Ultra-Processed Life

It gives me no joy to address problems without easy solutions, but the sooner we face what’s already visible ahead, the higher the probability…

Many people anticipate the demise of fiat currencies, for good reasons. This is the motivation for calls to return to the gold standard–currency backed…

As we all know, the problem with euphoria is the inevitable collision with reality and the resulting disillusionment. But wait–it gets worse. The new…

Amidst the constant drumbeat of tech “progress” and grandiose “solutions,” it’s a useful exercise to ask: what have we lost in the past 40…

The Good News is people are realizing We’re On Our Own and starting to take action accordingly. This article describes how people in one…

Perverse incentives are funny things. Even though we know they’re harming us, we can’t stop pursuing them because the refusal harms us, too, as…