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Joel Osteen, the American pastor, is believed to be worth $60MM. That accumulation of wealth would not have been possible without television. But as millennials increasingly consume content on their phones and computers, old terrestrial networks may not offer the same scale of opportunity. We can expect video-streaming to mint the next generation o... See more
Aashay Sanghvi • Not Found
"...maybe something I write will spark something for a reader — a scholar or a writer or a pastor or teacher or who knows what — and become part of her DNA. Maybe she’ll never quote me — maybe she’ll never even realize that she wouldn’t have had that idea if she hadn’t read my essay — but in that way my thought will become part of someone else’s in... See more
Alan Jacobs • DNA – Snakes and Ladders
Being middle class was suddenly a life strategy, not just an economic category, and one that was mostly managed by women. Tactics included smaller families, greater concentration on child-rearing and child education, careful budgetary management to maintain the required status signals without extravagance, and inculcating children with habits of pr
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Even as the cost of tuition increased, the value of university went unquestioned. Colleges bundled education and signaling. Students who thrived in boring classes signaled traits to employers, like conscientiousness, intelligence and conformity. Now, due to the proliferation of information on the internet and the rise of affordable and effective al... See more
David Perell • What the Hell Is Going On?
Doxology: A Novel
Given the opportunity, some small consistent portion of the population will happily pay for art.