On Mexico
I couldn’t figure out what the flight attendant said. I was given a menu and I was supposed to place an order. Since when? I turned to the person sitting next to me and said something about it being a…
It’s On
On Game Theory
Everyone wants to get something for nothing. As Bitstein famously wrote, That is the free-market economy. How to get something for nothing. The entrepreneurs who are able to get us as close to “something for nothing” especially if it…
On Freedom
Happy Friday. Once again, I would like to remind you to not violate my rights, starting with my freedom of speech, and my presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Apparently, Peter McCormack is envious of our bill of rights. Which…
On Wealth
There is a thesis courtesy of Allan Farrington that Gross Domestic Product, otherwise known as GDP, is a misleading metric for measuring the performance of a nation state. My bad. I was totally conceptualizing wealth in GDP terms. When you…
On Time
Time is money, money is time. In math, this interplay is known as the commutative property. In this case, I would like to coin the operation of Bitcoin as the commutative property of time. It is a timechain holding money…
On Censorship
I grew up in a family that espoused the Victorian dictum that children should be seen not heard. This was and still is antithetical to my natural way of being, much to the dismay of my mother, but thankfully not…
On Electricity
Growing up in the west coast of Africa, in the small but prosperous nation of La Cote D’Ivoire, I was keenly aware of how expensive electricity was, thanks to my Dad. He would often give me, the eldest of four…
On Society
Society is inherently a bottoms-up organism. It is alive, sentient, and fractal. Similar to a branch that is just a smaller version of a tree, a tree within a tree if you will, a person is a localized encapsulation of…
On Style
I once read somewhere that having a large budget or abundant access to the latest fashion counterintuitively leads to a decline in taste or sense of style. Apparently, the very act of having to do more with less, devise a…
On Creative Destruction
Dear reader, did you know that the Eiffel tower has outstayed its welcome? It has committed the mortal sin of not exiting gracefully. To the French, that is such a “faux pas” and yet there it stands, bright eyed, bushy…
On Generosity
Peter, I love you but you are wrong and Mark Moss is right. At least in this instance. Before you get upset, let me explain. The person who toils for 20 years, honing their skill, up-leveling their “game” because they…
On Fasting
For some reason, fasting seems to be a controversial practice. Which is strange because all world traditions and religions incorporate some form of fasting. In Islam, a whole month is dedicated to fasting, Ramadan. The Catholics have lent which is…
On Divorce
One of my favorite stories that I like to reference is when Prince Charles, at that time, was betrothed to Diana Spencer. There’s a famous news clip of the young couple, probably the BBC, with a reporter asking Diana about…
On Unicorns
Happy Sunday. I wanted to say something along the lines of another note, another week under our belt. But then I realized that technically Sunday is the start of the week, not the end. We have been conditioned to think…
On Gardens
Last night I had another weird dream but this time Kamal was in it. Funny that, since we are now divorced, without returns thanks again to Islam. For those that don’t know, in Islam you can’t remarry if you divorce…
On Girls
I am forced to create a whole new category of notes to contain these recurring dreams I am having lately with babies and little girls. The latest features both. I am in an Uber or taxi maybe. But instead of…