
JHM - Aug 15, 2026
My brain has not been much better than fish food this week after my travels culminated in a trip to Las Vegas.
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My brain has not been much better than fish food this week after my travels culminated in a trip to Las Vegas.
“I keep thinking about the heroic overproduction of nonfiction on Substack and Twitter and everywhere else.

I was called out for not writing anything last week.

This is a really interesting read, especially in the context of OpenAI’s reported proposal to hand the U.S.

What more sycophantic way better birthday gift could Sam Altman give the United States on its Semiquincentennial, its 250th birthday, than a 5% stake in OpenAI.

"I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Chair, who passed away this week.

I am not here to say that SpaceX is Pets.com.

I am not sure whether the higher-than-usual number of replies to even a modestly bearish write-up is a contrarian sign for the market or something else.

Back in 2024, the average American household spent a little more than 3% of its pre-tax income on gasoline, depending on the denominator and household definition used.

“Governments will be tempted by ham-handed policy responses.