Asymmetry of information and economic ethics
How long can you pretend to be a person who draws pictures?
You aren’t alone
Or why I need a very long holiday from it
Sorry for the delay getting this next section out. Life is full of distractions at the moment. But here we are! Diedrich (or is it Ted?) has some realizations about his strange state of mind and the reality he is experiencing, but decides he must go about functioning, or attempting to, in the world he now finds himself in. New to the story? Read part 1 here. Chapter 2 – Ted “Ted. My name is Ted.” He was staring at his ID, with the German name he didn’t recognize and a face that felt uncomfortably familiar, yet somehow, disturbingly not…
I was a classical guitarist. I performed and taught extensively in the 2000s and early 2010s. After more than a decade of time spent on the instrument, I decided I would stop performing and leave the music industry entirely. This was roughly in 2014, and I did a video almost 10 years ago talking about my reasons for that. I had, at that time, gathered a small following of people who liked my guitar content (a good deal of which I have taken down), but I felt like creating instructional content (the original purpose of my YouTube channel) was a…
What if you could change the world?
Or how you make violent black swans
Charlie Kirk, who is not a politician but a public speaker and media personality, was assassinated yesterday. What you must understand is that the reason he was killed, and not you, is because he has a bigger audience, not because he is “worse” than you. David’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. His positions were fairly traditional for conservatives and quite moderate compared to many online personalities. Chances are, you believe similar things to him. You might have some more liberal positions, and then again, you…
From the user’s point of view
