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I, Nazgûl

By Rusty Guinn | November 3, 2024 | 10 Comments

Being clear-eyed and full-hearted doesn’t mean being passive, weak, or silent.

It means resisting every effort to supplant our autonomy of mind with symbols of identity, no matter the source.

Intentional Investor #16: Remi Tetot

By Harper Hunt | October 29, 2024 | 1 Comment

Join host Matt Ziegler as he sits down with Remy Tetot, the mind behind The Mad King newsletter and former co-founder of Real Vision, for a fascinating journey through the intersection of technology, finance, and personal growth. From washing dishes in Spain to revolutionizing financial media with Real Vision, Remy shares his remarkable story of constant reinvention. Learn how he transformed from a self-taught coder into a macro analyst under Raoul Pal’s mentorship, helped build Real Vision from the ground up, and navigated both spectacular successes and humbling failures in the crypto markets.

Why Am I Reading This Now? 10.21.24

By Harper Hunt | October 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger narrativ‌e campaign.

Apocalypse Always

By Rusty Guinn | October 25, 2024 | 10 Comments

Extreme language during election season isn’t anything new.

But this time it really is different. Our response must be different, too.

The Open Window

By Rusty Guinn | October 21, 2024 | 30 Comments

Creating two tightly bounded political extremes is NOT opening the Overton Window.

It just adds a second, equally closed window behind which all of our worst ideas can and will fester.

Remembering the Face of Your Father

By Ben Hunt | October 16, 2024 | 8 Comments

For the past 28 years, since the death of my father, I’ve been hearing a steady tick-tock in my head.

How do we tell our stories to our children and our children’s children before it’s too late? Before we pass as all humans must pass?

Generative AI is a communion machine.

Intentional Investor #15: Brent Donnelly

By Harper Hunt | October 15, 2024 | 1 Comment

In this episode of The Intentional Investor, host Matt Zeigler interviews Brent Donnelly, a veteran forex trader, financial writer, and mentor. Brent shares his fascinating journey from aspiring journalist to Wall Street trader, and how he eventually combined his love for writing and finance.

Cursed Knowledge #29: Allergies

By Harper Hunt | October 11, 2024 | 2 Comments

Allergies. We either have them or know some one who does. Ranging from life threatening to mildly irritating, they’re one of life’s constant annoyances. And they’re getting worse. We have more allergies now than ever before. Rusty Guinn joins Cursed Knowledge to talk about why allergies are more common, and if there’s anything we can do about it.

Manufactured Consensus

By Rusty Guinn | October 8, 2024 | 17 Comments

The more we believe the lie that social networks democratize Narrative formation, the more systematically we make ourselves part of their manufactured consensus.

No, the world doesn’t hate America

By Chris Arnade | October 7, 2024 | 6 Comments

The global mass love for the US and its culture is genuine, and isn’t being forced on people from above, but because US culture – despite all the showy glitz – is about how everyone’s story matters.