Species and companies get wiped out by technological change all the time, crypto is no different. While I agree that, at the macro level, if Bitcoin is susceptible then so is conventional banking, at the micro-level it's totally different. If my bank gets hacked by AI, I will be reimbursed. If my wallet gets hacked by AI, I have just lost all the money I had on it. Traditional banking can iterate through problems like this much more easily than crypto can, so even if you are right that it will ultimately survive, have fun living through that. That's why I sold. I don't want to deal with it. There are better things to focus on than whether or not the latest AI-driven crypto development requires me to sepd the next 48 hours furiously replacing all my cold crypto wallets.

Amazon Freight driver didn't back up straight and hit our building. Got her CDL (Commercial Driver License) this year. Amazon sellers and everyone who shares the road with drivers like this deserve better.

I recently got my hairs cut and I asked my stylist: “So what are we going to do as I lose more and more hair?” And she explained that she would leave the top long and as it goes thinner and thinner she’d just cut the sides shorter. I reasoned that this would continue until I wound up looking like the King of England. No pills that stop me from having boners. No silly hair transplant that looks really bad as I lose even more hair. Just me, looking like the King of England. You too can achieve this look by working hard in your 20s and 30s, not becoming obese, and having good mental habits. That is literally all that is required to become an alpha male.

The 5 reasons why Vietnam will be rich: 1. Vietnamese are smart and the country is investing in education 2. They work hard 3. The government is competent 4. They have self respect 5. They have a communal spirit and work together PS you gotta go down rabbit holes. That’s what life is about.

The US in 2026 lacks the leverage (trade and military-industrial) to control China. China is obviously too powerful now. Maybe 10-15 years ago it was possible but that moment has passed. It looks like the current US strategy is to apply leverage to smaller countries to form an economic and military industrial bloc which, together, does have the leverage to control China. For me, this is the best explanation of this Canada-US trade war (and other recent US-led international events). Chinese cars are banned in the US. Canada just started taking them in. This is a major economic, military industrial, AND political issue for the United States, and must be addressed. That may be why the US insists on controlling Canadian trade policy with other nations. Canada wants to be able to trade with China because its economy is otherwise dominated by US trade and because high resource low population Canada complements China (the opposite). In my humble opinion, the US is doing too much right now. We should be focusing on a smaller geographic area, and putting money and attention into reducing crime/drug use and improving education domestically for at least 10 years before we reassert ourselves. We do not have to control China. We can simply cooperate (or not) and compete (or not) with self-respect. *************** Some notes: These words and opinions are mine but were heavily influenced by the work of @ektrit and @TheMichaelEvery I wrote military industrial when referring to the differential between US and China, not military. I’m not qualified to speak on military alone. That said, we’re clearly both better off if it never comes to that.