Predicting Corona's Second-Order
Hey everyone,
I came across two interesting pieces of content this week, both related to the second-order effects of the pandemic.
The first was an interview with Scott Galloway, an NYU professor who predicted the Whole Foods acquisition and WeWork’s collapse. Here, he talks about what he thinks will happen to higher education post-Covid. Big takeaways: Galloway guesses that top-tier universities will dramatically expand enrollment by partnering with big tech to create an online-hybrid model, and that many other universities will suffer declining enrollments and die.
The second was a tweet from Tess Rinearson, a software engineer working in the blockchain space, in which she comments on the overwhelm of picturing the effects of many tech companies (Twitter, FB, Square, etc.) enacting permanent remote policies. I thought the comments on the tweet were fascinating, and they had me pondering the influence the pandemic will have on tech at large and on my own situation.
Even if you don’t agree with some of this speculation, I think it’s an interesting exercise to imagine the reverberations that the pandemic will have on different parts of society.
Pete’s Picks ✅
Habit: The past couple weeks, I’ve been waking up M-F at 5:15am in order to edit videos and do other stuff that I struggle to find the time for in the evening. It’s allowed me to feel more productive while being a bit more relaxed after work. Highly recommend.
Article: This article from Marketing Examples on how the founder, Harry, distributes his articles (meta, I know). As someone that’s taking some earnest steps in content creation, I found it helpful.
Gadget: I bought a wake-up light and it has been a big help in executing #1. I won’t say it’s perfect (I think I need to angle it more towards my face) but the experience of waking up to light as opposed to noise is a game changer.
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Cheers,
Peter