The Breakdown Weekly Recap | May 31 2020

Hi all,

Quite a week, eh?

Just a quick note sharing two things:

First, I’m going to be beta testing a number of new types of bonus content this month. If you’d like to participate, email me nlw@whittemore.io.

Second, it was a great week of shows! Check these out if you haven’t had a chance yet.

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• Monday | Best of April/May (not included in Weekly Recap)

• Tuesday | Deglobalization and Other Narrative Violations, Feat. Geoff Lewis

• Wednesday | Why Innovation Matters (and How Not to Screw It Up), Feat. Matt Ridley

• Thursday | The Geopolitical Implications of a Too-Strong Dollar, Feat. Brent Johnson

• Friday | The Battle for the Future of Money, feat. Lawrence Summers, CZ, Michelle Phan, the Winklevoss brothers, The Chainsmokers and more. [Money Reimagined Episode 4]

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Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

Possibility 1: The crisis causes a mass scale re-evaluation of previously held truths and ends the power of narrative gatekeepers. Possibility 2: Everything levels out the same, but worse. Which do you think more likely? @justGLew on @BreakdownNLW nlwcrypto.libsyn.com/deglobalizatio…

May 27th 2020

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Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

"Governments are *TERRIBLE* at picking the right technologies and they end up subsidizing dead ends again and again and again." @mattwridley on @BreakdownNLW discussing where innovation thrives and how it dies. nlwcrypto.libsyn.com/why-innovation…

May 28th 2020

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Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

"The United States military enforces the use of the dollar as the global reserve currency." It's impossible to look at the role of the dollar in the world without discussing the geopolitical (& yes, military) context. @SantiagoAuFund on @BreakdownNLW plnk.to/nlw/e/10004761…

May 29th 2020

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Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

"Printing money does not print wealth. It simply rearranges how wealth works in society, and what you're doing is you're essential taking wealth from the future and giving it to people today" @ErikVoorhees on @BreakdownNLW #MoneyReimagined @CoinDesk plnk.to/nlw/e/10004762…

May 31st 2020

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