My boys and I went up to Crater Lake National Park yesterday to build a snow bunker with rooms and we cooked flatbread down in it. It was a lot of fun.

My bitcoin Bread issue arrived from @CashApp. Very well done!

Fascinating article on what really caused the baby boom and subsequent bust that we are now seeing.

The Baby Boom

Lessons and Patterns

This post talks about how Malthusianism is at the root of so many issues our society is facing right now like housing and childcare, etc..

Outdated Malthusian intuitions cripple our politics

More people and more houses for them is good

Nature is so refreshing.

The impact that bad inflation has on a country and their people. View quoted note →

It takes life energy to pay off debts. A country that just continually gets in more debt and doesn’t even try to live within its means is a country that is ok with stealing the life of future generations to pay their debts for them. Why don’t politicians balance the budget? They are cowards that don’t care about the future generations. They only care about getting re-elected. We have somewhere between 12 and 15 years before all Social Security money is gone. The debt payments in a decade are going to be so massive, they will swallow up all entitlement spending at which point there will be no money to pay for entitlements unless entitlements are slashed massively or taxes are raised massively. Oh, and things in our culture are so unhealthy that birthrates are plummeting because people don’t want to have kids in this environment. That will make things much worse.  Either way crushing times ahead unless our country and its leaders humble themselves and try to start paying down their debts now. The alternative is hard default and loss of faith in our currency or hyperinflation. These are both worst case scenarios, and max pain and at the moment we are headed towards one of these being reality.  Sidenote, the theory which says there are no consequences for endless money printing has thoroughly been debunked as we have seen the last couple years. There are massive consequences to printing money, and that road leads to hyperinflation. Want proof? Powell is literally destroying the American economy right now to try to get inflation down a few percentage points and throwing us into a recession because of it. He ultimately won’t succeed. We will end up with high inflation and a recession. but his desperate efforts should be a signal to how serious bad inflation is.  This is one of the most serious issues we will face in our lifetime and something in which you should use to judge the qualification of a leader. If they are not talking about this, they are not a serious politician.  Everything else is like a little tiny wave approaching us while a massive tsunami several miles out is also heading towards us, but not being talked about. 

The beauty of Oregon in the spring.

He is risen! 🙏

The United States is behaving like a drug addict that doesn’t focus on taking care of its own health, but rather continually sabotages itself, leaving us dependent upon some convoluted world order that will never exist again. Be concerned if you don’t see significant progress towards health in the United States soon, because without it, we will undoubtedly turn to war as our solution. Mark my words.

Spicy ahi poke bowl & teriyaki chicken bowl 🤙

So much can be accomplished when one is ignorant. You don’t know or haven’t been taught what’s supposed to be impossible. So you go out into the world with the unmatched confidence of ignorance, risking criticism to achieve things most people won’t even attempt. The reality is most people can accomplish almost anything if they put their mind to it. You don’t need 20 years experience, or a credential as an expert, and in fact, the real experts in every field will humbly admit the same. 

Using chat GPT 4 right now, and I will say this: education will never be the same from this day forward.

The FDIC is a single water tender trying to put out a forest fire.

Maybe information spreads too quickly to stop future bank runs as more people become aware of the fragility of the system. Maybe this is the end of the fractional reserve banking system. Wild days.

The ability to filter out noise and false information and focus on signal is about to become one of the most important skills a person could possess.

Three days ago. 👀 https://imgur.com/a/tOt42yb

A sign post for West Coast states. Get crime and shoplifting under control or start losing retail establishments (and residents). And to be fair, this isn’t so much a law enforcement issue as it is a justice system issue for West Coast states. No consequences = no incentive for criminals to stop shoplifting. Too soft on crime and people and businesses will simply exit. 

Yahoo News

Walmart Set to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft

Walmart announced its plan to close its final two locations in Portland, Ore., at the end of March following underwhelming financial results.

All my teenagers are using Cash App as their primary bank account. They make most of their purchases from the debit card, use the app to buy bitcoin and are constantly sending each other money back-and-forth in the app. The app even has a savings account now, the ability to buy stocks, and even do your taxes for free. It’s an incredible resource for the younger generation and will increase bitcoin adoption significantly in my opinion. 🤙