November 2024 Links
Inheritance, the aging population, men and reading, Predator, and more. 9 links.
Don’t forget to back the campaign for The Dragon and the Raven. You don’t have much time left.
A thread on inheritance and the proper framing. Being a steward of wealth that actually belongs to future generations.
Important in that is that money is a means to an end: having the financial security to focus on the higher things That's not a Prodigal Son-style entitlement to familial wealth, but rather a duty, the duty to, if able, put oneself in a higher position in which one can do better things that serve others rather than serving oneself
What happens when the population plummets? It happened with the black plague, but now it’s happening voluntarily.
So far, government attempts to incentivize childbearing have failed to bring fertility rates back to replacement levels. Future government policy, regardless of its ambition, will not stave off depopulation.
Predator isn’t the movie you think it is. A fun analysis.
Ostensibly a clever sci-fi/action/horror film, it’s not a classic solely due to the cast of 80s greats, explosions, and innovative plot. There’s a subtext to Predator that makes it truly frightening in a way that none of its sequels, crossovers, and reboots ever really captured.