Definitely some good thinking here. Why Nothing Brings You Joy Anymore - Alan Watts https://youtu.be/F79CMl6V-Ps

Back around 2000 I used to import Moleskine notebooks. They were unknown and amazing.

Author concludes with this point. I would add “…and do they want us to know?” https://substack.com/@darrellodonnell/note/c-187452128

https://substack.com/@darrellodonnell/note/c-187452128?r=97yn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Political Capitalism. This is the thing we are up against. “Political capitalism is the capitalism you get when the cheapest, most reliable way to improve your rate of profit is to invest in the political process, to get favorable regulation, pork barrel government contracts, and cash bailouts.” ‘“capitalists have gone from profit-seekers to rent-seekers…”’ https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/06/big-nascent-important/