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Why Your Bitcoin Is Worth More Than Elon Musk’s
You hold Bitcoin. So does Elon Musk. His companies sit on more than 20,000 of them. But the same coin is not the same thing in your hands and his. Not because you disagree on where it's headed, but because you're using it for different
Where Influence Actually Accumulates in the AI Era
When Gemini’s big update landed, the reactions surfaced in a familiar pattern. People didn’t just celebrate; they moved. Confidence shifted, curiosity spiked, timelines filled with screenshots and first impressions. Some even announced they were switching models. Whether they stay or drift back isn’t the point. The behavior
How America Inflates the World
A field note on liquidity, standards, and the new meaning of stability 2024 was supposed to be the year contradictions caught up with America. Inflation remained stubborn despite aggressive rate hikes. The federal deficit ballooned past $1.8 trillion. Political dysfunction reached levels that would trigger capital flight in any
What Might Remain After the AI Bubble
The Infrastructure of Dependency Novelty fades faster than infrastructure. What felt revolutionary in 2023 had become routine by 2025. Three out of four knowledge workers used AI tools daily, and nearly half had adopted them within months [1]. The excitement of early experimentation settled into expectation. Automation ceased to feel