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1) Katherine Boyle on the Case for American Seriousness
"We don't need aging institutions to pave the way for 21st-century dynamism. What we need is will. And audacity." We riff on Katherine Boyle's incredible piece calling on America to do what it does b...Show More
2) Local Crypto Neckbeard Reacts to Peter Thiel's Bitcoin Keynote
We watch legendary investor Peter Thiel's keynote to open up the Bitcoin 2022 Conference. Argue with my man's politics sure, but the guy is an unequivocal cobra. tl;dr he's long Bitcoin and short boom...Show More
3) Oil is the new Oil
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed the necessity of fossil fuel security. We riff on a 2003 Economist piece entitled "The end of the Oil Age" and smash it against the reality of today. The end ...Show More
4) Thug Putin Invades Ukraine
Under bullshit pretenses, thug Putin has invaded the democratic, free, sovereign, absolute right-to-exist Ukraine. This is just as much about China, as it is about Russia. This is just as much about T...Show More
5) Moxie Big Times Web3
Riff on Moxie Marlinspike's Web3 critique and Vitalik Buterin's response. Would love to hear from you. Rate, comment, subscribe on Apple Podcasts and for the video edition- YouTube. Follow me on T...Show More
6) Morgan Housel: How This All Happened
Riff on Morgan Housel's excellent piece on how the US economy has developed post WWII. Shifting from a tide that raised all boats to one that increasingly raising only some. Also add analysis from Th...Show More
7) Howard Marks Memo: The Winds of Change
In his latest memo Howard Marks covers how businesses and investing are changing, inflation and deflation, democracy in America, the role of the Fed, China, and my personal favorite- how the boomers ...Show More
8) Constitution DAO is Bidding on an Official Copy of the Constitution
For the first time in thirty-three years, one of eleven surviving copies of the Official Edition from the Constitutional Convention will be publicly auctioned by Sotheby's. It is the only copy that is...Show More
9) Google Bids for DoD Contract
Google has entered the ring alongside Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle to bid for Department of Defense's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract. You may remember back in 2018 when Google employees ...Show More
10) Facebook Rebrands to Meta
Facebook announced they are renaming their company to "Meta" as they shift their focus to the metaverse (think VR). This is a seismic bet Zuckerberg is making. Something that only a founder would have...Show More