Late stage fiat signs.

We now simultaneously have some very online people who actually understand software and (def still way more) people who literally know nothing about and never touch computers running the world

Boomers pulled the ladder up after them.

The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home for sale in the US ($124k) is now 57% higher than the current median household income ($79k). This is the most unaffordable housing market in history. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=gBhDKF…

NOW PLAYING: My 45-min webinar on the architecture and geometries of Edwin Lutyens —LutyensTrustAmerica Lutyens Traveling Fellowship youtu.be/8pGuZYQ3vsQ?si…

Returns Since Liberation Day: 🟢 BTC: +2.2% 🔴 Gold: -2.9% 🔴 SPY: -10.5% 🔴 QQQ: -11.2% Magnificent Seven: 🔴 MSFT: -5.8% 🔴 GOOGL: -7.3% 🔴 AMZN: -12.8% 🔴 META: -13.6% 🔴 NVDA: -14.6% 🔴 TSLA: -15.3% 🔴 AAPL: -15.9%

U.S. home ownership affordability remains at basically the worst level in history. Prices and rates are both too high. Prices are the real issue, as affordability was at 14yr lows when the Fed began hiking (red arrow = March 2022). The only true solution is a reversion of

Kagi: the search engine you didn't realize you needed. A review and recommendation: aleph.press/ffac1c cc Kagi

This is why I never invest in an index fund. I place deeply researched strategic bets on a very few selected companies (right now mostly $TSLA, $GLXY, $MSTR) with the potential to at least 10X in 5 years. Much more volatile of course, but you need volatility to get 10x returns.

🎧 I talk with Paul Knight (Paul Knight 🌞 🌑 🌎), a city planner, architectural designer, and Bitcoiner. We discuss architecture and how money and economic forces shape the form of cities. youtube.com/watch?v=nruF1Z…

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This CNU Legacy Project proposes a network of trails and expanded sidewalks to better connect a small village, making it more livable. Connecting With Hope is for Hope Village in RI, with Historical Concepts as the lead. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…

Whenever I send a bitcoin transaction it feels like digital sorcery. Signing with a hardware device renders otherwise abstract mathematics into something tangible, like touching cryptography. I imagine this is what it felt like when we first “captured” electricity.

Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.” “Well, AI is coming for the coders.” “It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.” “In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need

The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home for sale in the US ($123k) is now 56% higher than the current median household income ($79k). This is the most unaffordable housing market in history. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=gBhDKF…

I’ve heard the horror stories, Carol.