“You allow murderous dictators all around the world to freely use your platform” — On October 28, 2020, Rick Scott comfortably sat in on his Zoom call to swing his pole of justice down on big tech censorship policies. “Politifact is clearly a liberal media group.” He said. “You allow dangerous dictators on your platform.”

Surrounded by almost a hundred million people between two countries, landlocked, a fight for what is left of a homeland; explaining #ArtsakhStrong — An ancestral homeland is threatened. The human rights of an ancient, indigenous people are being violated in real-time. Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabagh, is a disputed landmass between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I sit here, today, on a gloomy evening in my home, writing about the kids younger than myself who…

But also not so true, either — A man who runs a large company and gives himself a $25 million bonus at the end of the year is a successful businessperson. A man who gets a raise from minimum wage (or from some average wage) to something slightly higher is the phenomenon known as the “price-wage spiral”. …

Why the marketing regurgitation of the last few decades is more problem than solution — Every asset you own you want to see move up and to the right. When that happens to real estate, however, societies crumble. The appreciation of real estate hasn’t been a symptom of clever investing, but manipulation and a nuanced understanding of leverage in home buying. Mega-appreciation requires only two…

And easy ways to change them — Paying for financial advice. This one is crazy. Most of the information is out there. Even Warren Buffet’s and Jim Simons’ holdings. You don’t need The Raging Bull or Motley Fool to tell you what to do. Sure, some people do give out a plethora of advice in a concentrated…

And the bullshit asymmetry principle explains why — You should familiarize yourself with Brandolini’s Law — which is not a law, but rather an accurate observation about people and venues and information. Also named the bullshit asymmetry principle, the statement is that: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is…

A lifetime of analysis — and maybe a lifetime of fires. — This is going to be fun. Alright, let’s say I’m a pyromaniac (or, you’re a pyromaniac), and to feed my love of fires, I use my money to burn in my fireplace instead of logs. Now, I have a billion dollars, so let’s say I’m burning cash — literally —…

What do the smartest traders do that you don’t even think of? — If you remember the pandemic — and maybe you don’t want to — then you’ll remember Gamestop and AMC. Ten-fold, all the way up to fifty-fold growth, in short spurts of time. …

What you’ll always avoid when going used. — Looking for the right car at the right price for the right reasons is an atypical prospect. The qualifiers for good or bad are hardly objective in an industry that has price points across the entire board. Here are the things to look for in avoiding when going for a…