Tag: commentary
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Two economies. Two sets of rules.
At one point early this year, Elon Musk briefly became the richest person in the world. After a 750% increase in Tesla’s stock market value added over $180 billion to his fortune, he briefly had a net worth of over $200 billion. It’s now back down to “only” $155 billion. Understanding how our economy produced…
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Why Elon Musk is so rich
At one point early this year, Elon Musk briefly passed Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world. After a 750% increase in Tesla’s stock market value added almost $180 billion to his fortune, he briefly had a net worth of over $200 billion. It’s now back down to “only” $155 billion. In…
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Checking Jeff Bezos’s Math
“If you want to be successful in business (in life, actually), you have to create more than you consume. Your goal should be to create value for everyone you interact with. Any business that doesn’t create value for those it touches, even if it appears successful on the surface, isn’t long for this world. It’s…
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About That ‘Cell Phones Give You Horns’ Study: Brainstorm Health
Readers, Fantastic afternoon. 1 dayI’m going to get do an empirical study on the correlation between eye public health stories and the time of year (I have a strange suspicion that they have a tendency to spike round the summer time). The newest: A claim from Australian scientists who regular use of mobile phones, tablet…
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We’ll Never Solve Immigration If We Don’t Solve Climate Change
In the recent standoff involving the U.S. and also Mexico, the Trump government commingled the issues of trade and immigration. That is the approach that is incorrect, and it dismisses one of the root reasons for the migration barrier: a warming world. Climate change and legislation have become more linked than ever before. As of…
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A Setback In Flint: RaceAhead
Here’s your week in review, in haiku. 1. I would Love to be Remembered as a movie Star and astronaut 2. Lady Liberty May Require a life preserver, Or maybe she’ll not 3. Wages. Time. Respect. Sing. All of the Suisse ladies, Now put up! 4. Tesla drives, Samsung Matches , Pixel leaks, Broadcom skips.…
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Why the U.S. Should Embrace ‘Green China Inc.,’ Not Fight It
If the relationship between the U.S. and China were a potential company merger, now would seem a great time to see the stocks. Nowhere is the interplay more fraught than at the clean-energy sector, the universe of fast-growing businesses built around products such as solar panels, batteries, and electric cars. China, which has decreed green…
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PM Roundup: Ariana Grande; Urban Meyer Retires; USC Hires Kliff Kingsbury
Even the Big Lead’s PM Sports Roundup, that doesn’t want a lot for Christmas, there s one thing it requires …it all wants for Christmas is now …a Tesla. Ariana’s new video is out: Ariana Grande’s new video, “thank u, next” broke the record for many YouTube views in 24 hours. Urban out: Urban Meyer…