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Adventure Capitalism 05: Never Bet Against America
Cyclical Industries, Depression, and American Chaos
May 3, 2020 • 
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Adventure Capitalism 05: Never Bet Against America
Spring 2023 Catholic Social Teaching Reading Group
Starting January 2023
Nov 23, 2022 • 
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Spring 2023 Catholic Social Teaching Reading Group
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New Things Anew: Pope Leo, Rerum Novarum, and Catholic Social Teaching
An overview of the popes speaking to the modern world
May 17 • 
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New Things Anew: Pope Leo, Rerum Novarum, and Catholic Social Teaching
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning: An Introduction to René Girard's Mimetic Theory
A talk given to the 2025 Stanford Girard Society retreat
May 29 • 
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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning: An Introduction to René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Nirvana Fallacy
Compare realistic alternatives against each other, not imagined perfect realities
Apr 25, 2021 • 
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Notes on *Nuclear War*
Over the weekend, I read Annie Jacobson’s new book Nuclear War: A Scenario. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a dramatized scenario of a general nuclear…
Apr 1, 2024 • 
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Weekend Reads: July 22, 2022
Experience Machine, Doing the Devil's Work, Stagnation, plus practical career advice!
Jul 22, 2022 • 
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Weekend Reads: July 22, 2022
Weekend Reads (2/17/24) + Some Housekeeping
Right Wing Progressives, Cures for Deafness, Alms
Feb 17, 2024 • 
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Weekend Reads (2/17/24) + Some Housekeeping
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Weekend Reads: March 11, 2022
Techno, Renaissance, and the Kingdom of God, Vitamin D, Housing Mania
Mar 11, 2022 • 
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Weekend Reads: March 11, 2022
$1k Cash Prize - NOVITATE Essay Contest Deadline
Submit an essay or abstract today for a chance to win $1k at upcoming Girard conference
Aug 30, 2023 • 
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$1k Cash Prize - NOVITATE Essay Contest Deadline
Adventure Capitalism 01.0
Real Life Isn't Shark Tank; why trying to change the world makes everything around you worse; you don't have to start a company to be an entrepreneur
Oct 25, 2019 • 
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Weekend Reads, July 1, 2022
Insane pathogens, A Canticle for Leibowitz, developing the virtues, justice, gossip, and quantitative tightening
Jul 1, 2022 • 
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