Epsilon Theory In Full
The soul of Epsilon Theory is our long-form content, a library of hundreds of pieces written by Ben, Rusty and others over the course of the last 5+ years. These are the print-and-take-home-for the weekend notes that made Epsilon Theory what it is today.
The social rewards that come from imitating others feel good, but they come at a high price.
Here are 25 Anti-Mimetic ideas that can help us craft a life that is a little more free from the herd, and a bit more open to the spontaneity and wonder of new things.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
Jonathan Plotkin is a longtime ET reader and brilliant cartoonist. For years he’s been sending Ben illustrations inspired by our notes and we’ve been dying…
At whatever point in time you think inflation will start to fade, you are being too optimistic.
Why? Because common knowledge.
Where do we go from here? To a Man With a Plan, I think. And war.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
Social media is not just a delivery mechanism for content.
The delivery of content through social media IS the content.
Skipping the Greek letter Xi in naming the latest Covid variant is ridiculous, not dangerous.
What’s dangerous is WHO leadership placing Chinese political interests ahead of global health interests.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
This note is about the narrative process that makes it so politically difficult to say that yes, parents are responsible for their children’s education AND yes, our children should be taught the fact of embedded racism in our nation’s history.
And why it’s so important that we do so, anyway.
We seem obsessed with false binary choices. What do I mean – choices that aren’t really choices. Sort of like when your mom says do…
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
From the ET Forum … President Biden has announced that he’s thinking about a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. What does…
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
Move over Hollywood! Almonds are one of the most lucrative and fastest growing industries in California. Unfortunately they’re not as good for us as you’d think.
No one gives a clearer explanation of how financial institutions work than ET contributor Marc Rubinstein, and his primer on prime brokerage services (and its extension into crypto) is no exception.
The outcomes of NFL games are inordinately influenced by officials relative to other sports. This is not new. The narrative environment faced by the NFL in 2021, however, IS new.
I’m not sure they’re ready for it.
From the ET Forum … Finished your holiday shopping? I hope so or else you’re out of luck. If you wait any longer you might…
From the ET Forum … On October 21, there was a tragic shooting on the New Mexico set of the film Rust. The TL:DR is…
Jonathan Plotkin is a longtime ET reader and brilliant cartoonist. For years he’s been sending Ben illustrations inspired by our notes and we’ve been dying…