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Dec 1, 2019

A few weeks ago I started having a strange sensation in my right thigh. When I moved my leg, it felt as if something was slithering between my skin and my muscle in the marked area (these are not my [...]

Nov 28, 2019

I have written Thanksgiving posts in past years thanking entrepreneurs, teachers, and my parents. Today I want to thank my immediate family: Susan, Michael, Katie, and Peter. You are each amazing in your own way [...]

Nov 26, 2019

These days I often feel as if I am living in a horror movie of the twilight zone variety. People appear to be under some kind of mind control, that seems to be emanating from the handheld devices they all [...]

Nov 25, 2019

Earlier this year the Algorand blockchain launched and the Algo started trading. It relatively quickly became evident that there was a large supply-demand imbalance for Algos. This imbalance resulted from the combination of an overly aggressive vesting schedule for Algos [...]

Nov 12, 2019

We had eight glorious years with Dori, our beloved Goldendoodle. Just seeing her in the street put a smile on people’s face. She was always up for a pet from random strangers and could be trusted with the youngest of [...]

Nov 11, 2019

It is a common idea that we should learn from our mistakes. In practice though I see many people making the same mistakes repeatedly. I myself have found that it often takes me making the same mistake at least twice [...]

Nov 8, 2019

The discussion around taxing wealth, and in particular billionaires, has been illuminating. Not in the sense of learning something new but rather seeing who is willing to make or defend bad takes instead of engaging in any level of critical [...]

Nov 1, 2019

Twitter Banning Political Ads: Woke but Wrong Twitter is banning political ads. This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra. This mast feel [...]

Oct 30, 2019

A question I get quite frequently is “What makes a good leader?” One of the most important aspects of a good leader is that they have values. This may at first sound noncontroversial, but we are surrounded today by leaders who [...]