The Worst Inflation You've Never Heard Of
Sometimes, seeing how rough the other guy has it can help you feel better. Hungarians have had it rough in the past. There was Habsburg...
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Hayden Kopser
- May 8
Hammering Heinzi: Vienna Scenes Stuck in Amber
'S gibt eine belebte Straße stone’s throw from Bushaltestelle Pilgramgaße. Then a hop, skip, jump toward Mariahilferstraße up that next...
Hayden Kopser
- Mar 26
Everyday Is Like (Palm) Sunday
Morrissey shuffles to top of playlist. Everyday Is Like Sunday. Tick, tick, tick. Volume up. The seaside town that they forgot to bomb....
Hayden Kopser
- Feb 20
Songbird of Spring
Song outside. Spring bird. Can’t see, only heard. Sound signals coming season. Know nothing important about birds but I know that’s the...
Hayden Kopser
- Feb 8
Indigo Danube
Sun fought December gloom. Victory. Evening. Cotton candy clouded skyline adorns the Buda hills. Inviting. A bridge. No wind, just chill....
Hayden Kopser
- Jan 31
Budapest: One Week In
Been in Budapest a week now. Aside from moments of late night dread about getting my residence card approved, things have become...
Hayden Kopser
- Jan 23
Day One in Budapest
Day one back in Budapest. 3am wake up. Slept like a baby. Not like the crying every 30 minutes type of baby either. Passed out, really,,,
Hayden Kopser
- Jan 10
Amerikai Vagyok: An American in Budapest
Amerikai vagyok. That’s, “I’m American”, in Hungarian. I’m an American in Hungary. Budapest. In Budapest to be exact. Had to learn how to...
Hayden Kopser
- Oct 23, 2023
Western Delusions
Our worldview is in need of a refresh if we wish to successfully predict the future and avoid global conflict. Our? Who is this ‘our’?...
Hayden Kopser
- Oct 17, 2023
Pillar of Community
Properties to oversee, politicians to host, neighbors to check in on. Long days for a pillar of community. 70 years of experience in the...
Hayden Kopser
- Sep 27, 2023
What Happened to Prussia? On Ostalgie and Erased Lands
Like many men, I pass time during my days’ quieter hours thinking of eras gone by. Unlike some, the Roman Empire has not been a recent...
Hayden Kopser
- Sep 18, 2023
Sunday
Cool crisp morning temp Fresh Fall air’s omnipresence Homeless men line street Summer winding down UN blocked for Erdogan All seas part...
Hayden Kopser
- Aug 8, 2023
The Old Soviet's Last Fall
“This will be the last time. The very last time.” The old Soviet reminded himself as packed for Marbella.
Hayden Kopser
- Mar 8, 2023
Will ChatGPT Steal Your Job? Rumors of a Coming AI Apocalypse are Greatly Exaggerated
Will ChatGPT steal your job sometime soon? This software is powerful, but I do not see it becoming the life changing, society upending...
Hayden Kopser
- Feb 27, 2023
Pt 3: Projecting Celebrity Couples and Memories onto Lovers: Observed in Life, Music, and Literature
If celebrity worship is odd but explainable on previously discussed grounds, how then do we explain the obsession with celebrity...
Hayden Kopser
- Feb 15, 2023
Absence of Mind in the Productive Present
I'm someone who often finds the present to be an annoyance. Other than when I'm creating, learning, or talking with someone I care about,...
Hayden Kopser
- Feb 7, 2023
Pt 2: One of You and Fighting for You: On Aspirational Politicians and Confirmational Messaging
With a basic introduction to the aspirational-confirmation celebrity archetype spectrum now complete, we can begin to expand the concept...
Hayden Kopser
- Dec 13, 2022
Seeing Self in Celebrity: Pt 1
Singers, Athletes, and Thinkers as Confirmational and Aspirational Archetypes You can read the introductory piece to this series here The...
Hayden Kopser
- Nov 14, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried the Conmanboy: How SBF Fooled the World's Most Sophisticated Investors
How Sam Bankman-Fried fooled the most sophisticated investors on Earth. A constructed Anti-CEO appearance and the right connections helped.
Hayden Kopser
- Nov 7, 2022
Seeing Self in Celebrity: An Introduction
Introduction to a multi-part analysis of celebrity symbolism and its use in self-discovery. Beginning with Hollywood then expanding beyond
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