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The non-vacuum US, or world responses to Trumpistan

Trump: “We will cut US corporate tax” — Australian newspaper today: “we will cut tax to match” Trump: “We will build a wall to Mexico” — “we won’t pay anything” Trump: “Climate change was invented by China” — “we will

The non-vacuum US, or world responses to Trumpistan

Trump: “We will cut US corporate tax” — Australian newspaper today: “we will cut tax to match” Trump: “We will build a wall to Mexico” — “we won’t pay anything” Trump: “Climate change was invented by China” — “we will

Cities vs. the world, one investable idea out of Trumpism.

Judging from how the elections went last year everywhere, here is an aha. One thing is clear: cities are winning and the country is losing. A completely different way to slice the world’s dichotomies. And in that it seems very

Cities vs. the world, one investable idea out of Trumpism.

Judging from how the elections went last year everywhere, here is an aha. One thing is clear: cities are winning and the country is losing. A completely different way to slice the world’s dichotomies. And in that it seems very

Buying from “China”, reality.

Two recent experiences. 1. Printing a book My book _Q is for Queens_ – designed in the US by me, with an illustrator from South Africa, typeset/layout by me in the US, then sent to a printer in Queens —

Buying from “China”, reality.

Two recent experiences. 1. Printing a book My book _Q is for Queens_ – designed in the US by me, with an illustrator from South Africa, typeset/layout by me in the US, then sent to a printer in Queens —

Tl;dr The Elementary Particles by Houllebecq

(Since I don’t think I’ll get around to a proper post on this, briefly:) Some truly cold, post-social era scientist dude (ruined by his childhood) bumps through life and relationships as an ogre. The people-scale storytelling is insightful but also

Tl;dr The Elementary Particles by Houllebecq

(Since I don’t think I’ll get around to a proper post on this, briefly:) Some truly cold, post-social era scientist dude (ruined by his childhood) bumps through life and relationships as an ogre. The people-scale storytelling is insightful but also

Tl;dr of Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Thoreau’s more important writing than Walden is on Civil Disobedience. He was kind of a 19th century survivalist — I just saw Viggo Mortensen raising his kids on Dostoevsky, Chomsky, hunting, exercise and Nature in “Captain Fantastic”. He was into

Tl;dr of Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Thoreau’s more important writing than Walden is on Civil Disobedience. He was kind of a 19th century survivalist — I just saw Viggo Mortensen raising his kids on Dostoevsky, Chomsky, hunting, exercise and Nature in “Captain Fantastic”. He was into

Happy New Era

Friends Happy New Year. It’s more than that though, I think. This year marks the start of a New Era. More on this after I give you a few updates on my work the last year. Send your CEO friends

Happy New Era

Friends Happy New Year. It’s more than that though, I think. This year marks the start of a New Era. More on this after I give you a few updates on my work the last year. Send your CEO friends

Tl;dr of Submission, by Michel Houellebecq

Living briefly in Paris in 2002-2003 I learned about Houellebecq, a loudmouth badboy intellectual novelist whom I decided never to read. A friend exhorted me to read his novel Submission, though, and I eventually yielded. You should probably read it

Tl;dr of Submission, by Michel Houellebecq

Living briefly in Paris in 2002-2003 I learned about Houellebecq, a loudmouth badboy intellectual novelist whom I decided never to read. A friend exhorted me to read his novel Submission, though, and I eventually yielded. You should probably read it

So, you are bummed out.

I was with a smart and optimistic friend today who was there for the trauma of Jacob Javits in the early hours of 11/9. He was depressed. Folks! Time to mobilize. Only one step needed — join something. Be ready

So, you are bummed out.

I was with a smart and optimistic friend today who was there for the trauma of Jacob Javits in the early hours of 11/9. He was depressed. Folks! Time to mobilize. Only one step needed — join something. Be ready

I’m ready to stop complaining.

Bad stuff in the cards. However I have now set my policy, appointed my cabinet, and prepared my transition team to take office. I hope you will join me and remind me to stay true to our objectives, to protect

I’m ready to stop complaining.

Bad stuff in the cards. However I have now set my policy, appointed my cabinet, and prepared my transition team to take office. I hope you will join me and remind me to stay true to our objectives, to protect

Politics is local.

The title above is a line from the great American Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill. It is also a fresh take on the Clinton v Trump contest I think. Clinton ran on national issues like gay rights, women’s, rights,

Politics is local.

The title above is a line from the great American Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill. It is also a fresh take on the Clinton v Trump contest I think. Clinton ran on national issues like gay rights, women’s, rights,