👸As You Wish – The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner, and an Economy You Can Read Any Way You Like

The news about Rob Reiner and his wife's tragic passing last week hit a lot of us harder than we expected.

For my generation, he wasn’t just “a director.” He was the voice behind the stories we grew up on: The Princess Bride, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally… movies you can watch as a kid, rewatch as an adult, and realize you’ve actually been seeing different films each time.

👸 The line that’s been stuck in my head all week is the simplest one in The Princess Bride: “As you wish.”

On the surface, it’s obedience. Underneath, it’s something completely different. That was Reiner’s genius—layers of meaning, hiding in plain sight.

Right now, the economy looks a lot like that.

The same data on jobs, inflation, spending, and housing. Same numbers. Different stories. As you wish.

I recorded a short video reflecting on that line, what it says about the stories we tell ourselves, and why the narratives we choose matter so much in how we move through the world.

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