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The transistor changed the world — but it happened so quickly because we knew precisely what needed to be done. The fundamental circuits for…
This is a slightly edited excerpt from my latest book, “Practical Doomsday". There are countless pop-cultural clichés about how banks, financial…
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If you live someplace rural, you might be familiar with the proper way to fell a tree. The safest method, known as the open-faced notch, appears simple…
In an earlier post, I talked about my passion for the history of things. The quintessential example is money: the shrinking antoninianus of the Roman…
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Late last year, at the peak of the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, I purchased about a dozen highest-rated NFT books on Amazon: I did this because I…
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I am not a wristwatch nerd, but I am fascinated by the history of things. Whether I’m chronicling the collapse of currencies or flipping through old…
I’m going to use this Substack to share things I find interesting. I intend to put emphasis on original content, not memes collected on the internet. I…
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