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noahpinion.blog

Are you finally ready to admit it's the phones?

The students said that they only stayed on TikTok because other people were on it too, and they were afraid of missing out. FOMO is not utility; it's a bad equilibrium.
— Noah Smith

5d ago

asteriskmag.com

Boarding China’s Last Bus

for a population that lived through the mass layoffs of the 1990s, optimism and fear can look identical from the outside.

1w ago

asteriskmag.com

Boarding China’s Last Bus

But for a population that lived through the mass layoffs of the 1990s, optimism and fear can look identical from the outside.

3w ago

notboring.co

Scarce Assets

Humans fucking love scarce things. Always have. The more we win from abundance, the more we want to roll the winnings into scarce things. Scarce is special. If we are entering a period of untold abundance, expect a roaring bull market in Scarce Assets.

1mo ago

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