Anyone else worried about what Substack is turning into? My understanding was that it used to be a place for nerds like you and me to try our hand at writing. But it seems that within five minutes from now it’s going to be essentially another crowd funding hub for videos and audio which I fear will drown out the written word.
Get yourself finally known on Substack. Your time for recognition is here.
I’ll go through as many of these as I can, and I’ll subscribe to what resonates, so feel free to pay it forward as well.
Best of luck my friends.
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
It is obvious you can take the boy out of West Point, but you can't take West Point out of the boy.
The Vietnam references speak to this.
"The problem, however, is that the whole thing – from the 4,500 satellites to every single station on the ground – is at the mercy of one man, Elon Musk." When Starlink first appeared, it occurred to me that a civilian should not be allowed to own and control this kind of technology. And now we learn that in addition to being nuts, he's taking a drug that amps up grandiosity. Swell. Crazy appears to be in ascendance. Buckle up. (Though if Musk and Starlink become too much of a problem, I have little doubt that the CIA will solve it, if you receive my drift.)