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The Risk of Love
One of my cats passed away on Tuesday—Uma, our 7-pound crabby tabby. She was such a feisty little thing, and sweet, too. We loved her so much. She was…
Dec 7
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Debt Is an Expression of Optimism
Things are going well, so you decide you are going to buy a big ass house. Lets say, for the sake of argument, that this is a $5 million house. You are…
Dec 2
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November 2023
Principles
About the worst thing you can say about someone is that they’re unprincipled. Right? We say that a lot about politicians. Have you ever noticed that the…
Nov 30
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Greatness
What, exactly, do you contribute to the world? Lots of people go to work and come home. Good enough. A trader might have an infinitesimal contribution…
Nov 23
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Harder Than it Looks
I don’t remember the details, but a few years back Tom Cruise got semi-canceled for saying that filming The Edge of Tomorrow was like fighting in…
Nov 17
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Ideological Transformations
I will tell you about the day I became a libertarian. It was the summer of 1997. I was stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ACTIVE, where I…
Nov 12
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Pessimism
Little-known fact about me—I have actually hiked a decent part of the Appalachian Trail, about 15 years ago. I went from the Pennsylvania/New Jersey…
Nov 6
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Road Trip
I just did an up-and-back from Myrtle Beach to Charlotte. It’s about four hours, but practically none of it is on highways. 20% of homes in South…
Nov 4
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October 2023
Intelligence
I believe that our brains are like filters—they stand in the way of our soul, what is essentially infinite intelligence—and the world around us. Those…
Oct 29
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ASMR and Cringe Memories
Have you ever been listening to music, and you get goose bumps, and the hair stands up on the back of your neck, and you feel euphoric? There is such a…
Oct 24
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Brunch Is For Assholes
This was about five years ago—I was in New York City, and some of my hoity-toity friends invited me out to brunch. They said were going to the best…
Oct 17
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Tardive Dyskinesia
I am known as a mental health advocate. I give speeches sometimes, but mostly I just write. Normally, when you think of someone with mental illness, you…
Oct 14
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