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It seemed almost too accessible at first but as I get into the meat of it it’s challenging me more and more. A really interesting way of interpreting the era of mega billionaires.
Jan 9, 2024
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Book by Ashley mears— about mega wealthy parties and how they’re fueled. Reads like a thesis at times, but a very interesting and exciting thesis
Feb 7, 2024
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Brilliant Primer on macro economics and wealth inequality. And very readable!
Jan 30, 2024
Very expensive to subscribe to, but if you google any FT article headline in an incognito browser you can almost always read it for free. They can't really lie about the material world too intensely because a subset of their readership wants to (amorally) trade on factual reality, and the politics skew more left than you'd think (especially by US standards) because they don't suffer from any libertarian illusions regarding the necessary duality of capitalism and regulation
Sep 3, 2024
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I’ve started saying this when things get serious.
When Im looking for an ingredient in the cupboard and I can’t find it after my initial look: ‘okay, no more mr nice guy’.
So begins a far more serious rummage.
Jun 10, 2024
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Next time you write something, look back at it after 24 hours.
Try to change any Latinisms to simpler, more Germanic words. (Change ‘fortunate’ to ‘lucky’, for example).
Try to change passive verbs to active (‘we threw the rock’ vs ‘the rock was thrown’).
If the word or phrase would be used in a corporate setting, get rid of it (‘in terms of’, ‘circle back’, ‘action items’ can be changed to ‘about’/’regarding’, ‘come back to this’, ‘things to do’ etc.
Hope this stuff isn’t too obvious and is perhaps a little helpful.
Mar 14, 2024
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People you haven’t seen in years, wounds healed by time, affordable food and drink, family, watching TV.
If you’re as lucky as me there‘ll be seaside and countryside too. Maybe it wasn’t about the destination, but the friends we made along the way?
Dec 28, 2023