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Plus! Captions; Robotics; Fixing Airports; Capex; YouTube Shorts; Diff Jobs
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AI, Banks, Pakistan's Near-Unicorn, Market Share, Churn, PE, A&P
The Other "MoviePass Economy"
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Plus! Economists; Regulatory Outsourcing; Come for the Network, Stay for the Tool; Oil; Covid and Social Mobility; Diff Jobs
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Biology, AI, EA, YouTube, Xi, Cyclicals
A Taxonomy of Drawdowns
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Plus! Watercooler Shows; Smart Thermostats; Substitutes and Complements; Monetization; Apple Ads; Diff Jobs
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