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OTTO: Since money in a credit-based economy is essentially fictional anyway…and there is no way to track individual discrete dollars as they move through the system…it follows that wholly invented backstories for every dollar are completely valid by virtue of being impossible to disprove.

OTTO: So, earlier, when I swiped my debit card in the cab, I transferred to the driver part of Henry Ford’s profit from the sale of the first Model T. Later, I bought a bag of fun-size Snickers with the same dollar Thomas Jefferson used to buy point-oh-seven square miles of Louisiana!
EUGENE: NO!

EUGENE: The dollars in Jefferson’s and Ford’s times were on the GOLD STANDARD! They corresponded to specific lumps of metal in Fort Knox! Your arrogant attempt to place yourself at the crossroads of history must begin in 1933 at the earliest!
OTTO: Then you won’t mind in the least if I pay you back for the lunch with TAINTED 1919 BLACK SOX DOLLARS…?
EUGENE: W-well let’s not be rash

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#701; The Karma of Currency transcribed by in

OTTO: Since money in a credit-based economy is essentially fictional anyway...and there is no way to track individual discrete dollars as they move through the system...it follows that wholly invented backstories for every dollar are completely valid by virtue of being impossible to disprove.

OTTO: So, earlier, when I swiped my debit card in the cab, I transferred to the driver part of Henry Ford's profit from the sale of the first Model T. Later, I bought a bag of fun-size Snickers with the same dollar Thomas Jefferson used to buy point-oh-seven square miles of Louisiana!
EUGENE: NO!

EUGENE: The dollars in Jefferson's and Ford's times were on the GOLD STANDARD! They corresponded to specific lumps of metal in Fort Knox! Your arrogant attempt to place yourself at the crossroads of history must begin in 1933 at the earliest!
OTTO: Then you won't mind in the least if I pay you back for the lunch with TAINTED 1919 BLACK SOX DOLLARS...?
EUGENE: W-well let's not be rash

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{{alt-text: every george washington wears a little striped jersey}}

every george washington wears a little striped jersey

#701; The Karma of Currency

  — February 11th, 2011

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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