My inner millennial is out tonight. Rocking out to this in more ways than one. Cuz here it goes again.

I know exactly who needs to hear this, but if you “can’t be concerned with first order effects” of the policies you advocate for, you have no business being a think tank or in policy advocacy.

What the hell is this mempool?

Just watched Odysseus. Walked in pensive—lots to reflect on lately—and walked out more pensive. There are many allegories for Zeus’ law today, and many violate them as a matter of course. The norms, kindness, and generosity afforded to strangers. We ought to think on that in our own lives.

You know, you’ll find me an AI skeptic on a lot of the boldest claims. Here’s one I almost never see: for those who are curious, epistemically honest, and self-aware, AI is a godsend of a learning tool. Over the last 48-72 hours, I’ve been doing a real deep-dive on the private credit crisis portion of the tripartite economic crisis scenario from my latest article, here.

AI Isn’t Taking Your Job. The Crash Might.

The real employment threat isn't automation from AI, it's what happens when the bubble meets private credit collapse and supply shock.

(I’m due for an update on that topic, and overdue on much more across my Substack.) A hypothetical—Viewed from 2030, what would we have expected to see in 2025-2026? (Assuming a private credit crisis, AI bubble collapse, and simultaneous supply and demand destruction (Iran War +) crashes the economy in 2026-2027.) Is that present? What’s nuanced? Where is there countervailing evidence or sentiment? What are the mechanics, triggers, transmission systems, etc.? And wow, am I deep down the rabbit hole. Now, I follow the macroeconomics and finance news as I can, and try to keep track of the analysts on FinTwit. This is threading those needles into a highly coherent tapestry. All while learning/exercising: • Structured finance and credit markets literacy • Systemic risk analysis • Source criticism and epistemics applied to financial data • Political economy of financial regulation • Interdisciplinary synthesis That’s usually reserved to formalized university or accredited learning vehicles. The fact I can design my own course and subject—so long as I’m vigilant about confirmation bias, check the sources, and produce original theses and critiques—is genuinely revolutionary for learning.