“Could we live there?” My wife posed that question in a video chat we had last weekend. “There” is Malta, where I’m on a research trip. She couldn’t tag along on my adventure this time, but she continued from afar the game we play in every city we visit: Could we see ourselves living there? [Read More] …
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An Important Life Lesson From Expats in Malta
Why I Don’t Miss the Suburban-Home, Three-Car Lifestyle The church bells are ringing to mark the death of another hour in Pjazza San Guzepp in the little village of Qala on the Maltese island of Gozo. Feels like it’s 8 p.m. Or 10 p.m. Who knows? Time seems ephemeral here as diners, some sitting at tables literally in the street, spend a few hours chatting and sampling wine and pasta in the cool evening air. Dinner [Read More] …
Crashing Cars in Malta…and Loving It
It all began with an iPhone, an 80-year-old man, a cement truck, and a street barely wide enough for two donkeys to pass without their ears scraping. I was in Victoria late last week—the main city, dead center of Gozo, the #2 island in Malta. I was traveling again on business—finally! A joy! And I [Read More] …
A New Way to Earn “Free” Bitcoin
Don’t judge me. I was just a kid. But here goes: It was the summer of 1976. I was 10 years old. Sunbeam Bread, the big bread brand where I grew up in South Louisiana, was running a promotion: Every loaf came packed with a free Bicentennial Daze trading card. My best friend, Jim, and I collected every trading card we could. So, when [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: “Shark Tank” Star is on the Money About DeFi
Plus Early Signs of a Market “Taper Tantrum” Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up this week, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary has been dropping some truth bombs about our financial future. Like me, O’Leary was once skeptical about bitcoin and crypto, but in recent years he’s changed his tune and become increasingly [Read More] …