The 3 Most Valuable Things in the Universe

Feature image by Yuting Gao

HOF — I’ve reached an age where I see aging as climbing a mountain. The higher we climb, the less we have — fewer resources, narrower footing, thinner air. The climb strips us of everything nonessential, leaving only what truly matters. And it’s precisely that scarcity that sharpens our appreciation. At the summit, we can look over the vast landscape — and at the few precious things we’ve kept — and feel proud.

That’s what 37 feels like.

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When God Plays Dice with the Universe

Hof — The fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 didn’t just end a brutal era in Syria’s history.
It ended the Syrian Arab Republic itself.

The last thread holding the country together — the Syrian Arab Army — unraveled. Or was pulled apart. Assad didn’t go out in flames or defiance. He slipped quietly into Moscow’s shadow, carrying nothing but the weight of a broken nation.

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