I had meetings today so this weeks episode of Love & Hard Money will come out later in the week. If you can’t wait that long, I get it! Heres a banger from a few weeks ago to help you get through the darkness until we can be together again.

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Why do smart people go quiet when you explain inflation to them? They hear the words. They understand the logic. And then they change the subject.I...

The largest container ship in the world is the MSC Irina. She carries up to 24,346 TEU’s (20’ equivalent units). She’s 399.9 meter long and 61.3 meters wide making her far too big to transit the Panama Canal. She mostly serves Europe to east Asia routes. She was built in China in 2023 and is operated by MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) based in Geneva in cooperation with a Chinese state owned bank. The vessel is flagged in Liberia 🇱🇷 which is common for tax optimization. There is no public information on the cost of this vessel but similar ships cost $240M. She’s currently in SE Asia with an ETA to Singapore of May 13. On average a TEU carries $54,500 of goods so with an average shipment of 19,000 TEU’s she is carrying over $1.05 Billion of merchandise per sailing. #shipping

I’m only on Nostr and LinkedIn (eww). If you’re still on X and have enjoyed Love & Hard Money, would you be willing to link to an episode over there for me so I can test the difference in audience reach? If you do it, let me know here so I can keep an eye on downloads. Screenshot it and I will tip you 500 sats. Below are three of my favorites so far: https://fountain.fm/episode/tGyeiPU8FHEKVwVUHYRf https://fountain.fm/episode/Z4Rscnex98pPYLJ18hm5 https://fountain.fm/episode/DVdFZBdRBgTZqrSSmUFa

You know how to tell the difference between a business creating value and one that’s just extracting rents. If they genuinely thank you for your business and ask you how they can do better they serve you. Think about customer service at the DMV and contrast that with buying something at a farmer’s market.

There’s a lot of worry that AI is going to dumb us down. I’ve been using it pretty consistently for 2+ years and I can confidently say it’s lifting me up, not dragging me down. I still think deeply about subjects but now I do it conversationally instead of solo. It’s changed my business, my relationships, my health and allowed me to take on projects as part-time hobbies that would have been full time jobs 5 years ago. I’m excited about the future but all I see around me is nihilism.

Have a friend who’s into guns but doesn’t get Bitcoin? Try this: Q: why do you own guns? A: to protect my family Q: from what A: someone hurting us or stealing from us Q: does someone stealing from you hurt you? A: yea dude, obviously. Q: the federal reserve has inflated away 97% of the value of the dollar. Have you noticed houses and steak are twice as expensive? That is literally theft of your time and energy. They make it confusing on purpose but all their doing is stealing from everyone who holds dollars. What are you doing to protect your family from that attack vector? A: blank stare Q: Guns are cool, but do you want to be a real badass and stop the government from stealing from you? A: uh, i guess Q: ready to buy some bitcoin then?

If all work is done by the clankers….. ….and the clankers charge in sats…. ….dont all sats accrue to the clankers? Can a man ever truely own a clanker?

Did anyone notice the strange objects flying outside Simon’s window at about 25:30? Drones?

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At a minimum, every head of household should have these two books on the shelf. #prepping

Bitcoin solves the tragedy of the commons problem that is inherent in human controlled money.

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🚨Episode16 of Love & Hard Money🚨 Everyone knows to keep the well clean. This week we talk about about the tragedy of the commons. What happens to a shared resource owned by everyone when the incentive is to pollute it? https://fountain.fm/episode/GaTNCupC78gbi8L0zs4K

She knows what’s comes next.