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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Such virtues are in dwindling supply in America. Two thirds of all our first marriages end in divorce. The war between children and parents has never been uglier (since it is now concealed, rather than public as it was in the '60's). We think AOL and the local mall are communities. We think that Disney, the corporation, is a story-teller. And, to t... See more

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The Future of Social

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2. So we did something about it: Low interest rates and the intentional birth of the American consumer.

Morgan Housel • How This All Happened

Thomas Kuhn argued that paradigm shifts—the fundamental advances in science—don’t happen because people are persuaded by reason. Rather, they depend on the guardians of the old orthodoxies becoming tired, and dying. Kuhn quoted physicist Max Planck’s comment that science proceeds ‘one funeral at a time’. It follows that if there are fewer funerals

Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination

These historical precedents imply a few obvious scenarios for the remainder of the Millennial Crisis era. Take your pick. Scenario one: The political red-versus-blue polarization of the 2016 regeneracy worsens until it ultimately culminates in a climax-defining civil conflict. Scenario two: One side, red or blue, achieves a decisive political victo

Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

The experience would likely remind Americans of the Great Recession—only this time trigger much louder zero-sum arguments over how income gets divvied up through taxes, benefits, subsidies, and trade. Partisan tribal factions will gravitate to more radical goals and confrontational tactics. The red zone vanguard will grow more aggressively authorit

Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

By 2028, Millennials and Gen Z will combine to become the largest voting age population in the nation. Even with that massive generational shakeup looming, there remains precious little research and in-depth analysis on how younger Americans think about politics and society.

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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

John Perry Barlow • Evernote Viewer

The Future of Social

Morgan Housel • How This All Happened

Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination

Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

Peter Hamby • Out with The Olds!