A Joyous Return to Mexico The smell of barbecued meat lingers in the sultry night air. A young, dreadlocked woman strums a guitalele and dishes up a buttery, loungey version of Bob Marley’s I Shot the Sheriff. The small clot of diners isn’t really paying much attention, consumed in private conversations, but offer her a [Read More] …
Crazy NFT Gains While Sitting on a Flight to Cancún
I Turned $200 Into $12K Thanks to “Free” Crypto Assets. I knew exactly what I wanted to write as I situated myself into an Air Canada flight to Toronto, the layover destination for my onward journey to Cancún. What I wanted to write was: It doesn’t get any crazier than this! There were two reasons [Read More] …
Video: Is This the Beginning of the End for Netflix?
This week saw two major stories in the headlines: the collapse in Netflix’s stock, and a potential EU-wide ban on Russian oil. Though they seem unrelated, there is a common thread that runs through both—inflation. So yesterday, during a visit to Global Intelligence HQ, I sat down in-person with Field Notes Managing Editor Ciaran Madden [Read More] …
Small Thinkers Want to Mislead You About the Future… Don’t Let Them
The human capacity for closemindedness is unsurpassed. Or maybe it’s just some people’s inherent cynicism and their need to denigrate anything new and innovative. Or, quite possibly, some people really are just stupid and landed in certain positions because of luck or the Peter Principle that posits people rise to the level of their incompetence. [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: The Newest Lie About Inflation
Plus, the Hottest Crypto Company in Town Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. The only place to start this edition is with inflation. Earlier this week, we got the March inflation reading….and boy howdy, it was a big ‘un. Inflation [Read More] …
