AI robots are moving toward a new global aesthetic

Rick Jun 4
OPINION

Did Dario Amodei’s “God Complex” Actually Work?

Anthropic, Claude, mythology, and the strange power of naming things into existence.

Rick Liberatori Jun 3
OPINION

Is There a Difference Between Staying in the Same AI Chat or Opening a New One Every Time?

The Ship of Theseus Helps Explain This Question

Rick Liberatori Jun 1