#Monopoly

[NEW] Apple, Its Control Over the iPhone, The Internet, And Yes, The Metaverse---An essay on platforms, power, prosperity, principles, and profits.https://www.matthewball.vc/all/applemetaverse I started this essay in August 2020 and it
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It is manifest that retailers in many parts of the world, owners of airlines, restaurants, bars, shops, are pressing governments to open up the economy even though it will cause
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I talked to @CoralieFebvre about the potential #EULaw issues linked to #FIFA & #UEFA's decision to threaten players taking part in the #SuperLeague with an ineligiblity. Full interview (in French)
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good morning to everyone except people who don't realize libraries have to pay for the MASSIVE number of books they purchase There are public libraries that will purchase not just
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1/12Tweet thread with my thoughts on $TSLA earnings.A bad ER for investors focused on the short-term (financials), but it contained some really great nuggets for long-term investors.Let's start with the
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KEN LOACH....a thread. So Ken Loach is trending and the subject of a hashtag of solidarity by "antiracists". The claim goes that it is his support for the Palestinians which
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https://truthout.org/articles/diebold-charged-with-bribery-falsifying-docs-worldwide-pattern-of-criminal-conduct/DIEBOLD = DOMINIONDiebold Charged With “Worldwide Pattern of Criminal Conduct“The charges represent only the latest in a lo
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President-elect Biden has already committed to reentering the Paris Climate Accord, reinstating DACA, and ending the travel ban against certain Muslim countries. But there are lots of big changes that
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Whoever utters the cliché about "screaming fire in a crowded movie theater" to justify censorship of political speech instantly reveals profound and bottomless ignorance about the First Amendment. Here's @Popehat
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Hidden network effectsSome businesses have defensibility through hidden network effects. You wouldn’t think it if you looked at the business from a theoretical perspective, but some weird quirks can endow
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1/ This week in the disappointment of Biden’s transition & cabinet picks:- Ron Klain bails on meeting w AAPI Caucus- Sec Def nominee is both former military & on board
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After WWII, this bus toured rural Norway selling disposable SABA-pads. It was a pretty brilliant guerrilla-marketing tactic for the time. The SABA factory was founded after the war, and was
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1/PSAOnly going to say/do this once I don‘t care if I ruffle feathers or lose followers:I am tired of the party tribalismI am tired of this Us v Them mentalityI
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The Sovereign Individual (1999) is a guide for navigating the current transition from Industrial to Information Age.Remarkably, it predicted the rise of 'digital gold'.“If our deductions are correct, you stand
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Private prisons are scary, and recall chattel slavery. But only 8% of US prisoners are in private prisons.An even bigger issue: the actions of private companies who get contracts to
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South Africa's power grid has long been in a deadlock of extremely unreliable and polluting power, corruption and pro-coal special interests that kneecap the entire economy. Now a utility death
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