Five Things - Issue #591

At the most consequential hour in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a comedian has assumed the role of Winston Churchill.

A risk first described almost 30 years ago is now mature.

We are always living in some version of the Good Old Days. If we don’t consciously recognize the greatness that is happening now, whatever it is, we will recognize it only once it’s become a thing we can remember but no longer experience. 

Long hailed by its advocates as a safe hedge during uncertain times, Bitcoin’s value has fallen steadily in recent weeks.

In 1945, a father and his young son set out across the Bering Strait, fleeing Soviet Russia for a better life in America. Neither knew how perilous their journey would become.

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