Not Bing or ChatGPT — When I took the plunge into the tech scene three years ago, it was clear that search engines rewarding ads über alles led to skewed incentives. It’s why I invested in Ethereum (and never left). For the simple reason that Google is a million ads in a trenchcoat. You may…

Big changes coming — What’s New With Yard Couch? Yard Couch used to be the go-to publication for experienced offbeat writers, brazen professionals, industry experts, and those who understood how to convey their philosophy through their prose. But we fell astray. We didn’t have enough editors to give this publication the dedication it deserved. That’s all changing. With a…

10 Commandments of healthy joints — In 2020, I ran 30 miles straight without stopping from New Jersey to the soapy ocean water of Coney Island, NY. Honestly — I felt like I could’ve done more. My body was in sync, my thoughts were lucid, and I felt a supreme power like He-Man. One week later…

Ask yourself: why is Bitcoin going up? — In three years of covering the markets, my favorite quote is a prophetic statement from George Bush: “Wall Street is drunk,” predating the 2008 financial crisis. Yup, Wall St. was drunk — and they’re drunk again. But the bartender is the US government. The government liquored banks up with historically…

We’re going to go to war, aren’t we? — This weekend was a cruel one. A stomach virus from undercooked Chinese food stole my strength, two banking giants collapsed, and the Middle East grew more complicated than ever, with Iran-Saudi ties forming. You’d think the world was ending. But while the banks get bailed out, many people are missing…

#7: Artificial Intelligence Outsourcing — “Passive income” is a buzzword. It’s BS. If four years of blogging and two years covering the financial markets have taught me anything, it’s that there are no free lunches. You always have to put work in to achieve passive income: If you make money on the financial markets, you…

Sugar is more addictive than snow — I watched the film “The Menu” last night. Man, was it brilliant. Brilliant and wildly f*cked up. I won’t spoil anything, but the head chef played by Ralph Fiennes — of “Schindler’s List” and “Grand Budapest Hotel” fame — says this, “Over the next few hours you will ingest fat…

Trolls, Pepe, techno-anarchists, and the meme wars — 4chan is like a nightmarish netherworld of social deviants, populated by an eclectic mix of techno-anarchists, foulmouthed miscreants and memes spouting subversive dark humor. A fountainhead for all things cyberpunk. If you’re not familiar with 4chan, it’s a decentralized social media site created in 2003 where all the users are…

This man restores my faith in the new generation — Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is the definition of “you’re crazy until you succeed, then you’re a genius.” He started as a baby-face geek who obsessed over meaningless internet trends. Yeah, he was inquisitive and knew how to produce videos; but making money off it? Not likely. That didn’t stop him…