The Original Largesse Recommends Tim Ferriss

Ok that’s enough from you, lock it up because you are only proving the point I am about to make.  Great minds do not think alike: great minds think for themselves.  Recently, I have enjoyed exploring a man who compliments his great mind with a collection of kinesthetic skills that would make most decathletes shutter with fear.  This man is Tim Ferriss, and he is certain that he can learn ANYTHING faster than you can (we have this in common) and do so without any exceptional gifts (we do not have this in common).  If you have not heard of the guy yet, he is a #1 NYtimes best-selling author, a Chinese kickboxing champion, an MTV breakdancer, an international Tango champ, and a polyglot of the grandest order.  And no he’s not the guy from the Dos Equis commercials, although he could probably do that too if he wanted.  Oh yeah, he’s only 31.  Makes one ask “What the hell have I done recently,” does it not?

The Financially Savvy Largesse Denounces Credit Regulation

(Ed. Note: A special day for both Bernie Madoff and Largesse readership, as we can think of no better time to introduce you to our friend, a giver, Bernie M.)

If you think that your credit score is elusive now, note well that we have only recently gotten access to our scores.  Prior to 2000, there was literally no consumer access to this information.  Thanks to our government, regulation of credit scores and credit screening has come a long way.  Not long ago, your zip code, race, gender, age and sperm count were fair game in determining your credit worthiness, ripe with opportunity for discriminatory behavior.  Hard to imagine that the system was more fucked up than it is currently.  Guns are involved now so I’ll let you decide for yourselves who had it worse.

The Financially Astute Largesse Recommends: The World is Curved

Maybe it is because David Smick’s book is more recent, or maybe it is because he’s dedicated his life to the study of Economics while guys like Thomas Friedman seem to just dabble in whatever tickles their intellectual fancy, but regardless, the arguments Smick presents beat Friedman’s down with the fury of a loin-clothed King Leonidas.  (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)  Of course, despite his successes, people will not buy Smick’s book because it is not on any bestseller list.  And yes, the logic of the American consumer is awesome.