We are all going to regret Kalshi and Polymarket.
Gambling should be like cigarettes: Legal but inaccessible.
Kumar Garg Funds Ideas That Are “Big, if True”
Kumar Garg, president of Renaissance Philanthropy, explains his career finding and implementing “big, if true” ideas in government and philanthropy.
Kawaakibi Foundation
Kawaakibi Foundation is an accelerator for thinkers and doers, with a focus on empowering communities across the Middle East and North Africa
Kalil's Corner: Business Plan Competitions for Multi-Sector Collaborations
In the latest post from Renaissance Philanthropy's CEO, Tom Kalil looks at ways to incentivize the public and private sectors to collaborate and address some of the world's most pressing problems.
Denizen
What is out there, now, that represents a market-based economy beyond capitalism? Post Growth Institute Founder Donnie Maclurcan shares his views on what's working around the world today and his theory of change towards the next economy.
A Star Investor's Tale of Risk, Ruin & Reinvention w/ Victor Haghani (RWH071)
The Danger of Keeping Score | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Last Friday, the Washington state Attorney General sued Kalshi, the prediction market platform where users can place bets on real world events, such as the number of deportations this...
The scent of Musk: Power, charisma and paranoia in Silicon Valley
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WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.
Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir's Manifesto
Palantir's CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the anti-democratic agenda of the company's founder Peter Thiel
Spend Elon Musk’s Money
What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.
A Legacy Modernization Strategy and Business Case Playbook for Enterprise Kotlin Adoption
A finance-driven framework for CTOs and VPs of Engineering evaluating Kotlin adoption. Covers investment metrics (NPV, IRR), migration costs, governance, and enterprise evidence patterns. By Yuri Geronimus, Senior Staff Engineer, EMEA Chief Architect.
The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There
From two leading economists comes a groundbreaking new portrait of the hidden fortunes of Main Street business owners—ordinary Americans who built extraordinary wealth and are quietly rewriting the rules of money and power. Most people think the path to great wealth runs through Wall Street or Silicon Valley. We’re told you must be a Zuckerberg, a Musk, or a Jamie Dimon to get rich. But this story is wrong. Drawing on unprecedented data from a decade of research and vivid real-life stories of entrepreneurs—from a self-made hot-dog stand billionaire to the heirs of an auto dealer—Zidar and Zwick reveal a surprising truth: prosperity is more attainable, more widely distributed, and closer to home than we imagine. A multitude of Americans have built staggering fortunes by running often unglamorous businesses far from the spotlight. A quiet revolution in the business world—the rise of “pass-through” firms like S-corporations and partnerships—supercharged this wealth, channeling vast income directly to business owners rather than traditional corporations.Part economic detective story, part roadmap to riches, this book reveals: —The Hidden 1%: They might be a local beer distributor, a dentist with a regional network of practices, a commercial HVAC contractor with trucks around town, or a restaurateur who keeps opening new locations. For every public company CEO, more than a thousand private business owners each have transformational wealth.— The Blueprint for Wealth: Zidar and Zwick describe where Main Street Millionaires come from, how they grew rich, and how much money they make. Their stories suggest the American Dream is not dead and many paths to prosperity remain open today. — Power Brokers: Armed with their fortunes, Main Street Millionaires wield power in city halls, statehouses, and Washington, often bending policy to protect what they’ve built. They are both growing the economic pie and grabbing bigger slices for themselves.The Everywhere Millionaire celebrates the stories of entrepreneurs who seized opportunities while asking hard questions about how concentrated wealth and power shape society. It is an essential guide to seeing the economy as it really is and recognizing the surprising paths to prosperity—and influence—everywhere.
The following is from an essay which will be coming out later this year, but it's so relevant to this moment, I'm just going to excerpt a little section. Please read the whole essay when it comes out! "While the asset class’s thought leaders, such as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink... 1/18
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Just saw BlackRock ceo warning that data center moratorium would trigger a massive recession, which is fear mongering. And also hahahahahahhahahahaaaa.
