Where were we, Gumshoe? You were trying to convince me that macroeconomic factors that I don’t really understand are about to ruin my life and crypto is the preferred lifeboat to save me from economic ruin. And you took action on that new awareness, right? I’m mulling it over. Ouch…

Let’s say tacitly that I’m accepting your Call to Adventure. Hooah, Gumshoe. That’s great news because persistently refusing the call leads to doom and disaster. We wouldn’t want that. No, we wouldn’t. So now what? Well, Christopher Vogler writes in The Writer’s Journey that “Heroes who overcome their fear and…

Okay. This is me following you down the rabbit hole of what situational awareness is and why it’s such a big deal. Good-O. Situational awareness is the act of using your judgment to assess threats and opportunities in your environment. It is a skill. It can be learned. Books are…

You did it, Gumshoe! Somebody finally decided this piece of content was required reading, so here we are back in action after a six-month hiatus. This is so f-ing great. I can’t believe you left me hanging for six months. Where were you? Making NFTs, obviously, and waiting for my…

We’re getting ahead of ourselves. How many times have I told you that the key to pleasing a woman is patience and building anticipation? Ergo, while you’re salivating over the gruesome bioweapons of today, you will have learn to take it slow until we fill in the last few years. …

Any questions, Gumshoe? How did I miss all this? You were watching the news. Exactly. To stay informed! As my Chinese friend always says, the most clever lie Western governments ever sold their people was to characterize China as the only government that controls its own population through propaganda. Yeah…

Where were we? Ah yes, 2012 and the chronology of hacks you haven’t been paying attention to. Do you want more backstory, Gumshoe, or are we ready to move on the present and future threats? Well, I mean, how many pages will it take you to share the last eight…

Ah Gumshoe! You’re back. I knew you couldn’t stay away. Cyborg, can I call you Cyborg? I prefer Master and Commander, or M.C., but I guess Cyborg is accurate at least. Okay, M.C., it’s just…I really need to know if you are telling the truth. Hmm…well, no, you have the…

Fast forward to the years 2008–2012. These were big years in cyberspace. If you’re one of the many middle-aged cyborgs out there right now, you were probably too busy enduring infant-induced sleep torture to notice anything. Here’s a brief timeline for you: After originally limiting stem cell research in 2001…