Between the Wars: Independence and Civil

012 – Should You Care About Bitcoin?

LIVE Bitcoin Q&A on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 11:00am Eastern Daylight Time:
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011 – Happy Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Or as the Mexicans call it, "Battle of Puebla Day" or "Battle of Cinco de Mayo."

Enjoy some mariachi and tales of travel in a land that doesn't really celebrate its own holiday (it's all relative).

And don't forget about the upcoming Bitcoin & Investing Q&A, on YouTube LIVE:


LIVE Bitcoin Q&A on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 11:00am Eastern Daylight Time:
Open to everyone! And of course, it's FREE!

Search for "Somewhat Scholarly" on YouTube, or click this link:


Don't forget to Subscribe to the channel and let me know your thoughts in the Comments! What are your thoughts, feelings, and actions in response to this?

Somewhat Scholarly Podcast is on iTunes, Spotify, Google, and Stitcher.
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010 – What Can You Control?

LIVE Bitcoin Q&A on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 11:00am Eastern Daylight Time:
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What Can You Control?

The simple answer is: your time, your attention, your education, your skills, and your resources (which includes your money).

In other words, you can control a LOT.

If you educate yourself, you can protect yourself.


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009 – What a Wonderful World

Today is a good day to pause, reflect, and re-center yourself.

I recommend you take the time that you had planned to listen to a podcast to instead mediate in silence, and express gratitude for everything in your life.

Elon Musk's tweet:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1256673706979389440

Louis Armstrong's song, "What a Wonderful World" (1967):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE


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004 – w/Emily Truesdell

Emily Truesdell is a horse trainer, equine massage therapist, and freelance copyrighter. You can follow her equine journey on Instagram @buddy_gets_a_makeover

If you’d like to send Emily an email, please ask for her email at [email protected]

002 – Measuring Health, Wealth, and Wisdom

Additional examples of Goodhart’s Law (“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”):

  1. You want to be healthy, so you decide to “go to the gym 3 times per week.” For a while, you’re excited and engaged at the gym, and your workouts are effective. But over time, you start to get lazy… maybe you spend a little more time in the locker room, or you spend more time waiting for equipment and not actually using it, but in your mind, you’re ‘healthy’ because you still “go to the gym 3 times per week.” Ironically, this is “unhealthy” behavior pursued it an attempt to be “healthy.”
  2. You want to be wealthy, so you decide to “sell 100 products each month.” At first, you’re excited and engaged with your clients, and you’re creating mutually-beneficial business with terms favorable to both you and the client. But over time, you start to compromise on price so that you can make a few of your sales more easily. You’re still hitting your goal of “selling 100 products each month,” but you’ve lowered the price (or some other features) to make those 100 sales easier, and that means you’re making less money. Ironically, this is “unwealthy” behavior pursued in an attempt to be “wealthy.”
  3. You want to be wise, so you decide to “read 1 book each week.” The first few books are exciting, and you approach them with an open and active mind, but over time, you start to let your attention suffer. You still read a book each week, but you’re distracted while reading (you might even fall asleep), and you hurry through each book just to check it off your list. Ironically, this is “unwise” behavior pursued in an attempt to be “wise.”