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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CDR.fyi 2022 Year in Review

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“Ideological suffocation has been the background ambient noise of the last 10 years,” Velez tells me. “Unfortunately I don't think fashion will ever be the Caligulan bacchanalia that it was in the ’80s and ’90s.” Velez is bringing courage, both creatively and ideologically to the scene.

Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?

“As media and tech analyst Benedict Evans writes, the industry moves through cycles. ‘People will bundle different Substacks into single subscriptions (and then print them out and mail them once a month - ho! ho!), and unbundle verticals from the NY Times or Instagram.’ It’s all magazines? Always has been. ”

One thing that could help us close that remaining gap is a carbon tax—something universal, fair, and relatively simple. Paired with positive incentives for renewables, a price on carbon creates a negative incentive to generate emissions. I recently tuned in to a training session from Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which made a strong case not just for... See more

America’s Carbon Bill Is Coming Due

taxing households so beyond political suicide — adding yet another tax that will impact citizens rather than corporations — and is exactly the sort of thinking that the climate lobby will fail for

Independent brands — even those with significant backing — were boxed out by luxury’s biggest players, whose heft gave them a major edge in distribution and marketing, where they enjoy greater leverage with multi-brand retailers, mall owners, real estate developers, magazines, influencers and other key players in the fashion ecosystem. In 2019,... See more

The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler

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“we can't **outspend** these people is what makes me most alarmed how do you overcome that? what changed, if anything? what leverage can be applied on ad spend and shows? it might just be storytelling it's like the old granddad authors who have a pitiful enough looking face for tiktok that their books start flying off the shelves in support

That was seen in March when violence erupted across India during Ram Navami, which marks the birth of Ram. Over 20 people were injured in different parts after groups of Hindus marched through Muslim neighbourhoods waving saffron flags and swords as they danced and shouted along to anti-Muslim songs blasting from loudspeakers.

One of the songs with... See more

Pooja Chaudhuri • YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat

Trade-Credit

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Judge of the Change

This is where so-called limits insurers come in, offering coverage to firms with annual revenues of $1 million to $20 million.

Euler Hermes, a limits underwriter, recently introduced a plan called Simplicity, aimed at helping businesses with $1 million to $5 million in sales. Another insurer, Coface, offers the International Policy, an industry... See more

Paul Sullivan • Protecting Your Business, and Your Bank Account, in Case Clients Don’t Pay (Published 2016)