/terminal corp evolution 2021 Q3

2021 Q3


Some mental models reviewed this quarter.


All fundamental change is cohort change
https://scholars-stage.org/culture-wars-are-long-wars/
  • Cultures do not change when people replace old ideas with new ones; cultures change when people with new ideas replace the people with old ones.
  • For nearly everyone, our values/theories/musical tastes/sports teams/cultural and political beliefs/national identity are all biologically locked at puberty.

  • It makes for great theater
    https://harpers.org/archive/2021/09/bad-news-selling-the-story-of-disinformation
  • The most prestigious liberal institutions of the pre-digital age are the most invested in fighting disinformation... https://d2ksis2z2ke2jq.cloudfront.net/uploads/2021/06/groupmglobaladforecast_June2021.pdf
  • ...reveals a lot about what they stand to lose, or hope to regain...[page 18]

  • Long term, that matters
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/cheval-blanc-paris-hotel-is-lvmh-s-newest-bauble-at-1500-a-night
  • A 16 years and $900 million undertaking by LVMH to transform a 1928 art deco building.

  • The arrival of Spring
    https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/david-hockney
  • David Hockney, age 84, new body of 116 works.
  • Working on the iPad requires the ability to draw and paint.

  • Three competing factions
    https://youtu.be/MMuIyspn7s0
  • CCP: you must submit, we are powerful.
  • Woke: you must sympathize/apologize, you are powerful.
  • BTC: you must be sovereign, de-platform.