Thanks to Ben and the whole Ben Hunt pack for supporting my 37th midlife crisis. The feedback on the Zine for Epsilon Connect this summer may have in fact changed the course of my life...

Was it Professor Plum in the library with the candlestick? Or, was it teenage Michael Green on a Cali farm wearing hand me down 49'ers cleats? Spoiler: inconceivably, turns out - it was Mike Green on the Intentional Investor w/ the Ben Hunt YT! youtu.be/CWp2Ylrmfx0?si…

“High school, in a lot of ways, was ANTI-intellectual” Which is why Michael Green left school early, pursued physics under the guidance of a Nobel award winner, only to realize… he wasn’t THAT smart. All the ups and downs of life, via The Intentional Investor on Ben Hunt:

Started calling the middle of a loaf of bread “the king’s bread” and saying things like “a cheddar this fine demands the king’s bread!” This is just one of the many ways I have scraped joy out of a cold and unaccountable universe.

What do you do when you feel like something in the world is going terribly, horribly, irreparable wrong, but you're not exactly sure what, and then someone says "you're the smartest person I've ever met." Here's what Michael Green did. Via Ben Hunt podcast:

Elon Musk must read.

Really looking forward to this! I’ll be speaking on our current election narratives and what I’m looking for in common knowledge structures in the days immediately AFTER the election. I think it’ll be an interesting presentation!

in the ocean

"Words of Love Words of Empathy Words of Connection" It's the only way of dissipating the energy from the ever widening gyre.

“You get books out of the machines” The best response to degrowth is to share Hans Rosling’s experience of washing machines

S-tier Saban impersonation!

Nightmare fuel.

What can "Since U Been Gone" teach you about inspiration, influence, and... inflation?! (Even if Ben Hunt, Jack Forehand, and I are on a strategic hiatus, we still have important things to talk about...)

Call this game the Federalist Papers, because James Madison is educating North Carolina in a convincing but super condescending manner.

Daughter Harper (USC grad, watching Big 10 game agst UMich): Who is this horrible announcer? Me (SEC aficionado): Why that’s Gary Danielson, honey. Harper: Wait, this is your “fuck you, Gary!” that I heard you say every Bama game? Me: Yep. Enjoy. Harper: Fuck you, Gary!