I finished The Big Print from Lawrence Lepard, "fix the money, fix the world" last week. Highly recommended. The bad news: I hadn't read it before starting a white paper on the potential intersections of commodities and cryptocurrencies. The good news: I haven't completed the white paper yet.

Young agricultural entrepreneurs last week got a tour of the Hampton, Iowa shrimp farm from jacksonkimle , one of three shrimp farms starting production. The U.S. imports close to 2 billion of shrimp annually, so If on-shoring is a thing there's work happening in Iowa. High

There are benefits to building out shrimp production in Iowa. Sampling duty!

I am thrilled to share that a paperback version of Tractor Wars  is coming in a few weeks. Thanks to #BNPreorder, you can order your copy now for 25% off. Go to BN.com to order.

In a speech course during my undergraduate studies, I gave a speech on the penny problem. This was ~ 1987. Gold was ~ $450/ounce. The Wall Street Journal today carries an article about the death knell of the penny while gold trades above $3,000 per ounce. 20/20 hindsight, but I

Enjoyed Michael Saylor comments at bitcoin2025 yesterday. Bitcoin as the center of gravity.

I discuss thermodynamics, theology, and history with @JordanBPeterson — and answer a bunch of personal questions along the way.

I'm wary of narratives explaining that current change is greater than anytime in the past. But technology diffusion is certainly faster. In yesterday's local newspaper (yeah, I still get it delivered) there was this piece about the first airplane appearing in Ames in 1915,

Independence Day weekend reading is The Golden Constant by Roy W. Jastram. English philosopher John Locke, who heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson's ideas and words in The Declaration of Independence, also pushed the idea of hard money. Kings shouldn't do as they please with