What I’m Crunching — November 16, 2025

Books I'm Reading

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

I finished this one this week. It’s a remarkable story of perseverance, endurance, and grit.

This was the first material I’d read on King Philips’ War, which was absolutely brutal in its effect on the population of New England in the 17th century.

In terms of percentages, it was more deadly than every subsequent war the future United States would fight. Roughly 10% of New England’s military-age males were slain, and between 40-60% of the native population (including non-combatants) were killed.

Podcast I'm Listening To

Dan Houser is responsible for the narratives in some of the most influential video games in history, including Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption (1 and 2), and others.

Lex serves up yet another great interview here.

On Bitcoin

This week, the Czech National Bank announced they started a portfolio of digital assets. The purchase was made outside of its existing international reserves. They published one part of their lengthy report entitled “Analysis of possible investment in other asset classes: Part I: Digital assets” which you can read here.

Tweets I'm Reading

 

 

 

 

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