Douglas CretsIndex CardsMorning nudges me awake when a cold rain scratches the bedroom window with tiny rat feet.Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Douglas CretsBeing Right When You Are WrongReading the story of Socrates and his defense of his knowledge work in front of the Council of Athens this week has made me feel a little…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
Douglas CretsPhotography Traps Physical Bodies In Time, But What Does Poetry Do?I thought about the purpose of poetry when I was reading W.H. Auden’s Collected Poems this evening.Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
Douglas CretsTender is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldMy readings of modern literature continue, this time with my journey through “Tender Is The Night,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Mar 29, 20211Mar 29, 20211
Douglas CretsNFT Art Sales Are Not a FadLast night, a Beeple digital art piece sold at a Christie’s auction for over US$69 million. Beeple was born in 1981 and has made his art…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Douglas CretsFive New Wallets Added to Bitcoin Top 300 in Past 24 Hours — January 4, 2021One of the trends that measures how hot the Bitcoin bull rally is running is the number of new Bitcoin wallets entering the Top 300.Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
Douglas CretsCan Being Divisive Build the World’s Best Investment Strategy? Yes. Fight Me!Being divisive is actually super important to developing a tangible investment strategy that is built out of empirical experience. In my…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
Douglas CretsEmerson and the Emancipation of Human IngenuityMy goal was to read “The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot and “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson this weekend. I accomplished both, but I…Dec 20, 2020Dec 20, 2020
Douglas CretsAs I Meet You, So You Become MemoryTonight the Hong Kong government will enforce stricter Covid-19 rules and that means restaurants will close at six, bars will be closed…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
