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Don't call it a crisis

When dominoes fall, it's not a crisis, it's just the game in action. Plus, you wouldn't believe who is buying all the Russian oil, When Income Walks, and AI is already breaking public companies

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Moses Sternstein
May 04, 2023
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Random Walk knows that “knocking over dominoes” is not actually how the game of dominoes works, but that is how the metaphor works, so there. It’s an action packed episode, first with some shorties:

  • the super-secret buyer of Russian oil;

  • When Income Walks, and other tales of between-state migration;

  • reverberations of an aging country, in data

  • That’s Dr. Professor GPT to you (and AI disruption claims its first victim)

Then, with a slightly longy:

  • Don’t call it a Banking “Crisis.” When the plan works, it’s not a crisis. Instead of acting surprised, or pointing fingers, adapt to survive. This is the way.

As always, read, share, follow me on twitter, and if you haven’t already, please:

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Dosvedanya? More like Namaste

So, it turns out that both the United States and Europe are buying a ton of Russian oil, via India.

“India” has become Europe’s top fuel supplier:

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The United States, as well, has surpassed its peak imports of “Indian” petroleum products:

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To recap, this, apparently, was the plan:

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