249 years ago a brave group of leaders in an upstart colony decided to take the radical step of declaring a new nation, separating themselves from the monarchy its members had grown up and prospered within. It’s wild to imagine today, but at the time, the future looked rather uncertain, even unlikely, for this new experiment in self-government. The British crown launched a massive expedition aimed at curbing the rebellion of British subjects. Led by its finest military minds, dozens of ships carrying thousands of soldiers reached New York harbor a few days before the Declaration.

This primary day, in the great city of New York, voters issued a massive rebuke to the Establishment and centrist Democrats alike by selecting Mamdani. The message was unmistakable: this is OUR city, not for the corrupt elite alone. We will be the ones who make the terms, and for all our entitled friends who enjoy its charms, they can accept or leave. Objectionable? Perhaps. If such a stance were to scare off some ground-breaking capitalist dynamos who were supercharging the next era of commerce in this land of America, that would be one thing. But I just don’t see them doing it.

Let’s take a lighter turn and consider a positive example of honor in action. Namely, music, that universal form of human expression. Near any leading edge of culture, one is sure to find artists doing their thing. It happened in the 1960s, and one could say the explosion of classical composition was a key component of the Enlightenment. It takes some searching the music scene, but one can find examples of evolutionary recombination today, all over the place.

Crypto often talks about how it’s defining the evolution of work, after all it’s the future of finance! That seems to imply we can compare the industry to web2’s rise. However, at the same time it began as an exercise in self-sovereignty which it still holds in high regard. So perhaps it makes more sense to view the space as an emerging market?

People sometimes ask why I haven’t published the whitepaper for Honor Code. There are several reasons but a big one is that the most likely scenario is that some enterprising team or investor will pick up on it, pitch it as theirs, and as soon as possible start selling liquid tokens. Thus missing the entire point, and showcasing honor failure in action, with a dose of irony. But how in Satoshi’s sake did this path become the norm?

Recent days have sent markets aflutter after the announcement of major trade duties, threatening to pour concrete in the global supply chain. Given the drastic nature of this shift, it’s worth asking what an honor-centric mindset could add to the discussion. Through the eyes of some Americans, the yawning gap between exports and imports represents a stain on the nation’s honor. Ironically, if we buy into the rigid belief that money = honor, there’s more than an element of truth to this position.

We’ve reached the first week of spring, a season of rebirth and growth. The equinox heralds warmth, life, light, and positive energy. It’s a good moment to take stock of the plenty around us and to examine the potential we can bring into reality. This is the essence of the abundance mindset: focusing on what’s possible instead of what limits us.

Last week the United States was abuzz with the aggressive maneuverings of the Department of Government Efficiency, as Elon Musk’s lieutenants were dispatched to key positions in federal personnel management and many employees receiving payoff-for-early-retirement offers. All of this activity raises the suspenseful question of fans of governmental efficiency: will it have the desired effect of streamlining the bloated federal budget? This article will provide a simple indicator that will determine how serious the effort actually is.

I was listening to a business influencer charismatically describe entrepreneurship tenets and heard something interesting. He said that our social media presence amounts to our digital reputation. It’s true in a sense, because success on such platforms leads to influence, authority, status, and even money: all are rewards typically associated or even synonymous with honor. We can even say this process is self-fulfilling because an audience has the freedom to bestow honor to whomever it sees fit, while noticing that attention is necessary for it to emerge.