Some Books I've Read in 2024
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Some Books I've Read in 2025
Moral Capital: The Case for Marketplace Virtue
"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism." This quick, cynical soundbite circulates online as a moral shrug. If there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, why should I bother trying to make more ethical choices? Behind the meme lies an anti-capitalist moralism. From this perspective, capitalism loses
Re-Personalization: AI and the Classical Revival of Modern Education
The Big Idea: As AI reshapes the way we learn and work, it also challenges the foundations of modern education. This essay explores how two ancient forms of learning—classical tutoring and apprenticeship—offer promising blueprints for an AI-native world. By analyzing the bifurcation of future jobs into relational generalists
From Metal to Myth: Why Modern Money Is Built on Trust
The ability to think in abstractions is among humanity's most distinctive traits, and there is no abstraction, no collective fiction more universal than money. At the dawn of civilization, a numbered piece of paper had no practical use. You can neither eat it nor plant it, and it