How To Start A New Country – The Practicalities
Starting countries requires territory, recognition, monopoly on force. Seasteading, charter cities, network states attempt workarounds. Sovereignty remains the hardest hack
The Case For Permanent Limited Supply
Limited supply creates value through scarcity. Permanent limits prevent inflation. Bitcoin's 21 million cap demonstrates the power of credible scarcity
Minding Your Own Business At Home? You May Unintentionally Entertain Someone (While Making Someone Else Rich)
Home privacy died. Smart devices watch constantly. Your private moments become data someone monetizes. Convenience traded for surveillance you didn't authorize
Monday Moving Forward – Pick A Theme For The Day
Theme-based days prevent scattered energy. Monday's theme focuses attention. Pick one—communication, creation, maintenance—and align tasks accordingly
The Effort Of Understanding
Understanding requires effort most people won't invest. Surface judgments come easy. Deep comprehension demands time, empathy, suspending assumptions—exhausting work few attempt
Showing Up For 100 Days, Every Day
Hundred days of consistent showing up transforms behavior into identity. The streak becomes sacred. Missing one day breaks what took months to build
Shifting Focus
Focus shifts are expensive. Each transition costs momentum and mental energy. Minimizing shifts maximizes output. Single-tasking beats multitasking every time
Smiling On A Gloomy Day
Smiling on gloomy days isn't toxic positivity—it's rebellion. Refusing to surrender mood to weather or circumstances reclaims agency over internal state
The Delusive Simplicity Of The “Law Of Attraction”
Law of attraction sells magical thinking. Visualization without action produces nothing. The truth they omit—work matters more than wishes
When Tech Is Better Than Humans
Technology surpasses humans in narrow domains—calculation, memory, consistency. Where tech wins, humans should delegate. Save humanity for what only humans do
Monday Moving Forward – Have Breakfast Outside
Breakfast outside changes Monday's frequency. Fresh air rewires morning energy. Small environmental shifts create disproportionate mood improvements
Clickbait Killed The News, And It’s Now Literally Killing Us
Clickbait optimized for engagement over truth. Outrage spreads faster than accuracy. The attention economy monetized division and now we're trapped in it
Navigating The World After The “Big Reset”
Financial reset approaches—debt unsustainable, systems fragile. Navigation requires portable skills, multiple citizenships, decentralized assets. Resilience beats optimization in collapse scenarios
Identity Thoughts
Identity is fiction we maintain for continuity. The person you were five years ago barely exists. Clinging to outdated identities prevents necessary evolution
The Joy And Horrors Of Being A Polymath
Polymaths see connections others miss but struggle with specialization demands. The blessing—everything interests you. The curse—focus becomes impossible
365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Three
Three months of daily writing. Quarter-year into the commitment. The difficulty shifted from starting to maintaining—different challenge, same requirement for showing up
Hacking Humans
Humans run on predictable code—cognitive biases, emotional triggers, social conditioning. Understanding the exploits means defending against manipulation
Monday Moving Forward – Take A Different Route To Work
Different routes disrupt autopilot thinking. Novel paths activate attention. Monday variation prevents routine from becoming mental prison
Choosing Your Own Hallucinations
Reality is subjective interpretation. Everyone hallucinates their version. The choice isn't whether to hallucinate—it's which hallucination to inhabit
Playing Around With NFT – But For Books
NFTs for visual art exploded. Books remain untokenized. Experimenting with literary NFTs—ownership, scarcity, royalties for written work