I've learned grit in my high school, but picked up a more targeted way of learning at MIT. A decade later, I'm still learning, forever learning.
Sep 30, 2026
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4 min read
Japan's railway system, Roman combat psychology, Anthropic is destroying books, the Dutch empire, MIT AI report, lessons in construction, pass-through business fortunes, MLS consolidation abstract, private equity's exit issues, and Liechtenstein's magic princedom.
Sep 1, 2026
Legal research duopoly, Langerian vs. Kabat-Zinn mindfulness, ASML's EUV monopoly, Panama Canal economics, Zhu Rongji's 1999 MIT visit, Buffett's Squanderville parable, talent engineering, and Haussmann's Paris.
Aug 2, 2026
5 min read
Peptide BPC-157, AI capex math, Buffett's industry graveyards, TV deflation, restorative mortuary art, Assyrian tin smuggling, invisible profitable companies, Norway's subsea tunnel, Nolan's Bronze Age collapse, and celebrity equity.
Jun 30, 2026
Notion's AI pivot, dog longevity pills, Li Lu's post-Tiananmen arc, Havel's greengrocer, Dallas border fortunes, Renaissance Stoicism, Chloé Zhao's "poorface" brand, Japan's rearmament strategy, pinhole camera physics, and a Ukrainian hero's execution.
May 30, 2026
ChatGPT cheating epidemics, Heinz's glass bottles, billionaires, Altman hiring rules, War markets, the Hungarian anti-populist playbook, Qianlong's imperial delusion, American freight primacy, inflation / deflation, and Texas crypto miners.
May 2, 2026
Swiss watch branding, Blank Street economics, ER heroism, Krikalev's Soviet collapse, Trump's Iran strike, Zhang Xin's timing, Big Law's diversity grind, Millennial inheritance, Com hackers, and Shyam Sankar's Palantir.
Apr 6, 2026
3 min read
Warren Buffett, life philosophies, self-help, Anna Karenina, matriarchies, the Fanjul dynasty, trouble at Sotheby’s, Marco Rubio’s foreign policy, Cocaine Kingpin in Dubai, and Domino’s pizza.
Mar 1, 2026
8 min read
Matt Levine, geopolitics, cryptology, race-meritocracy, furniture conglomerates, multi-baggers, Iran ambassador, the Kennedy’s, and Hallmark branding.