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Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under education education Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Maintaining the status quo has come to mean maintaining a significant amount of debt. Maintaining the status quo has come tomean maintaining a significant amount ofdebt. Last stated a year ago 16 Jul 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Buying beyond what you can comfortably afford leaves people financially weaker and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. — tap to centre the map on it Buying beyond what you cancomfortably afford leaves peoplefinancially weaker and stuck livingpaycheck to paycheck. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JC JL Collins — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Debt is best understood as narrowing the range of outcomes you can survive, not as a cost of capital. — tap to centre the map on it Debt is best understood as narrowingthe range of outcomes you cansurvive, not as a cost of capital. Last stated 3 years ago 30 Apr 2024 MH Morgan Housel — holds since 2024-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A US undergraduate degree has become a requirement for not falling out of the middle class. — tap to centre the map on it A US undergraduate degree has becomea requirement for not falling out ofthe middle class. Last stated 14 years ago 12 Nov 2012 CS Clay Shirky — holds since 2012-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many people who consider themselves liberal will act to conserve their personal and financial status quo when faced with things that threaten their bourgeois class status. — tap to centre the map on it Many people who consider themselvesliberal will act to conserve theirpersonal and financial status quowhen faced with things that threatentheir bourgeois class status. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The aim of accumulating wealth is to rank high in financial strength against the rest of the community — tap to centre the map on it The aim of accumulating wealth is torank high in financial strengthagainst the rest of the community TV Thorstein Veblen — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: Contentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it. — tap to centre the map on it Contentment with what one has doesnot require great wealth — somebillionaires lack it while manyordinary people never lose it. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A precarious financial condition is often a precondition for great literature. — tap to centre the map on it A precarious financial condition isoften a precondition for greatliterature. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: In the Bay Area everyone feels behind, which makes much of the work performative and non-strategic. — tap to centre the map on it In the Bay Area everyone feelsbehind, which makes much of the workperformative and non-strategic. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 AR Ada Chen Rekhi — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capitalist state's collectivist theory produces the servile state, not collectivism — tap to centre the map on it A capitalist state's collectivisttheory produces the servile state,not collectivism HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand. — tap to centre the map on it A sophisticated economy cannot becentrally planned, because planningremoves the price signal thatcarries information about demand. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages. — tap to centre the map on it Enforcing non-compete agreements onlow-wage jobs is anti-competitiveand artificially suppresses wages. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 BR Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply. — tap to centre the map on it In commodity industries,extraordinary profits from shortagesare eventually competed away assupply responds to the profitincentive, and losses are similarlyself-correcting through reducedsupply. Last stated a year ago 5 Sept 2025 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2025-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A guarantee that no one suffers hardship would mean a return to slavery — tap to centre the map on it A guarantee that no one suffershardship would mean a return toslavery WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: Churches are tolerated only on condition that they preach submission to the capitalist state — tap to centre the map on it Churches are tolerated only oncondition that they preachsubmission to the capitalist state GS George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Lowering regulatory burden onbusinesses leads to increased wealthfor everyone. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are
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