Owen Robert McGregor
@fiormcgregor.bsky.social
Scottish Renaissance Man ☦️ Travelling the globe, advancing economics and enriching human knowledge.
I've been playing around with the idea of learning since Dec-2023 and started playing around with creating simulations of different outcomes in Sep.
As of Nov, I've chosen to bite the bullet and start teaching myself how to code by jumping into the deep end and working on some practice projects.
As of Nov, I've chosen to bite the bullet and start teaching myself how to code by jumping into the deep end and working on some practice projects.
December 11, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I've been playing around with the idea of learning since Dec-2023 and started playing around with creating simulations of different outcomes in Sep.
As of Nov, I've chosen to bite the bullet and start teaching myself how to code by jumping into the deep end and working on some practice projects.
As of Nov, I've chosen to bite the bullet and start teaching myself how to code by jumping into the deep end and working on some practice projects.
Mother Nature certainly has a sense of humour! 😂
December 9, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Mother Nature certainly has a sense of humour! 😂
The greatest threat to generational family wealth isn't market volatility or poor investments—it's knowledge entropy. Every conversation, insight, and lesson learned that isn't captured systematically is a wealth of knowledge permanently lost.
November 30, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The greatest threat to generational family wealth isn't market volatility or poor investments—it's knowledge entropy. Every conversation, insight, and lesson learned that isn't captured systematically is a wealth of knowledge permanently lost.
Digital sovereignty equation:
Control = Ownership + Knowledge
The solution isn't avoiding technology—it's mastering it.
Remember: If you can't control it, you don't own it.
True ownership requires understanding the fundamentals and maintaining optionality.
Control = Ownership + Knowledge
The solution isn't avoiding technology—it's mastering it.
Remember: If you can't control it, you don't own it.
True ownership requires understanding the fundamentals and maintaining optionality.
November 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Digital sovereignty equation:
Control = Ownership + Knowledge
The solution isn't avoiding technology—it's mastering it.
Remember: If you can't control it, you don't own it.
True ownership requires understanding the fundamentals and maintaining optionality.
Control = Ownership + Knowledge
The solution isn't avoiding technology—it's mastering it.
Remember: If you can't control it, you don't own it.
True ownership requires understanding the fundamentals and maintaining optionality.
Temporal optimisation in professional credentialing requires systematic analysis of three key variables:
a) Base qualification temporal cost
b) Recognition framework overlap
c) Marginal certification value
a) Base qualification temporal cost
b) Recognition framework overlap
c) Marginal certification value
November 29, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Temporal optimisation in professional credentialing requires systematic analysis of three key variables:
a) Base qualification temporal cost
b) Recognition framework overlap
c) Marginal certification value
a) Base qualification temporal cost
b) Recognition framework overlap
c) Marginal certification value
The optimal pricing of goods and services represents a fundamental economic problem wherein traditional supply-side analyses prove insufficient. Contemporary demand-side methodologies, particularly the Four-Point Price Sensitivity Model, enable precise calibration of the price points.
November 29, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The optimal pricing of goods and services represents a fundamental economic problem wherein traditional supply-side analyses prove insufficient. Contemporary demand-side methodologies, particularly the Four-Point Price Sensitivity Model, enable precise calibration of the price points.
Current paradigm:
- Data harvesting
- Generic capabilities
- Privacy vulnerabilities
Sovereign paradigm:
- Custom-trained on family knowledge
- Purpose-built functionality
- Data sovereignty
The difference? One treats you as the product. The other treats you as the owner.
- Data harvesting
- Generic capabilities
- Privacy vulnerabilities
Sovereign paradigm:
- Custom-trained on family knowledge
- Purpose-built functionality
- Data sovereignty
The difference? One treats you as the product. The other treats you as the owner.
November 28, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Current paradigm:
- Data harvesting
- Generic capabilities
- Privacy vulnerabilities
Sovereign paradigm:
- Custom-trained on family knowledge
- Purpose-built functionality
- Data sovereignty
The difference? One treats you as the product. The other treats you as the owner.
- Data harvesting
- Generic capabilities
- Privacy vulnerabilities
Sovereign paradigm:
- Custom-trained on family knowledge
- Purpose-built functionality
- Data sovereignty
The difference? One treats you as the product. The other treats you as the owner.
