Journal

5 entries for France

Monday, June 2, 2025

The Money Expert: “Do Not Buy A House!”

[The same skills applied in a different market can yield more lucrative returns—try to be intentional about that.]

[Whether I’m feeling good I show up. When I’m feeling bad, I still show up. That’s the rep.]

[You can’t judge someone by their reaction to a situation they’ve never experienced.]

Monday, May 26, 2025

Why You’re Thinking About Unemployment Wrong

[The economy is what enables masses of people who don’t know each other to coordinate and push the possibilities of society.]

[Prices are the language that businesses use to communicate to consumers.]

Thursday, October 31, 2024

[‘Dining, Travel, Technology, Fashion’ headings can be renamed to ‘Conviviality, Calm, Resistance, Rationality’ as those are what we seek to acquire from our consumption in those domains.]

Part of The News: A User's Manual.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

[The powerful in Europe often decorated their rooms with a human skull, positioned in a way to get their attention, so that they might be reminded of death and refocused on more important considerations in life. The bad news of our day can function as the modern version of those skulls.]

[Hearing about a plane crash that doesn’t affect anyone we know can still transform us into a panicked relative or air accident investigator: we want to research details and receive regular updates (which media organizations will happily use for their purposes]

Part of The News: A User's Manual.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Simply live your your life 100%. Do what only you can do. Show as much magic as possible.