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Business Physics: Mental Frameworks for Evaluating Technology Companies

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What I actually think people pay me for is the general vibe that I cultivate. It is the feeling that they get at the end of the piece where they think to themselves, “Ah, that was fun and I feel smarter.” Crucially, it doesn’t actually matter whether readers have gotten smarter. My compensation is dependent on the cultivation of that vibe.

Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

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It is funny to think of tech founders and venture capitalists as creatures of myopic self-interest, while bank CEOs are the generous altruists, but the point is the bankers don’t have a choice. Banking is a necessarily social business, banks are interconnected, and the best and biggest bank is only as good as confidence in the broad banking system.

Big Banks Trust First Republic With Their Money - Bloomberg --- 大银行用他们的钱信任第一共和国 - 彭博社

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