Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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Sykes also nails fashion-speak, a way of describing a look or mood by using an obscure film or style reference, usually preceded by "very": "very Ali MacGraw in Colorado"; "It's all very 'Lost in Translation' "; "Lee Radziwill on holiday in Capri in the 60's."
Unwedded Bliss (Published 2006)
HANS ULRICH OBRIST buys a book everyday. It is a ritual he started about 20 years ago. He buys the books at different places, wherever he happens to be. But he especially likes to perform this daily Tarkovskian ritual at a place he refers to as “paradise”: the Walther König bookstore.
Hans Ulrich Obrist • WALTHER KÖNIG, Cologne
While Lemonade’s growth has been steep, so too has its learning curve. At the end of 2017, its loss ratio—the amount it pays in claims divided by the premiums it collects—was an unsustainable 166%, compared to 65% to 70% for large insurers.
Jeff Kauflin • First, Fire All The Brokers: How Lemonade, A Millennial-Loved Fintech Unicorn, Is Disrupting The Insurance Business
Total consumer debt in
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
- EXAMINING THE BILLING, MARKETING, AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON CONSUMERS
According to a 2020 study published by Nikkei that analyzed the solid-state battery patent landscape, “Toyota is the leader with 1,331 known patents while Panasonic Holdings is a distant second with 445 patents. Idemitsu Kosan holds 272 patents, meaning Japanese companies held the top three spots.”
Years ago, I was a modeling agent, and I thought, my gosh, brands would actually get a lot further if they used a celebrity versus a model because of the amount of impressions that a celebrity would garner . I left the agency, opened up my own company, and here I am 30 years later.
The Tao of Shemarya
this is a very brilliant, situation-specific “business transformation” / idea that lead to a very successful move for him
there are a million of these waiting to be discovered or already have been discovered by people with ideas but lacking the capital, time, or empowerment to go pursue them within organizations
i.e., the modeling agency he worked for itself
While digging down the Thomas Gold rabbit hole, we found our attention diverted to a puzzling series of events unfolding in the helium market that is as surprising as it is troubling. It is a story of an important and militarily sensitive commodity that almost everybody takes for granted, a decades-old piece of obscure legislation that is slowly... See more
Doomberg • The Other Strategic Reserve
At times, three to four new essays by Publius appeared in the papers in a single week. Garry Wills observes that this fast pace of production "overwhelmed" any possible response: "Who, given ample time could have answered such a battery of arguments? And no time was given."[
The Federalist Papers
In magazines, there's something known as a deep caption, a wisp of copy that's substituted for a story when the photo is more important.