Geoff Graham

“What happens when we medicalize all aspects of the human experience?”

By all means let’s keep transferring more and more wealth from the young to the old. It’s all we know how to do.

Last week, Seth and Patrick joined me on @yeomanpodcast to talk about their business, how they got their start, and how they found each other. This will be out in a week or so. Thanks, @orthodoxmason!

In 1991, the 10 largest builders in America captured 9% of all closings. Today, it is 43%, and it is rising. The way we entitle projects is destroying localism.

The year is 2045. Rates are 2.5%. The average home costs $4.7mm. A cup of coffee is $87. The median salary is $67,000/year. The last Boomer is richer than every young person combined.

We manufacture terrorists and then fight wars against terrorism which manufacture more terrorists and lead to more wars against terrorism which manufacture more…

'The Porch Door,' (1962) captures Fairfield Porter's admiration for Henri Matisse, like him he depicts the typical and the individual at the same time, in this case the view from a window at his home on Great Spruce Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine.

This applies to a lot more than cycling and driving. What is the blast radius of someone’s behavior? (Credit to @justinowings for introducing me to the term “blast radius” in this context.)

Until people understand this, we will continue to argue about the wrong things and pile up more and more regulations that get co-opted by the bodies they are intended to regulate. This + concern for the downsides of scale. Reduce the blast radius when things go sideways!

I speak with a lot of people who criticize capitalism—especially people who advocate for things I also care about, such as decentralized agriculture or walkable urbanism. In discussion, these critics often agree that it isn’t capitalism per se that they object to, but capitalism…

What are your contenders for Top 5 Most Beautiful Cities & Towns in the United States?

Charleston is the most beautiful city in the United States.

Strap in, Turchin enjoyers, things may be about to get lively

BREAKING: The trump administration is finalizing an executive order to exempt those 65 and over from sales taxes.

As Tom says, this is an outstanding opportunity to become a business owner. Larry Fink et al are wanting to transition their employees from typers to makers and continue consolidating and financializing our economy, but the much better opportunity for young Americans is to get…

Seems to me that those in college or applying ought to be completely reconsidering the consensus trance leading them astray rather than towards skilled jobs that require hands and brains (and not college degrees). 20-ish new grads could also pivot, be their own bosses, make bank.

“Where are the millions of skilled workers we must have to keep our businesses running and build and maintain the equipment we need for our national defense?” “I know where they are. They are in the eighth grade.”