His neighbor, a woman who had lived in the same community with him all his life, shouted out to the Nazi soldiers. Hersch Altman was 11 years old, hiding with his older sister. His Polish neighbor pointed them out. He got away. His sister did not. Hersch never saw her again.There are tens of millions of stories just like that one. You can change the names, the places, the regimes, and the ethnicit...Read More
His neighbor, a woman who had lived in the same community with him all his life, shouted out to the Nazi soldiers. Hersch Altman was 11 years old, hiding with his older sister. His Polish neighbor pointed them out. He got away. His sister did not. Hersch never saw her again.There are tens of millions of stories just like that one. You can change the names, the places, the regimes, and the ethnicit...Read More
If you get government wrong, you get everything wrong.New York City has a lot of wealth. There is infrastructure, skyscrapers, smart people, transportation, and so on.But what would happen if North Korea took over the city tomorrow? Would all that wealth simply remain in place? Would everyone just go on with their lives?Of course not. People would flee in droves, the city would crumble.Tom W. Bell...Read More
If you get government wrong, you get everything wrong.New York City has a lot of wealth. There is infrastructure, skyscrapers, smart people, transportation, and so on.But what would happen if North Korea took over the city tomorrow? Would all that wealth simply remain in place? Would everyone just go on with their lives?Of course not. People would flee in droves, the city would crumble.Tom W. Bell...Read More
Dale Brown realized decades ago that if he wanted to help secure the most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit, he had to appeal to building owners’ wallets, not their humanity. They can make more money when people don’t get murdered in their neighborhoods. Dale’s company makes money training people to de-escalate situations for non-violent outcomes.Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Ins...Read More
Dale Brown realized decades ago that if he wanted to help secure the most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit, he had to appeal to building owners’ wallets, not their humanity. They can make more money when people don’t get murdered in their neighborhoods. Dale’s company makes money training people to de-escalate situations for non-violent outcomes.Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Ins...Read More
When zombies attack or when the electric grid is taken down by an EMP or solar flare, trade must go on.Currently, about 90% of U.S. dollars exist only digitally. Even if fiat cash remained valuable post-apocalypse, it would be pretty hard to come by.Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are great, but still rely on electricity and the internet to function.So what are the best off the grid currencies...Read More
When zombies attack or when the electric grid is taken down by an EMP or solar flare, trade must go on.Currently, about 90% of U.S. dollars exist only digitally. Even if fiat cash remained valuable post-apocalypse, it would be pretty hard to come by.Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are great, but still rely on electricity and the internet to function.So what are the best off the grid currencies...Read More
Via SovereignMan.comAugust 2, 2017Santiago, ChileToday is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who's easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when he came to our summer entrepreneurship camp a few years ago. I knew instantly that he was bri...Read More
Via SovereignMan.comAugust 2, 2017Santiago, ChileToday is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who's easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when he came to our summer entrepreneurship camp a few years ago. I knew instantly that he was bri...Read More
The smaller the government, the easier it is to effect their laws. This doesn’t mean they necessarily make better laws… but at least it affects fewer people. Worst case scenario, you find yourself deciding whether to move out of the state, instead of out of the country.Driving While Munching Might Be Illegal… But Maybe NotDo you consider cheeseburgers distracting? In Washington S...Read More
The smaller the government, the easier it is to effect their laws. This doesn’t mean they necessarily make better laws… but at least it affects fewer people. Worst case scenario, you find yourself deciding whether to move out of the state, instead of out of the country.Driving While Munching Might Be Illegal… But Maybe NotDo you consider cheeseburgers distracting? In Washington S...Read More
As a business, if you want to promote equality, the first thing you need to do is make sure you treat your customers unequally based on their gender.I love when people empower themselves by becoming business owners. Running a business is certainly not easy, but it still frees you from certain constraints. For instance, pay is not decided arbitrarily by a boss, it is based on the services you provi...Read More
As a business, if you want to promote equality, the first thing you need to do is make sure you treat your customers unequally based on their gender.I love when people empower themselves by becoming business owners. Running a business is certainly not easy, but it still frees you from certain constraints. For instance, pay is not decided arbitrarily by a boss, it is based on the services you provi...Read More
For the egregious crime of being in the right lane at the wrong time, a driver was pulled over in Lowndes County, Georgia. Thanks to the heroic efforts of one Georgia State Police dog, and his faithful officer, a major threat to the people of Georgia is off the streets.The responding police dog, Brutus, made a major bust. The vehicle was transporting $36,000 of cash; an imminent danger to Georgian...Read More
For the egregious crime of being in the right lane at the wrong time, a driver was pulled over in Lowndes County, Georgia. Thanks to the heroic efforts of one Georgia State Police dog, and his faithful officer, a major threat to the people of Georgia is off the streets.The responding police dog, Brutus, made a major bust. The vehicle was transporting $36,000 of cash; an imminent danger to Georgian...Read More
Click each headline to read the full article.1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From ResultsGoogle used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are starting to interject their own ideas about what people should see. In April Google announcedthat they would be taking measures to punish "low quality content" such as misleading information, offensive...Read More
Click each headline to read the full article.1. Google Plays Favorites and Arbitrarily Bans Content From ResultsGoogle used to base its search algorithms on what the user wanted to see. Now they are starting to interject their own ideas about what people should see. In April Google announcedthat they would be taking measures to punish "low quality content" such as misleading information, offensive...Read More
Good food plus interesting people is a recipe for happiness.As humans evolved, we lived in tight knit self-sufficient communities. Nomadic hunter gatherers spent their time foraging, hunting, eating, and playing together.It’s tempting to romanticize those days, but they came with some pretty harsh realities. As stressful and lonely as the modern world can be, countless technological benef...Read More
Good food plus interesting people is a recipe for happiness.As humans evolved, we lived in tight knit self-sufficient communities. Nomadic hunter gatherers spent their time foraging, hunting, eating, and playing together.It’s tempting to romanticize those days, but they came with some pretty harsh realities. As stressful and lonely as the modern world can be, countless technological benef...Read More