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Some more shots of my Pelikan M620 Piccadilly Circus With my morning pages today

(Inked with Caran d’Ache Organic Brown)

Continuing some thoughts that I wrote on Thursday, as I battle between macroeconomics and microeconomics

Particularly how I believe that macroeconomics is simply a branch of politics, while microeconomics is the seed that branches into all of life

#fountainpen #economics #journal #writing #writingcommunity

Pelikan M620 Piccadilly Circus - one of the standout pens in my collection

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Using one of my new toys from the London Pen Show this weekend, a Black Forest pen

I’ve been picking up a few pocket pens lately, and this one is really dainty so definitely fits the bill

I tried this brand at a pen meet last month and knew I had to grab one for myself. I don’t think this will be the last pen from these guys I own 😬

Anyone head to the LWES yesterday?

(I also picked up an Asvine)

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🙄 BOCTAOE - But of course there are obvious exceptions!

Writing with my Majohn P140, essentially a Montblanc but demonstrator (probably the same “precious resin” too!)

Another imitator is the ink, Diamine Pansy, which reminds me very much of Lamy Dark Lilac.. albeit a bit darker and with more(!) sheen

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🤪 Seize the memes of production!

I’ve been trying to reconcile Adam Smith with Karl Marx lately, a union as testy as between Montague and Capulet, and by god I think I’ve done it

The new era of air removes the barriers to entry of capitalism described by Smith, and the alienation discussed by Marx

Ideas are now permissionless and with zero marginal cost; we’re no longer estranged from the outputs

#pen Nahvalur Nautilus
#ink Pelikan Apricot Achat

#writing #journal #fountainpen #stationery

🫟 Tell me you’re left handed without telling me you’re left handed (sheening ink edition)

When I first dived into this hobby, southpaw induced smudging would frustrate me

Now I live in the chaos and just accept it, viewing it as part of the writing experience; MY experience and that’s wonderful

Are there any stationery items you use that are troublesome but you just don’t care?

#pen Leonardo Momento Zero Positano
#ink Diamine Majestic Blue

#writing #writingcommunity #journal #fountainpen

🧧 Live below your means for freedom

People upgrade their lifestyles too quickly and they fall in a trap of trying to sustain the life their salary has bought them and dream of the next payrise

🔄 They get another pay increase and the cycle continues

Live like your old self in lieu of any growth in income and you’ll find freedom, while others are chastising themselves with golden handcuffs
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#pen Waterman CF
#ink Diamine Ochre
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The two most addictive things in this world are h£roin and a monthly salary

A salary ties input to output. You cannot earn non-linearly; when you sleep, you stop earning. When you retire, you stop earning. On holiday? Not earning!

The goal is a career where inputs and outputs are disconnected. Even the best lumberjack in the world is maybe 3x better than the worst

That ceiling doesn’t exist in leveraged work

#pen Majohn P140
#ink Diamine Pansy

#fountainpen #journal #morningpages

🍀 Don’t get lucky; BE lucky!

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Pen: Leonardo Monento Zero
Ink: Diamine Majestic Blue
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My mum once told me as a kid you can make your own luck. She was right

Four types of luck exist. Only one is out of your control. The other three are deterministic; built through character, skill, and persistence

Positive EV across hundreds of iterations. The occasional loss (and they WILL happen) doesn’t sink you if the long run edges your way

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👾 Want to play a game?

You have two choices: the wealth game, or the status game

Wealth is positive sum; assets that earn while you sleep. The reward is personal sovereignty

Status is a zero sum game we’ve been playing since monkey tribes. By definition, someone has to lose

Money doesn’t buy happiness. But wealth buys freedom; and that’s worth more than any yacht, Rolex, or fast car
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Pen: Nahvalur Eclipse
Ink: Rohrer & Klinger Smaradgrun
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Anthropic launches Sonnet 4.6 a week(?) after Opus 4.6 drops

Many people claiming Anthropic nuked Opus before release, and I definitely noticed a dropdown in 4.5

I haven’t noticed similar with Sonnet

Anyone seeing significant benefits with 4.6, or is the Opus model just 4.5 pre ‘nuke’

#claude #anthropic #sonnet #opus #llm #artificialintelligence