Majicman Notes

In times of political turmoil, events can move from impossible to inevitable without even passing through improbable.         Anatole Kaletsky https://research.gavekal.com/author/anatole-kaletsky/ Read more

The fact is, I did not appreciate until much later in my own life what subterfuge and sacrifice it took to be independent and undefeated by the pressures of reality. Nail Williams, This is Happiness Read more

Graham Allison, at the time was writing a book, Destined for War, which considered whether what he called the Thucydides Trap – a tendency for war to become inevitable when an emerging power threatens the… Read more

What is the source of the greenback’s enduring attraction? In a nutshell: It’s the extraordinary liquidity of the dollar money market, according to a new paper by Antonio Coppola, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Chenzi Xu of… Read more

“The way you speak to yourself, the way you walk, the way you carry your shoulders matters.” I got a fabulous opportunity to interview one of Spain’s most famous bullfighters, Martín Vázquez. I wanted to… Read more

The artist as entrepreneur Artists and entrepreneurs are blessed with similar convictions. Both are innovators. They see possibilities where others see limitations, bringing the previously unimagined into being. Both have skin in the game, living… Read more

I began to discover the rewards granted any serious reporter: that when you acknowledge how little you know, looking in at a world from the outside brings a special clarity. “In truly effective thinking”, Walter… Read more

“By far the biggest medical surprise of the past decade has been the extraordinary number of studies showing that the single biggest predictor of your psychological and physical health and wellbeing is simply the number… Read more

We cannot be complacent. Prohibiting obnoxious content on social media is censorship. Gathering biometric data is surveillance. Locking up potential offenders before they commit any crime is repression. Wounding demonstrators is state-sponsored violence, and imposing… Read more

What’s the answer for lasting happiness? Progress If you aren’t growing, you are dying.  It turns out that happiness that is true and lasting is quite simply this: progress. Progress=Happiness! If you are growing and giving,… Read more