I’ve heard many people say “return to the gold standard” and reminisce about a past without having had the misery to have lived in it.
“GOLD STANDARD” sounds smart and has a world weary cynicism that can be convincing to the easily convinced. These people will show charts without context and do economic sleight of hand. I want to equip you with the information so that you can economically beat them up.
Balaji’s thesis on the dollar, banks, bitcoin and linguistic shenanigans vs Karl Popper, the Theory of Reflexivity and imperfect markets
Quantum Telecommunication is real and the prequel to Star Trek. In this post you’ll become an (almost) expert and life of any party (maybe)
The Sale. This podcast episode is about sales. It’ll make you wise, everyone will want to be your friend and you’ll be the life of every party. *maybe
Every pitch and every sale is a fraction of you. I’m gonna make you great at sales so you can sell ‘you’ for more
This isn’t a book and there is no upsell. It’s about being GREAT at SALES. It all starts with a cold call. It’s my gift to you, whoever you are
After the 2020 hack Twitter hired Mudge as Head of Security. Then he became the Twitter whistleblower. Here’s his testimony, BUCKLE UP! I also audiobook’d it to get it into your head.
I think there’s a fundamental flaw when people discuss COVID because most discussions start in a small sandbox…
Twitter Files Q&A with Matt Taibbi, hosted by Hans Mahncke. It’s an 1hr20m of friendly interrogation and revealing answers. Buckle up
THUCYDIDES, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war in which the Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another.
This is the audio of Elon Musk on Spaces, December 20, 2022 – discussing Twitter Financials, Engineering, Product + Q&A
The 2022 midterm election postmortem. Fettermania sweeps the nation, Republicans need quality ballot harvesters and the Conservatives who drink your milkshake. A Twitter Spaces recording
Russia is fighting another war using missiles made of energy, food and economic development. Is it winning? Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum
Essay and audiobook’d. War on… Drugs, Hunger, Crime, Poverty, Terror, COVID, Homelessness, Illiteracy, Iraq, Afghanistan and so on and so on
Justice Gorsuch concurring opinion v. EPA. Cleaned up, no footnotes or citations. And I audiobook’d it for easy listening. You be the judge
A deep exploration of Machiavelli and “…severities being badly or properly used.” I’ve also audiobook’d it to get it into your mind. Enjoy
Florida passed its Parents Bill of Rights. Here’s the bill, no filters or punditry. It’s a quick read, cleaned up for easy reading and also audiobook’d. You be the judge
Here’s the SCOUS abortion ruling in its written form and also audiobook’d. No CNN. No Fox. No mob. You be the judge
This speech by Putin was delivered at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Plenary session on June 17, 2022.
It’s incredible on many levels. I’m not going to run it thru my filter and ‘tell you what it means’ cos I ain’t CNN+. No out of context quotes, no soundbytes, no pundits or ‘experts’.
Audio file of the transcript so you can listen to it here, or download and take it with you.
Letter 42: “But he hates those who make an ungoverned use of great power suddenly acquired.” I retort that he will do the same thing as soon as he acquires the same powers. In the case of many men, their vices, being powerless, escape notice; although, as soon as the persons in question have become satisfied with their own strength, the vices will be no less daring than those which prosperity has already disclosed.
