Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Peter Thiel: If you graduated in 1970 with no student debt, compare that to the millennial experience: too many people go to college, they don’t learn anything, and they end up with incredibly burdensome debt. Student debt is a version of this generational conflict that I’ve talked about for a long time.
The rupture of... See more
Fascinating email exchange between Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel that discusses millennials, boomers, and generational power shifts. https://t.co/p4BVrJKniO
Here's an excerpt: https://t.co/GMqLpZ6B69
Peter Thiel, from the Mark Zuckerberg emails. Prescient in light of the last 6 months: https://t.co/pFics5zMsJ
Peter Thiel on why 70% of Millennials say they are pro-socialist:
“When one has too much student debt or if housing is too unaffordable, then one will have negative capital for a long time… and if one has no stake in the capitalist system, then one may well turn against it.” https://t.co/5gFItU8QMS
Fewer children meant fewer resources needed to be expended upon child rearing and education, while more could be splashed out on cars and condos. Older populations had accrued more capital, enabling more money to be saved and invested. These aging societies did not become less dynamic, but instead more so because they were able to develop and
... See morePeter Zeihan • The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to
... See more