Mathematical view of household cognitive load:
Let T = daily tasks
Let K = knowledge management
Let C = cognitive capacity
Standard household:
C - (T + K) = remaining bandwidth
AI-augmented household:
C - (T + K) × automation_coefficient = exponentially more bandwidth
Let T = daily tasks
Let K = knowledge management
Let C = cognitive capacity
Standard household:
C - (T + K) = remaining bandwidth
AI-augmented household:
C - (T + K) × automation_coefficient = exponentially more bandwidth
November 28, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Mathematical view of household cognitive load:
Let T = daily tasks
Let K = knowledge management
Let C = cognitive capacity
Standard household:
C - (T + K) = remaining bandwidth
AI-augmented household:
C - (T + K) × automation_coefficient = exponentially more bandwidth
Let T = daily tasks
Let K = knowledge management
Let C = cognitive capacity
Standard household:
C - (T + K) = remaining bandwidth
AI-augmented household:
C - (T + K) × automation_coefficient = exponentially more bandwidth
Savouring every moment with my best friends over dinner in Australia. It's bittersweet but filled with love and laughter. Cherish these times, as you never know when they'll be the last. 🌟❤️ #Goodbyes #CherishedMoments
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Savouring every moment with my best friends over dinner in Australia. It's bittersweet but filled with love and laughter. Cherish these times, as you never know when they'll be the last. 🌟❤️ #Goodbyes #CherishedMoments
The optimization of multi-jurisdictional business structures represents a form of regulatory arbitrage that, when properly executed, yields both operational flexibility and tax efficiency. Consider the theoretical framework of jurisdictional autonomy versus economic integration.
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November 27, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The optimization of multi-jurisdictional business structures represents a form of regulatory arbitrage that, when properly executed, yields both operational flexibility and tax efficiency. Consider the theoretical framework of jurisdictional autonomy versus economic integration.
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Individual learning follows a power law curve where each incremental gain in knowledge/skill requires exponentially more time investment:
K = t^(1/α)
Where:
K = Knowledge gained
t = Time invested
α = Learning coefficient (typically 0.3-0.7)
#philtech
K = t^(1/α)
Where:
K = Knowledge gained
t = Time invested
α = Learning coefficient (typically 0.3-0.7)
#philtech
November 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Individual learning follows a power law curve where each incremental gain in knowledge/skill requires exponentially more time investment:
K = t^(1/α)
Where:
K = Knowledge gained
t = Time invested
α = Learning coefficient (typically 0.3-0.7)
#philtech
K = t^(1/α)
Where:
K = Knowledge gained
t = Time invested
α = Learning coefficient (typically 0.3-0.7)
#philtech
A recent internship job posting went viral, showing that the high-flying quant trading firm Jane Street is now offering a remarkable $250,000 annual base salary for a trading internship.
November 26, 2024 at 11:33 AM
A recent internship job posting went viral, showing that the high-flying quant trading firm Jane Street is now offering a remarkable $250,000 annual base salary for a trading internship.
Let's talk about the real cost of "convenient" cloud solutions:
- Perpetual payments
- Dependency risk
- Data vulnerability
- Lost control
- Reduced optionality
The path forward:
1. Self-hosted alternatives
2. Open-source tools
3. Local-first architecture
4. Knowledge investment
- Perpetual payments
- Dependency risk
- Data vulnerability
- Lost control
- Reduced optionality
The path forward:
1. Self-hosted alternatives
2. Open-source tools
3. Local-first architecture
4. Knowledge investment
November 25, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Let's talk about the real cost of "convenient" cloud solutions:
- Perpetual payments
- Dependency risk
- Data vulnerability
- Lost control
- Reduced optionality
The path forward:
1. Self-hosted alternatives
2. Open-source tools
3. Local-first architecture
4. Knowledge investment
- Perpetual payments
- Dependency risk
- Data vulnerability
- Lost control
- Reduced optionality
The path forward:
1. Self-hosted alternatives
2. Open-source tools
3. Local-first architecture
4. Knowledge investment
There's a fascinating Austrian Economics perspective to computational sovereignty.
Building your own infrastructure is about internalising the externalities of computation. Yes, the initial capital outlay is higher, but you're buying sovereignty and removing ongoing economic dependencies.
Building your own infrastructure is about internalising the externalities of computation. Yes, the initial capital outlay is higher, but you're buying sovereignty and removing ongoing economic dependencies.
November 25, 2024 at 11:33 AM
There's a fascinating Austrian Economics perspective to computational sovereignty.
Building your own infrastructure is about internalising the externalities of computation. Yes, the initial capital outlay is higher, but you're buying sovereignty and removing ongoing economic dependencies.
Building your own infrastructure is about internalising the externalities of computation. Yes, the initial capital outlay is higher, but you're buying sovereignty and removing ongoing economic dependencies.
The future of household management is an integrated, sovereign AI system.
Consider this; Every high-achieving family faces the same bottleneck—cognitive bandwidth consumed by routine tasks.
The most valuable asset you have in a high-achieving household is the knowledge base. Treat it accordingly.
Consider this; Every high-achieving family faces the same bottleneck—cognitive bandwidth consumed by routine tasks.
The most valuable asset you have in a high-achieving household is the knowledge base. Treat it accordingly.
November 24, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The future of household management is an integrated, sovereign AI system.
