Fine Rambles

Matt looks at narcissism through the lens of BoJack Horseman.

Matt rambles about doing a bad thing vs. believing you are a bad person.

Matt rambles about the sins of the CCP.

Matt rambles about Dakota Meyer's recent discussion with Joe Rogan.

Matt revisits the Great Financial Crisis and laments the regulatory capture of the entire government. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/secrets-and-lies-of-the-bailout-113270/

Matt rambles about activists, nature vs. nurture, and the incoherence of the woke left.

Matt rambles about Peter Boghossian's new book and the dangers of thinking your beliefs are rationally based on evidence.

Matt tells stories about his arrogance as an investor - and the consequences.

Matt rambles about being sick and why he feels uncomfortable admitting that he was sick.

Matt rambles about Tulsi Gabbard, Hurricane Dorian, and the protests in Hong Kong.

Matt rambles about shipping containers, Facebook, and the destruction of community.

Matt steelmans the arguments in favor of status, con artists, sharks, and bullies.

Matt rambles about listening to pain, David Goggins, and finding the right mountain.

Matt rambles about the trolley problem, the carried interest tax loophole, and how every industry has become an anti-competitive oligopoly.

Matt rambles about being skinny fat, learning respect, and enjoying the struggle.

Matt rambles about H-1B visas, Lean In, and the gig economy.

Matt rambles about instinctive belief, the ideology of Utopianism, and that slot in our brains labeled 'God'.

Matt rambles about Antifa, Robert Warshow, and tweeting while the world burns.

Matt rambles about the harm Facebook, Google, and Twitter are doing to individuals and society. Tristan Harris written testimony: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/96e3a739-dc8d-45f1-87d7-ec70a368371d/35DE175BA77F95FB2EFC5E94018ABF1A.06-25-19harris-testimony.pdf

Matt rambles about taking a risk in Buffalo, the fragility of avocado toast, and the Book of Five Rings.