The Department of Justice recently announced the creation of the “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” It is a $1.776 billion pool of money, established as part of a settlement in which the President sued the government he actually runs, and then settled that suit with himself. It is a masterpiece of administrative theater—a …
The First Spark and the Coming Current
The current consensus, delivered breathlessly by pundits who have discovered that “bubble” fits every headline, is that we are living in a giant, expensive mistake. The predictions are familiar: imminent recession, the inevitable pop of a silicon-flavored fever dream, and a generation of workers contemplating a horizon that has apparently …
The Wizard, the Math, and the 99% Perspiration
In junior high, I was tasked with writing a book report on Thomas Edison. Back then, he was widely known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park.” I don’t recall exactly what earned him that title, but one can imagine the spectacle. When electricity was a fresh, flickering novelty, Edison didn’t …
A Very Unpleasant Evening in D.C.
Usually, the most dangerous thing at a White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a poorly timed joke or an especially awkward toast. Tonight, however, the evening took a much more literal and violent turn involving actual gunfire and tactical evacuations. The transition from black-tie elegance to people ducking under tables and …
VinylBins — A Side Project That Has Nothing To Do With Stocks
Occasionally the responsible thing is to admit you’ve built something completely unrelated to the stated purpose of this blog. This is one of those occasions. VinylBins (www.vinylbins.com) is a hobby project. It lets you flip through random album covers the way you’d flip through bins at a record store — …
Jamie Dimon’s 2025 Shareholder Letter: AI Bull, But Not the Way You Think
Jamie Dimon released his 2025 annual letter to shareholders on April 6, 2026 — and while headlines focused on geopolitics (wars in Ukraine and Iran), trade wars, and his colorful opinion that Basel III capital requirements are “un-American,” there’s a thread running through the whole thing worth paying attention to. …
Inspiration: Apple Still Gets It
Decades later, and Apple still knows how to cut through the noise. The 1984 Vision That Super Bowl commercial didn’t just sell a computer—it sold an idea. Ridley Scott’s dystopian vision, the hammer-wielding heroine, the screen that promised liberation. It was marketing as rebellion. The Crazy Ones Fast forward to …
The Car We’re Building: Why AI Is Bigger Than You Think (And Yes, There Will Be No Kings)
Obligatory disclaimer: this is not financial advice. I’m not a financial professional. I’m a person who has been on this planet for over five decades, watched a few economic cycles complete their arcs, and has opinions. Here’s what everyone seems to be missing about AI: it’s not a research tool …
The Way Forward — Wooohoo, Let’s Go!
The website is up. It’s bare bones right now — a single page with a tagline and the promise of things to come. That’s fine. We’re not here to win a design award; we’re here to build something that actually works, which is the real flex. Right now, attention shifts …
Welcome to lazyape.net — Because Thinking is Exhausting
This blog documents the birth of something ridiculous: a collaborative effort to build algorithmic trading strategies that don’t require a PhD from MIT or a backchannel to Goldman Sachs. We’re building this thing because the stock market has become a casino where only the rich get to play, and they’re …