Why 2025 Belongs to the Miners, Not the Machines “That which is exalted among men is abomination in the sight of God.” — Luke 16:15 You’ve seen it a thousand times: breathless coverage of AI, ChatGPT, Nvidia, Bitcoin — “the next frontier.” It’s as if the media has declared 2025…
“It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” — Mark Twain When I was a little girl, I had big questions. Why do we have to sleep? Why do we die? Why do we need money to…
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” — George Orwell Over lunch with friends recently, I was reminded how profoundly words shape our reality. They don’t just describe what we think—they guide it, limit it, sometimes even replace it. Mid-conversation, someone casually used the phrase “conspiracy theory.”…
“The way up and the way down are one and the same.” —Heraclitus Last week I went to see an orthopedic surgeon. A nagging shoulder–elbow issue I’m trying to sort out. That same evening, an ad popped up on Facebook: a Free Shoulder Rehab Masterclass. Like magic! Except it wasn’t…
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” —Aldous Huxley, Author of Brave New World If you are old enough to remember the rise of the digital age, you probably recall the split: when paper photographs became pixels, when handwritten letters turned into emails and…
“There is no theory of the spark. Only of the combustible material.” — Charles Kindleberger In March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank insisted it was safe. By nightfall, depositors had withdrawn $42 billion—the fastest bank run in U.S. history. Another $100 billion was queued for the morning. The speed was new….
“Gold is the only coin that never depreciates.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich With U.S. public debt now approaching $37 trillion and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet still near $7 trillion, policymakers face fiscal constraints unseen in decades. Interest payments now consume over one-fifth of federal revenues, narrowing the government’s fiscal…
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” —Henry Ford A New Monetary Era Begins: Born Into Fiat On this day, I was born 54 years ago—just…
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci Some call this the Age of AI. Others, the Age of Technology. I call it the Age of Complexity—an era in which the scaffolding of life has grown so dense that even the smallest change sends tremors through the whole structure….
“Nothing is permanent except change.” — Heraclitus For decades, the U.S. dollar was more than just currency—it was a passport to influence, mobility, and comfort. Since the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement cemented it as the world’s primary reserve currency, the dollar has underpinned global trade, finance, and diplomacy. Priced in…
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