“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith wrote those words in…
There’s a moment in The Witcher, right after another butchered choice leaves bodies in the dirt, where Geralt of Rivia lays it plain: “Evil is evil… lesser, greater, middling—it makes no difference.” And he says what most men don’t have…
There was a time, not so long ago, when a photograph had weight. It was a tangible thing. A slice of a moment, wrestled from the relentless current of time, held still in silver gelatin or a slick of Kodachrome.…
And Why True Impact Lies Beyond It Introduction: A Drink at the End of the World The neon flickers, same as it always does, casting long shadows that crawl up the alley walls. Out there, the System hums—a low, constant…