Flying High in 2023: The Top Posts of the Year

From pondering to the pub

A very happy Boxing Day to you,

I find I tend to read and think quite a bit over Christmas. I am sure you are the same. So, while we are in philosophical mood, I thought it might be an idea to compile some of the most popular posts from this past year.

My political or philosophical stuff, under the category “thought piece”, gets way more eyeballs than the market commentary - I guess there is a bigger appetite for that kind of thing. So most of the below is, therefore, “thought piece”. I hope you enjoy it

Thank you so much for reading and supporting this letter. I really am very grateful. Very grateful indeed. There is a lot of competition for attention out there.

The Flying Frisby only started as a result of a chance conversation in the pub, but it has grown and grown. It is a development I am very happy about.

So here are …

The five most read posts of 2023:

The Inexorable Rise of the Far Right

The Great Decline: Where Is This All Going?

We are conquering ourselves

Special Report: How to Invest in Uranium

Tyranny of the Midwits

There were plenty of posts that, for whatever reason, got far fewer eyeballs. Here is a selection that perhaps “deserved better”.

Some good ones you may have missed

Why so many bad decisions?

The conflation of everything and the decline of intelligent conversation

The Power of Cider Vinegar

There Will Not Be A Revolution

On career risk

The Business of War

Life skills you learn from stand-up comedy

Thanks once again for being a subscriber to this letter. Here’s to 2024.

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