The Counterpoint

Baumol Cost Disease Is Killing the Cows

Speculation on an unacknowledged factor in the rising price of beef.

Jan 15 • Patrick Heizer

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December 2025

The Ten Best Books I Read In 2025

Brief reviews of the best books I read this year, in no particular order.

Dec 15, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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Blue Glade Farm: Our Fourth Year

In October 2021, my wife and I started a permaculture farm in Maryland. This is our fourth annual report.

Dec 7, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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October 2025

AI Bubble or Island Of Stability?

How the periodic table explains the current economy.

Oct 22, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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We Need Punishment; We Need Forgiveness

A diagnosis of modern society

Oct 9, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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September 2025

The Many Foundational Issues of Lab-grown Meat

It's a prime example of missing the forest for the trees.

Sep 9, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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July 2025

If AGI Is Coming, We Need a New Otto Von Bismarck

The Counterpoint is a newsletter that uses both analytic and holistic thinking to examine the wider world.

Jul 11, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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June 2025

Our Fundamental Problem, Part 2: Moonshine, Cats, and the Azeotrope of Civilization

The Counterpoint is a free newsletter that uses both analytic and holistic thinking to examine the wider world.

Jun 20, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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I Was On the Tusk & Quill Podcast

Discussing my previous essay, "Steelmanning Degrowth: The Catalytic Society."

Jun 3, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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April 2025

A Teetotaler Defends Maryland's Liquor Stores

Unlike the vast majority of the country, grocery stores and other chain retailers aren't allowed to sell alcohol in Maryland. It should stay this way.

Apr 14, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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March 2025

Adopt-A-Tree On Blue Glade Farm

Directly support a small farm's transition to agroforestry and silvopasture, two ecological forms of agriculture.

Mar 20, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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Brief Update On the Measles Outbreak: Check Your MMR Titers

A small tip that everyone can and should do, even the already-vaccinated.

Mar 4, 2025 • Patrick Heizer

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