Tom White

Now, life experience obviously helps with storytelling. Like if you have lived an interesting life then you should have more material to weave into good stories. But you’d be surprised at how many exceptions there are to this. There are people who have traveled the world and can’t make it interesting at all and there are also people who have never... See more

C.S. Lewis

“To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavor. The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a person alone reading a book that interests them; and all economics, politics, laws, armies, and institutions, are only valuable in so far as they... See more

These songs speak in a language of inspiration and hope, telling us that we can overcome the many troubles and disillusions we face. Through their very existence, they show us that beauty and goodness can prevail.

Nuclear is increasingly central to AI infrastructure and industrial decarbonization. Data centers need always-on power that intermittent sources like solar and wind can't reliably provide. Demand is structural. Supply hasn't caught up. Long-term contracting is accelerating because buyers can't afford to wait for the spot market.

When perceived tails fatten, even if the median outcome remains the same, the textbook response is to sell the asset to reprice the multiple that you are willing to pay. This is the equity market specific equivalent to a rise in perceived future inflation volatility, which is also something that should lead to a repricing of bonds via the term... See more

“I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take care of itself. One sees them fussing about all sorts of lesser concerns, apparently unaware that side by side with them — often in the same bed — a human creature is perishing from lack of affection,

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The Stalinist years brought with them an assault on language that systematically subverted and diminished the power and viability of words. (Alissa Valles, A Slap in the Face of Stalinism )

feedback loop is very fast in retail, but for a brief period, Tyco was experiencing huge demand for their product despite end consumer demand that was no longer there.