Veljko SkarichIndulgent Musings on the New CycleHere’s something I’m embarrassed to be proud of — I’ve reached the 6th stage of crypto acceptance, the Hermit phase. In case you don’t…Mar 30Mar 30
Veljko SkarichLeaving Las VegasFinally my Vegas journey is over. I moved there for Nevada state taxes, and only spent about three actual months out of a year lease in my…Mar 16Mar 16
Veljko SkarichinThe StartupFeedback AnxietyThe network is doing more to make our values stale and useless than any modern decadence or apathy. Our core beliefs are dying a slow heat…Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020
Veljko SkarichThe New ParanoiaOne of the truly curious developments of the Trump era has been the social acceptance of conspiracy theories. Mention the word on a news…Feb 13, 2020Feb 13, 2020
Veljko SkarichLust for the NewI’m a novelty seeker. This is a fundamental personality trait but doesn’t often get top billing on the lists of core human descriptors. A…Jan 30, 2020Jan 30, 2020
Veljko SkarichThe Loopman and the Thirst TrapThings are strange right now, aren’t they? Not just in politics, where it’s obviously bananas and has been for a long time. Compared to…Jan 25, 2020Jan 25, 2020
Veljko SkarichWeaponized OptimizationIn its Q4 2018 earnings report, Netflix included an unexpected item in the Competitors section: it considered its primary foe to be…Jan 24, 2020Jan 24, 2020
Veljko SkarichAesthetic EmotionThe story seems like such a basic block of modern life that we hardly ever think about it. In the darker ages, before we disenchanted the…Jan 24, 2020Jan 24, 2020
Veljko SkarichA New Way To Misunderstand Each OtherA strange event comes to pass every so often in the life of a nation: a large part of the population suddenly stops intelligibly…Jan 22, 2020Jan 22, 2020
Veljko SkarichOur Dear Bot FriendsOne of the texts I read in college that I still think about is Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals. There’s a part where he mentions we need…Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020