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A collection of 4 posts

Industry series retrospective

A round-up of my writing theme for 2024 (that spilled over into 2025), along with some highlights from what I learned or that stood out in some way Over the past year and a half, I've been working on a series/theme about industry (and closely-related stuff like

Bent Work

"'All keep the mines open; it is a work to be shared. But each digs for himself the thing he wants for his work. What else would he do?''It is not so with us.''Then you must make very bent work.'" ~ Out of the Silent Planet, p.105

Assorted Links (Summer 2021)

It seems like a good time for another [https://danbscott.ghost.io/assorted-links-winter-2021/] links post. To start with some good news, lumber prices [https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber] seem to be returning to normal (compared to what I remarked on [https://danbscott.ghost.io/kitchen-cart/] 6 months ago). Although there

Profit as Slack

These ideas have been percolating for a while. I'm getting around to writing them up now because the Coronavirus situation has really shown the value in carrying a margin in good times. Also, at the bottom of the post you can find some links on the topic of