Geography is the curse and the trap of history that few countries can escape. If you look at the history of Russia, they have been invaded by almost everyone at least 51 times in history: endless hordes of nomad warriors like the Khazars & Pechenegs, the Vikings, the Mongols, Teutonic…

“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” — Bertrand Russell “What’s most important to stress, however, in my opinion, is that when there is no Central Bank to backstop the market, the “bust” part of cycles always ends up happening, and as…

There is a classic action movie called “The Accountant”, starring Ben Affleck, a story about an autistic but brilliant boy who is raised by his special forces father. Brutally trained, there is a scene when he is bullied in the new school in France. His father lectures him. “Life is…

I really enjoyed “No Time to Die”, a worthy end of the Daniel Craig James Bond era. He went down hard, saving his family and the world. Which is pretty much the best any hero can do. I loved the testament from Jack London that the MI6 team gave him…

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it! “ — Jonathan Winters This is super interesting. I’ve long been fascinated by Uzbekistan and can’t wait to visit later this year. Investing in Uzbekistan in 2022 - a unique frontier market Back in 2019 I went on a trip to Uzbekistan to explore opportunities on-the-ground as the country's macro picture was…mailchi.mp 2. I love Monk Mode (every once in a while). Kudos to my friend Jarie Bolander

Caught up with one of my old startup founders, Dima Zaruta and he shared with me an incredibly useful framework for figuring out where you spend your life. He told me when he left his last company, he sat down with his co founders trying to figure out where they…

For many of us Star Wars fans, I’ve been enjoying the new “Book of Boba Fett” show. In one of the episodes, the two main characters have a discussion about their future & Boba Fett asks master assassin Fennec Shand to join his gang. Fennec Shand says “Living with the…

“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing.” — Katherine Mansfield Whatever you think of Elon, this is a great discussion and interview. 2. “Therefore if…

I stumbled upon this documentary on HBO about big wave surfers. Mainly about this surfer called Garrett McNamara who ends up surfing massive 100 foot waves at the now legendary Nazare in Portugal. He was a Hawaiian surfer who spent every cent to try to find good surf. He would…