Month: May 2026

It’s not your imagination–everything has become a crisis. In 2026 alone, math education, ‘AI memorization‘ and even condominiums are now a crisis. The word crisis used to be reserved for major events such as the September 11 attacks or the 2008 Great Recession, but has now been expanded to include pretty much everything. Around 2020,… Continue reading How the Mainstream Media Came to Sound like Zero Hedge/Info Wars

In my post from a few day ago “Iran, oil, and stocks: taking a victory lap,” I didn’t mention Bitcoin. It would appear I was wrong about so far about Bitcoin diverging from stocks. Bitcoin has done well, at $79,000 as of writing this, an increase of 21% since early April, tracking the stock market… Continue reading Shorting BTC to hedge the stock market, part 2 , Free hedging with STRC

He’s right. Buying stocks is the best way to hedge inflation and is “free money”. I have been telling readers–all dozens of them–to buy stocks on the dips: The American stock market just prints you free money if you buy into it A certain type of person is immune to being convinced that they too… Continue reading Iran, oil, and stocks: taking a victory lap

There is the widespread perception on either side of the aisle–deservedly so–that the system is rigged or unfair. Those who are entrusted with power or bestowed status, are the least deserving of it. And worse, such companies and individuals seldom face serious, long-term consequences for their ineptitude. Famous people are constantly allowed to fail-forward. Chamath… Continue reading People turning to gambling or fraud in response to rigged/unfair system

Great article from Experimental History, “Nothing ever dies. It merely becomes embarrassing:” Here’s a reasonable thought: as the replication crisis has unfolded over the past 10-15 years, a bunch of psychological phenomena have been debunked and discarded forever. Power posing, ego depletion, growth mindset, stereotype threat, walking slower after reading the word “Florida”—all gone for… Continue reading On the stubborn attachment to wrong ideas