Consider this; Every high-achieving family faces the same bottleneck—cognitive bandwidth consumed by routine tasks.
The most valuable asset you have in a high-achieving household is the knowledge base. Treat it accordingly.
Consider this; Every high-achieving family faces the same bottleneck—cognitive bandwidth consumed by routine tasks.
The most valuable asset you have in a high-achieving household is the knowledge base. Treat it accordingly.
The shift to SaaS isn't progress—it's digital feudalism.
Your digital tools should be assets, not liabilities.
Build your technological sovereignty. Own your stack.
Your digital tools should be assets, not liabilities.
Build your technological sovereignty. Own your stack.
November 24, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The shift to SaaS isn't progress—it's digital feudalism.
Your digital tools should be assets, not liabilities.
Build your technological sovereignty. Own your stack.
Your digital tools should be assets, not liabilities.
Build your technological sovereignty. Own your stack.
Great founders started with an unscalable method and then built systems to match growing demand.
Modern entrepreneurs often try to skip this vital stage. However early manual work provides crucial market feedback that shapes effective scaling.
Modern entrepreneurs often try to skip this vital stage. However early manual work provides crucial market feedback that shapes effective scaling.
November 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Great founders started with an unscalable method and then built systems to match growing demand.
Modern entrepreneurs often try to skip this vital stage. However early manual work provides crucial market feedback that shapes effective scaling.
Modern entrepreneurs often try to skip this vital stage. However early manual work provides crucial market feedback that shapes effective scaling.
Your Sovereign Computing strategy should mirror your investment portfolio—diversified, resilient, and aligned with your long-term objectives.
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Your Sovereign Computing strategy should mirror your investment portfolio—diversified, resilient, and aligned with your long-term objectives.
There is a software that I really like for financial reporting; Addepar
A single licence is $50k annually + AUM fees. Yet their core functionality—portfolio reporting, and visualisation for clients (or at least, the part which interests me) can be replicated with open-source tools.
#philtech
A single licence is $50k annually + AUM fees. Yet their core functionality—portfolio reporting, and visualisation for clients (or at least, the part which interests me) can be replicated with open-source tools.
#philtech
November 21, 2024 at 11:33 AM
There is a software that I really like for financial reporting; Addepar
A single licence is $50k annually + AUM fees. Yet their core functionality—portfolio reporting, and visualisation for clients (or at least, the part which interests me) can be replicated with open-source tools.
#philtech
A single licence is $50k annually + AUM fees. Yet their core functionality—portfolio reporting, and visualisation for clients (or at least, the part which interests me) can be replicated with open-source tools.
#philtech
Austrian Economics teaches us about time preference and capital structure.
Low-time preference entrepreneurs often fall into a trap: over-engineering systems before proving market demand.
Your time has an opportunity cost. Leverage should follow demand, not precede it.
Low-time preference entrepreneurs often fall into a trap: over-engineering systems before proving market demand.
Your time has an opportunity cost. Leverage should follow demand, not precede it.
November 20, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Austrian Economics teaches us about time preference and capital structure.
Low-time preference entrepreneurs often fall into a trap: over-engineering systems before proving market demand.
Your time has an opportunity cost. Leverage should follow demand, not precede it.
Low-time preference entrepreneurs often fall into a trap: over-engineering systems before proving market demand.
Your time has an opportunity cost. Leverage should follow demand, not precede it.
The modern sovereign individual requires more than financial independence—they need computational sovereignty.
Building a HomeLab isn't about tech enthusiasm; it's about controlling the fundamental infrastructure of your digital existence.
#indietechfeed
Building a HomeLab isn't about tech enthusiasm; it's about controlling the fundamental infrastructure of your digital existence.
#indietechfeed
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The modern sovereign individual requires more than financial independence—they need computational sovereignty.
Building a HomeLab isn't about tech enthusiasm; it's about controlling the fundamental infrastructure of your digital existence.
#indietechfeed
Building a HomeLab isn't about tech enthusiasm; it's about controlling the fundamental infrastructure of your digital existence.
#indietechfeed
I genuinely believe that family offices could be investing in "family intelligence hubs"—a sovereign system for capturing and deploying family knowledge capital.
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November 18, 2024 at 6:27 PM
I genuinely believe that family offices could be investing in "family intelligence hubs"—a sovereign system for capturing and deploying family knowledge capital.
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The principle of educational arbitrage reveals itself most prominently in professional certification frameworks: prior learning recognition represents an asymmetric opportunity for qualification acceleration, wherein established knowledge commands institutional validation without redundant studying.
November 16, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The principle of educational arbitrage reveals itself most prominently in professional certification frameworks: prior learning recognition represents an asymmetric opportunity for qualification acceleration, wherein established knowledge commands institutional validation without redundant studying.
Cherished memories with family one last time before leaving Australia
November 15, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Cherished memories with family one last time before leaving Australia