Jacob Silverman

3 weeks ago | jacobsilverman.com | Jacob Silverman

The very rich have their own folkways and methods of doing business, operating at an Olympian remove from you and me. Many ultra high net worth individuals — also known by the acronym UNHWI — maintain what are called family offices, private businesses that track their money, manage investments, employ the billionaire’s personal staff, and perhaps disperse money to a connected foundation or nonprofit.

3 weeks ago | jacobsilverman.com | Jacob Silverman

Among his 2024 campaign policy proposals, President Trump promised to build 10 “Freedom Cities” — built-from-scratch developments on federal land (though Greenland might soon be an option) based on individual freedom, low regulation, low taxes, and unfettered entrepreneurialism. These neo-homesteads would be places where ambitious tech startups and big corporations could thrive and new residents would get “baby bonuses” for spawning future patriotic workers.

3 weeks ago | jacobsilverman.com | Jacob Silverman

It turns out you can just do things. You can wake up and change your life. You can start exercising, change your job, move, get married, get divorced, found a company, restore that motorcycle you’ve always dreamed about. Don’t wait for the perfect time. Don’t ask for permission. You can just do things. You can take over the government.

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Jacob Silverman

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3 weeks ago | podcasts.apple.com | Jacob Silverman

When a journalist was accidentally added to a Signal chat that disclosed sensitive war plans, a controversy erupted about our national security. On this week’s On the Media, a look at how right-wing media is processing “Signalgate.” Plus, why Donald Trump is calling himself the crypto president.