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Mark Morgan Ford

Writing Books in the Age of AI: Creativity, Discipline, and the Future of Intellectual Work
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Writing Books in the Age of AI: Creativity, Discipline, and the Future of Intellectual Work

Feb 22, 2025 3 min read

In this issue, you’ll find chapters from three of the 17 or so books I’m trying to finish. Next time, I hope to be sending you another two or three…

Three New Book Chapters: Art, Business Growth, and Finding Land
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Three New Book Chapters: Art, Business Growth, and Finding Land

Feb 22, 2025 1 min read

* From The Art of Investing in Art, a chapter on the struggles and stress of selling versus the profitable pleasure of buying * From The 7 Natural Laws…

Art Investing vs. Art Selling: Lessons from Central American Art and the Speed of Wealth Creation
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Art Investing vs. Art Selling: Lessons from Central American Art and the Speed of Wealth Creation

Feb 22, 2025 27 min read

In the years that followed my first attempt as a gallery owner, I gave up on selling art and resumed the simpler, easier, and more fun practice of…

Mark Ford’s January Reading and Viewing Roundup
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Mark Ford’s January Reading and Viewing Roundup

Feb 22, 2025 1 min read

In addition to more “Work in Progress” chapters and my in-depth essay on COVID, I’m collecting news items from the alternative press that you may have…

Bill Maher’s Tutorial on What Karma Really Means
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Bill Maher’s Tutorial on What Karma Really Means

Feb 22, 2025 1 min read

A Tutorial on Karma Bill Maher, at his very best, on what karma is… and isn’t. Click here

Watching Elon’s Satellites Cross the Nicaraguan Night Sky
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Watching Elon’s Satellites Cross the Nicaraguan Night Sky

Feb 14, 2025 2 min read

Villa Santana, Rancho Santana K and I “Irish exited” Delray Beach Tuesday, the 4th, to spend a sneak-week at our home in Nicaragua. The plan was to lay…

Four January Reads, Ten Articles, and a Dozen Groan-Worthy Puns
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Four January Reads, Ten Articles, and a Dozen Groan-Worthy Puns

Feb 14, 2025 1 min read

My reviews of four books I read in January that I can recommend to you: * Elon Musk * The Reivers * Poor Charlie’s Almanack * Ganbatte! Plus, 10 essays…

Book Reviews on Wealth, Power, and Purpose: Elon Musk, Charlie Munger, Faulkner, and the Art of Progress
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Book Reviews on Wealth, Power, and Purpose: Elon Musk, Charlie Munger, Faulkner, and the Art of Progress

Feb 14, 2025 16 min read

Elon Musk By Walter Isaacson 688 pages Published Sept. 12, 2023 This was my book club’s selection for January. I was glad it was selected because I was…

Ten Articles That Changed My Mind in 2025
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Ten Articles That Changed My Mind in 2025

Feb 14, 2025 2 min read

Ten magazine articles and/or journal essays that either changed my mind or deepened my opinion on something that matters to me: Education 1. Kids’…

What’s Coming This Month
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What’s Coming This Month

Feb 14, 2025 1 min read

Here’s what I’m working on for the rest of the month (to be published here in no particular order): more excerpts from my “Works in Progress,” an…

A Dozen Puns to Brighten Your Day
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A Dozen Puns to Brighten Your Day

Feb 14, 2025 1 min read

Puns Galore! Thanks to JM for sending these in… * I never thought orthopedic shoes would really work for me. But I stand corrected. * Once upon a time…

Oscar Films Worth Your Time (and Two to Skip)
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Oscar Films Worth Your Time (and Two to Skip)

Feb 10, 2025 1 min read

My reviews of three Oscar-nominated films that I can recommend: * Small Things Like These * The Apprentice * Anora Plus two films that were so bad I…