Labor + Capital + Raw Materials = Finished Goods [Note to Readers: This year, approximately 500,000 high school seniors applied to the Ivy League and highly selective schools like Stanford (my alma mater), MIT, and the University of Chicago. Around 475,000 of them (95%) — including my hard-working, ridiculously talented 18 year-old son — were...Read More
Bitcoin vs. Abstracts of Title, or, “High Tech Wine in Old Bottles” Mystified by Bitcoin and the technology it’s based on — something called “blockchain computing?” It’s just a digital version of the millennia-old, “analog” system used to track real property ownership rights. Called an abstract of title, it’s a cumulative list of all the...Read More
A Win For the Luddites (or, ARE They??) What if there was a home security system that had all of the following virtues: it was simple and easy-to-use; (very) cheap; crash-proof; hack-proof; and never needed a software patch, update, or monthly subscription? (see, “very cheap”). Fortunately, there is. Give up? It’s called, “a key” (or,...Read More
Virtual vs. Analog In any given month, fewer than a dozen clients might see my office (like most Realtors, I meet with clients in a more spacious conference room shared with other agents). But, a couple thousand people see this blog. Which is why it makes more sense to post the virtual plaque (above) here...Read More
Practicing Good Legal Hygiene Unfortunately, I’m not “paperless” — and probably never will be. For taking notes on the fly — while on the phone, at someone’s Dining Room table, etc. — there’s nothing like the simplicity and portability of pen (or pencil) and paper. They never crash, suffer from poor reception, get corrupted or have to...Read More