Larry's Weekly Newsletter - September 20, 2026

The Chase Sapphire Reserve kicked off the golden era of (US) credit card rewards. You could earn essentially 4.5% on anything remotely related to travel and dining as long as you were happy to use the “cash” to buy more travel via their portal. Competitors increased their earning rates

On Wednesday, while sharing my thoughts on Hong Kong’s latest fertility boosters announced in the 2026 Policy Address, I wrote the following about their plan to increase the number of spots for publicly funded IVF: If I recall correctly, there’s also an upper age limit <on publicly funded IVF> for the prospective</on>

One reason popular movies become popular is because they make the viewers feel good about themselves or a group with which they associate themselves. This is also why popular movies make for such effective propaganda. The movie Top Gun is a classic example of a popular movie that is very

I was reading analysis about the drama that the US president started recently in the UK when he came out in support of independence for North Ireland and how it has rekindled independence movements in Scotland and Wales. Some commentators believe it could lead to a break-up of the

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee gave his 2026 Policy Address today. In it he announced a number of measures to encourage Hong Kongers to have more babies. I’m very interested in these policies because Hong Kong is my adopted home and I have an infant son who we

Dr. Gio Valiante on the Knowledge Project Podcast: You want to write a book. You write a book. You don’t wait for inspiration. You sit down every day and on the days where nothing’s coming, you stay in your seat and you write it badly because you have

The Standard reports: The police on Monday noted that a security gap in the online checkout process—which bypassed the standard requirement for one-time verification passwords—has enabled scammers to ring up HK$25 million in fraudulent charges during the launch of Apple’s latest smartphone series. During the