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BLACK SWAN: CHATROOM

Black Swan Theory was probably made most famous in recent history by Dr Nassim Taleb, Lebanese-American former options trader, quant, and sometime-consultant-employed-by-the-SEC during the financial crisis of ’08. The ’08 financial crisis and collapse of the US Housing Market (Big … Continue reading

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Honour, Genes, Gawain and the Green Knight

Starting with a quest for honour along the journey to become a better person, we get distracted by something darkly funny along the way to making better humans. Arty-farty and over 2 hours of inexplicable scenes long, Gawain and the … Continue reading

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“I Smell Fish Stress”

In the meeting of wills between Octopus and Human, there is, however bizarrely, a common ground. And for some, unique relationships and an unconventional form of therapeutic healing, in the bittersweet joy of falling in love with someone of such … Continue reading

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Adventures in Parenting Video Gamers

**Updated 30 May 2021 – NOW Son plays Valorant, so he’s not on unlimited game time anymore 🙂 This started out as accessing Digital Asset market via more traditional derivative means, but I got distracted by VIDEO GAMES. Which do … Continue reading

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Do You Watch Pawn?

This was originally going to be a Digital Asset-themed post with a huge nod at finding value in video games, but as I researched accessibility and potential risk hedging (originally for some freelance work), pricing, particularly C2C (customer to customer) … Continue reading

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