1960s

Stop Thinking ‘Just Pay Teachers More’ Is the Answer. Build Them Homes.

School districts are building homes for teachers because salary increases just get absorbed by high rents. This non-wage subsidy creates stability but also employer dependency. A land value tax would address the root cause, but political reality makes the paternalist housing model the new normal. The teacher shortage is a housing crisis in disguise.

Switzerland’s Neutrality Is a Lie. The Bunkers Prove It.

Switzerland has enough nuclear bunkers to shelter its entire population — more than any country on Earth. That’s not neutrality. That’s a confession. The bunkers prove Switzerland never believed its own diplomatic story: in a nuclear world, there are no bystanders. The only protection that exists is the protection you build yourself.

You’re 30 Minutes Away From Losing Everything. Here’s the 67KB Fix.

A near-miss with the LiteLLM attack revealed the terrifying truth: AI coding agents freely read each other’s session histories, creating silent mutual espionage on every developer’s machine. The fix isn’t better detection—it’s dirblock and envblock, two tiny tools that flip the model to deny-by-default, whitelist-only access to your most sensitive files. 67KB of pragmatic paranoia that could save everything.

Silicon Valley Wasn’t Built by Stanford or VCs. It Was Built by Teenage Ham Radio Nerds.

You’ve been sold a lie about Silicon Valley. The blueprint for the world’s greatest innovation engine wasn’t drawn up by Stanford or venture capitalists—it was hacked together by teenage ham radio nerds swapping parts out of their car trunks. Innovation doesn’t start with a term sheet; it starts with a soldering iron.

Psilocybin Isn’t a Magic Cure for Anorexia. It’s Something Better.

Anorexia thrives on cognitive rigidity, trapping patients in a devastating feedback loop. Psilocybin isn’t being studied as a magic cure, but as a cognitive crowbar to break that loop. The only reason we’re decades behind on this research is because Nixon banned the drug to target anti-war protesters, not because of science.

The 1969 Broadcast That Proves the Internet Didn’t Invent Fake News

We blame the internet for fake news, but viral misinformation is a human problem, not a tech one. In 1969, radio DJ Roby Yonge sparked a nationwide frenzy by claiming Paul McCartney was dead. His story exposes the fragile line between trusted gatekeepers and mass delusion—a dynamic that still rules our feeds today.

Modern Textbooks Are a Lie. Here’s Why 60-Year-Old Notes Are Still Better.

Modern education has a dirty secret: we’ve replaced genuine understanding with bloated jargon. While universities force you to buy the latest textbooks, the most brilliant guide to learning how to think was written by hand in 1961. Feynman’s lecture notes aren’t just about physics—they are a masterclass in cognitive clarity.