A personal archive is a means for staying connected with the world and ourselves at the same time. It’s a simple yet life-changing way of seeing the world and your place in it.
There was an explosion in the vicinity of a hospital in Gaza. The media immediately began reporting on it. Major newspapers put out front page headlines. Television stations brought on experts to voice their opinions, But there was one major problem: much of the information that was reported as fact turned out to be wrong.
In this episode, we dig into the incident to try to understand what happened in the reporting of this story, why it happened, and what it tells us about the way the media operates in our world today.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
I am increasingly convinced that it’s not only interest rates that have become unmoored in narrative-world, but also our banking system and our housing finance system … and our domestic political system and our international security system.
We’ve moved from an unmooring of long-dated interest rates to an unmooring of everything.
Reality TV is a constant and ever growing part of pop culture. Everyone has a guilty pleasure show that they watch every week. It’s created stars and scandals that have gained international attention. It’s dominated the small screen for almost 30 years and the line between tv and reality has never been thinner.
The obligation of the news media when major events are unfolding should be to act with more discretion and care, not less.
They failed at this most critical task this week. Utterly.
Recent major media stories that feel to us like they’re part of a larger Narrative campaign.
On Wednesday, October 11, the 30-year yield declined 13.8 bps (NY to NY last trade), its third biggest one-day decline in yields since November 2020.
Yesterday, October 12, the 30-year yield rose 16 bps. This was the biggest one-day increase since March 2020.
This is what unmooring looks like!
A sample of what you’ll find on the Epsilon Theory Forum – a safe space for full-hearted people to voice their concerns and hopes and observations about today’s world without the emotional cudgel of cancellation or the emotional crutch of an echo chamber. You know … what social media should be!
And yes, it’s for paid subscribers only, which is how we keep the trolls at bay.
ET contributor Kyla Scanlon was stuck. So she went biking with strangers who through the magic of talking became friends and confidants. And that’s how you get unstuck.