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A Primer on the Geopolitics of Oil
A Primer on the Geopolitics of Oil
Last year was a wild one for the oil industry. Between January and October, oil prices rose to almost $80 per barrel — a 25 percent increase since the
·warontherocks.com·
A Primer on the Geopolitics of Oil
The Queen of Delicacies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The Queen of Delicacies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Shane Mitchell writes about peaches: the stone fruit that has come to define the often terrible but persistent beauty of the South.
·bittersoutherner.com·
The Queen of Delicacies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Analogy and Strategy: U.S.-China Competition through an Edwardian Lens - American Affairs Journal
Analogy and Strategy: U.S.-China Competition through an Edwardian Lens - American Affairs Journal
Competition between the United States and China frequently trig­gers Cold War comparisons. Ideologies are contrasted, alliances are touted, and geopolitical maneuvers are proposed. These sorts of comparisons are tempting. China is no longer Maoist in orientation, but still ostensibly Communist and still autocratic. The Cold War is also still within the living memory of most…
·americanaffairsjournal.org·
Analogy and Strategy: U.S.-China Competition through an Edwardian Lens - American Affairs Journal
Data In The Dark: How Big Tech Secretly Secured $800 Million In Tax Breaks For Data Centers
Data In The Dark: How Big Tech Secretly Secured $800 Million In Tax Breaks For Data Centers
Local governments are dangling hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to persuade companies like Facebook, Google and Microsoft to build server farms in their backyards. But the deals are shrouded in secrecy and the average cost of $1 million per job raises questions about their value.
·forbes.com·
Data In The Dark: How Big Tech Secretly Secured $800 Million In Tax Breaks For Data Centers
How Economics Drives News Media - Econlib
How Economics Drives News Media - Econlib
The membership payers do not pay to get news for themselves (they already know the news). … They require newsrooms to operate with values, not news. This slowly forces journalism to mutate into crowdfunded propaganda—postjournalism. … Classical journalism pretended to be objective; it strived to depict the world-as-it-is. Postjournalism is openly normative; it imposes the …
·econlib.org·
How Economics Drives News Media - Econlib
Can AI help design our logo?
Can AI help design our logo?
We have been wondering if current methods for art generation could be used for practical applications. We tried CLIP with various "generators" and methods to see if Deep Learning can help with logo design.
·labelf.ai·
Can AI help design our logo?
The Spine Collector
The Spine Collector
For five years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? A trap? Or a complete waste of time?
·vulture.com·
The Spine Collector
Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
The Rich Barton Playbook for winning markets through Data Content Loops Preface: This is part of a longer private memo analyzing Zillow and its recent shift towards Opendoor’s model. May publish rest of memo at some later point. But wanted to share first part, on Rich Barton and Zillow’s initial rise. Have had many recent … Continue reading Making Uncommon Knowledge Common →
·kwokchain.com·
Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
Why airlines no longer use rear-engine planes
Why airlines no longer use rear-engine planes
When we first started travelling the world aboard jet-powered passenger aircraft you could almost be certain your plane would have engines in the rear.
·traveller.com.au·
Why airlines no longer use rear-engine planes
The Rooms Where It Happened
The Rooms Where It Happened
Statecraft needs stagecraft. We look at the sites of landmark diplomacy -- then and now.
·wilsonquarterly.com·
The Rooms Where It Happened
THE BULLSHIT
THE BULLSHIT
Digging Out
·walterkirn.substack.com·
THE BULLSHIT
The time Pepsi got sued for a $33m fighter jet
The time Pepsi got sued for a $33m fighter jet
In 1996, Pepsi ran a promotion that jokingly suggested entrants could win a military aircraft. One man took it very seriously.
·thehustle.co·
The time Pepsi got sued for a $33m fighter jet
Buddha and Mind
Buddha and Mind
In Pānadurē in the British colony of Ceylon in 1871, a Buddhist monk and a Christian missionary debated each other in front of five thousand people over which religion was the more scientific.
·neh.gov·
Buddha and Mind