Video of the week:
I didn’t really see anything particularly gripping this week. As such, I’m sharing an old video - a speech by David Foster Wallace that had a huge impact on me. Over the years, I have watched this video 10+ times and have recommended it to all my close friends:
Honorable mention:
Good summary of the WeWork debacle from Bloomberg:
Podcast of the week:
Article of the week:
Emmanuel Macron’s sit-down with the Economist. In an age of buffoonish/thuggish world leaders, it is refreshing to see a leader who actually seems to be thinking deeply about the future of the world. Excerpt:
Honorable mention:
The new dotcom bubble is here - it’s called online advertising
Statistic of the week:
“Livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together. Going vegan will have bigger impact than building electric cars.”
Honorable mention:
Female graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math
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Quote I’m reflecting on this week:
“Because here's something else that's weird but true: in the day-to day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship—be it JC or Allah, be it YHWH or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles—is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It's the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It's been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story. The whole trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness.” - David Foster Wallace (from video above)
Book recommendation of the week:
Start-up of the week:
Online bank, PointBank. Fastest neo-bank for getting to market (3.5 months to launch with just a 5 person team)
Tweet of the week:
(Read full thread)
A thread summarizing ALL of our analysis on #China . I think this is required as there are still misconceptions what's going on in the world #economy at the moment. Everything starts with the notion that China (not the #Fed or the #ECB) has been driving the global cycle. 1/Honorable mention:
Love this. For every entrepreneur who has heard no a thousand times. It took Bezos 60 meetings to raise $1M with 20% dilution from 22 investors. 🚀 https://t.co/dWjiW1sGx5This 1997 interview with Jeff Bezos on why Amazon started as an online book seller after considering 20 other product categories (CDs being 2nd choice) is a master class in understanding of competitive advantage. https://t.co/8ku0dW00kQDare Obasanjo @Carnage4LifeImage of the week:
Didn’t realize London was such a police state:
Honorable mention:
Question of the week:
Ask yourselves this:
“What is the kindest thing someone has ever done for me?”
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