Information Sources

• The Consilience Project — The Consilience Project publishes novel research at the leading edges of global risk mitigation, governance design, and culture. Founded by Daniel Schmactenberger, a visit to this site would be my foremost recommendation to anyone.
• Letters From an American — Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack offers free or paid subscriptions to spot-on daily news commentary viewed in historical perspective. The most prominent living historians of the Twentieth Century and beyond are passing the torch to the next generation of historians; a new generation that is researching, recording, and writing about the events of our America; in Ms Richardson, they are passing that torch to an extremely competent author and historian. I salute Ms Richardson and her generation of truth-tellers!
• Doomsday Watch – Doomsday Watch explores the geopolitical threats of tomorrow with Arthur Snell, former diplomat and head of the International section of the UK’s anti-terrorist Prevent program. Arthur Snell, is a co-founder of Orbis Business Intelligence along with Christropher Steele.
• GZERO World — Ian Bremmer’s Eurasia Group features a Davos-level overview and analysis of world affairs. Larry Summers Alert!  Mr. Bremmer occasionally pushes Mr. Summers and other corporate killers of the Davos persuasion forward to balm or misinform the layman; however, his foreign policy analysis of Europe and Asia is usually among the most accurate.  Bremmer’s extended interviews are always relevant and first-order.
• Making Sense — Sam Harris, philosopher and author explores important and controversial questions about the human mind, society, and current events. Mr. Harris is more politically conservative and more commercial than I am accustomed to seeing in his topic space, but his guests are usually interesting  people you and I don’t hear speak very often on topics such as meditation, psychotherapy, computer science, and related .
• Dame Magazine — DAME is a women-led, independent, reader-funded magazine dedicated to producing journalism that is accessible, intersectional, and illuminating. We tell stories that are smart, progressive, and incisive, for readers who are savvy, curious, and forward-thinking.

Entertainment Sources

• Eat Shit, Bob! — John Oliver’s Middle-Fingered Tribute to Bob Murray (Oliver’s response to Murray’s lawsuit). You can view the full episode on YouTube at: Last Week Tonight: “SLAPP Suits.”

• Wernher Von Braun — Tom Leher sings (1965)
• Jango — Free music streaming that’s highly intuitive and far less intrusive than Pandora

Craft

• Christopher Schwartz — Beautiful handmade furniture
• Bookplates Ink — High quality book plates for your library (printed with archival materials)
• Lorelei Sims — Art and Iron (blacksmith)

Tools

• Vesper Tools — Handmade tools by Chris Vesper (the best sliding bevel ever made)
• Lie-Nielsen Toolworks — Heirloom quality tools (their hand planes are the best I’ve used)