Talking To Congress
After I testified to the "Congress" of Ecuador (National Assembly), some of the lawmakers came up to me afterwards for selfies. I was flattered.
one of my career highlights living in South America, especially after the Fintech Law passed
Although this all made sense at the time, today I'd hesitate to preach in another country about their legal system when the United States is so desperately in need of domestic repair.
The people deserve internet-fluent institutions. The dollar is inexorably crumbling. We could really use a politics of the future.
What do we want America to look like in 100 years and why can we not even start that conversation today?
Why can't you?
Why can't I?
"the concept of individual rights is far, far from self-evident... most of the world does not grasp it... the United States grasped it only for a brief historical moment and is now in the process of losing the memory...
The military collapse of South Vietnam was preceded by the philosophical collapse of the United States some decades earlier."
Excerpts from chapter 14 of The Voice Of Reason, a fascinating book:
