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Tech Optimist: An Alumni Ventures Podcast

Tech Optimist: An Alumni Ventures Podcast#55 - Blue Flame Thinkers: Kyla ScanlonLearn how the world of finance intersects with the pursuit of making complex economic concepts approachable in this Blue Flame Thinkers segment of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist podcast. Featuring Kyla Scanlon, founder of the financial education company Bread, this episode dives into her journey from launching entrepreneurial ventures to making economic phenomena accessible and engaging. Hosted by Mike Collins, CEO at Alumni Ventures, the dialogue highlights Kyla’s deep insights into financial education and her influential social media presence. Discover how this Blue Flame Thinker is redefining our understanding of the economic landscape and nurturing a new generation of...2024-09-2434 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat's Going on with Inflation?Inflation!Preorder here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737854/in-this-economy-by-kyla-scanlon/ Signed copy here: https://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780593727874Giveaway here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/388728-in-this-economy-how-money-markets-really-work 2024-05-1507 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe $2 Billion Dollar Story of BlueyA version of this research first appeared in the TLDR podcastPreorder here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737854/in-this-economy-by-kyla-scanlon/ Signed copy here: https://www.boulderbookstore.net/book/9780593727874Giveaway here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/388728-in-this-economy-how-money-markets-really-work 2024-05-1411 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHere's How We Fix the Housing CrisisAn interview with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, about how we fix the housing crisis. Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan?Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said...2024-03-2730 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateIs Wall Street Destroying the American Dream?Is Wall Street actually buying up all the housing... or is something far worse going on?Featuring interviews with Ro Khanna, the U.S. Representative for California's 17th District, Rick Palacios Jr, the Director of Research at John Burns Research and Consulting, and several beavers.Follow Rick: https://twitter.com/RickPalaciosJrFollow Ro Khanna: https://twitter.com/RoKhanna--All articles and works cited here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_AB46PlhICTFcb9BriET7kPlHs6Uqw_vdFncZ-kaAMI/edit?usp=sharingSign up for Public here: https://public.com...2024-01-1718 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHow Social Media Shapes Economic PerceptionOne thing I’ve been trying to square lately is online discourse and real world action.I spend a lot of time on this topic (like a lot of time) and it’s because I think it’s important. A lot of people will shrug off how people feel because people are people, and it’s volatile and prone to change, but there is always something within the weeds of these whispers that can be informative to thinking about change.The economy is weird right now. We all know this. We all feel this.Politi...2023-11-1016 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Real Ownership Economyhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-real-ownership-economy?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web 2023-08-1718 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy Do People Think the Economy is Bad?https://kyla.substack.com/p/why-do-people-think-the-economy-is 2023-08-1017 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateIs the Vibecession Over?https://kyla.substack.com/p/is-the-vibecession-over 2023-07-2712 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateGen Z and Financial Nihilismhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/gen-z-and-financial-nihilism 2023-07-1317 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateGen Z and the Future of WorkExpanding upon and discussing my Fast Company article https://www.fastcompany.com/90911399/kyla-scanlon-on-why-gen-z-is-redefining-the-concept-of-job-satisfaction 2023-07-1109 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWe Don't Need to Destroy the Economy to Save Ithttps://kyla.substack.com/p/we-dont-need-to-destroy-the-economy 2023-07-0613 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Economic Perception Modelhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-economic-perception-model 2023-06-2913 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Nostalgia Cycle Loophttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-nostalgia-cycle-loop 2023-06-2210 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciatePreserving Optionality and Other Thingshttps://kyla.substack.com/p/preserving-optionality-and-other 2023-06-1513 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Time Premiumhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-time-premium 2023-06-0111 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy Some People Want the World to Endfull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-doomer 2023-05-1209 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat Happens When Information Overwhelms Knowledge?I was hit by a car yesterday on my bike. I am so lucky to be mostly unscathed, and I don’t know if I have the words. But it brought up a lot of emotions - mostly around uncertainty and hope.When we wander out into the world, we are dealing with other humans. There are natural forces too, like hurricanes and wind and sunrises. It’s a mix of mess and beauty.But within the entire breadth of existence, there is this underlying thread of uncertainty, amplified by hope. With everything that still happens, we are still able...2023-05-0411 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateAnother Bank FailedWhat are the banks doing? And will it get worse?Notes: https://kylascan.notion.site/FRC-9f86e4f4e62f45fb9f4c448d53bd5632Net interest: https://www.netinterest.co/p/return-of-the-zombies 00:00 - Intro00:15 - Background01:31 - Wobble07:33 - What went wrong? Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan?Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are...2023-05-0110 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Attention EconomyAt one yoga class this week, the instructor started talking about “the attention economy”. The whole class was on the concept of distraction, and how easy it is to not only lose focus, but how the world is designed for us to completely disengage. Our eyeballs are commodities!! They are expensive, and companies will pay big money in order to have our pupils etched onto their products. And the way that they capture our precious gaze is usually through telling some sort of story based on what markets tell them we will pay attention to. I’ve been fascinated by thr...2023-04-2710 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat does Gen Z really think about work?Full article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/what-does...00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Art of Stories 02:28 - Work has No Meaning 04:44 - Mythology 06:50 - Final Thoughts Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan? Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said...2023-04-2009 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Economics of Self-Commodification’ve been really fascinated by nostalgia recently, specifically how it defines culture and therefore the economy (such as the Super Mario Bros movie, Marvel Cinematic Universe, constant reboots, the monetization of familiarity). We love the past. Susan Sontag’s view on this was that that we engage in a cult of nostalgia allowing us to focus on commemorating the past vs critically engaging with the present. We like to stay in pristine museum walls versus building new things! As Svetlana Boym wrote in the very poignant The Future of Nostalgia - What is crucial is that nostalgia was not mere...2023-04-1309 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Cure for the Housing CrisisTo solve the housing crisis, we need to build more housing. 00:00 - Intro00:40 - FT Edit01:14 - No More FT Edit05:01 - In SummaryGood Housing Peoplepaul williams - https://twitter.com/PEWilliams_ darrell owens - https://twitter.com/IDoTheThinkingm nolan gray - https://twitter.com/mnolangraynathan allebach - https://twitter.com/nathanallebachmore here: https://www.notion.so/kylascan/Housing-a42212c98f2f4084b157133396e21386 AD - Thank you to the Financial Times for sponsoring this video. https://ftedit.onelink.me/Ju3k/KSYT3 click to receive a free 30 day trial via the Apple App Store iOS and iPad. Let...2023-04-0606 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateAI Can't Plant Corn (Yet)It seems as though AI has entered almost every conversation we have had recently. Everyone is talking about it, the tradeoff between safety and capacity, whose job it will take first, what it means for All-of-This. And I am not qualified to opine at length about anything of those things! So I’ll include some links and just some summaries of general thoughts I’ve been hearing as I lurk around, specifically focusing on how they connect with financial markets. I want to specifically focus on the interconnection of markets through - 00:00 - Intro 03:04 - Globalization 07:45 - Jobs 09:18 - Comm...2023-03-3012 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Other Side of the Banking CrisisSo one thing that has been a Big Question for a lot of people lately is the question of deposit insurance, and the concept of money.What does it mean that SVB got technically bailed out? Are all the banks going to be implicitly bailed out now? Whose deposits are okay? What is the point of the banking system if everything is insulated?Is money… safe?And this gets into this really funky space of “What is Money” because turns out, there are a lot of views on how money circulates, whether or not bank deposits are government money, and wh...2023-03-2309 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateCredit Suisse and the Fed's Next MoveThe Fed overtightened and did so way too fast. And now it's becoming obvious. The Fed Funds rates needs to be somewhere closer to 3-4% but they painted themselves into a corner so now they have to own the policy mistake.The Fed faces one of its toughest calls in years: whether to raise rates again to fight stubbornly high inflation or take a timeout amid the [most intense banking crisis since 2008.]Spread between short and long-dated rates vol shows traders are now more uncertain about near term Fed policy path than they have ever been Full...2023-03-2105 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe TakeconomyAll links: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-takeconomy/comments 2023-03-1708 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Fed's "Bailout" of Silicon Valley BankMain takeaways Fed is “prepared to address any liquidity pressures that may arise” - workaround for unrealized losses and the fed saw potential systemic risk "The Fed is explicitly trying to tighten financial conditions, but also has responsibilities to promote a stable banking system. A liquidity facility for banks that ignores losses from rate hikes is uniquely positioned to walk that line." - Steven Kelly The $250K deposit insurance cap is not really useful anymore It's kind of a bailout All notes here: https://kylascan.notion.site/Silicon-Valley-Bank-3dba234141cc4c3889a1e6a13a52bec9 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - How Money...2023-03-1307 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Downfall of Silicon Valley BankAll my notes and citations are here - I am reading from several sources during this video The second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history after a run on deposits doomed the tech-focused lender’s plans to raise fresh capital. The FDIC just took control. The bank was the 16th largest in the U.S., with some $209 billion in assets as of Dec. 31 Silicon Valley Bank has been around since 1983. primarly works with vc backed companies - the banking partner for nearly half of U.S. venture-backed technology and healthcare companies that listed on stock markets in 2022. So it was fou...2023-03-1009 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateLabor Market vs InflationJerome Powell testified in front of Congress this week and the main takeaway was “we are absolutely going to keep ripping rates if we need to - and it looks like we need to.” On the second day of his testimony, he walked back a bit stating - "If — *and I stress that no decision has been made on this* — if the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes." Elizabeth Warren posed a question that pretty much everyone has been asking for the past few m...2023-03-0910 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy the Data Makes No Sensefull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/why-the-data-makes-no-sense 2023-03-0211 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateInterview with Mary Daly, President and CEO of San Francisco Federal Reservefull transcript at kyla.substack.com 2023-02-2421 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateNo-Landing and the Anti-gravity Economyfull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/no-landing-and-the-anti-gravity-economy 2023-02-1608 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateMargin and Opportunityfull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/margin-and-opportunity 2023-02-0909 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateTikTok's CoreCore and the Federal Reservehttps://kyla.substack.com/p/tiktoks-corecore-and-the-federal 2023-02-0210 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateReversion to Reality: How Big Tech Impacts the EconomyFull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/reversion-to-reality-how-big-tech 2023-01-2612 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat Even is a "Mild" Recession?Full article at kyla.substack.com 2023-01-1909 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy the Fed Might Want You to Lose Your Jobfull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-fed-is-hiking-up-that-mountain 2023-01-0608 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateMind the Cupfull article here: https://kyla.substack.com/p/mind-the-cup 2022-12-2907 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's Appreciate2022 was Really WeirdFull article at kyla.substack.com 2022-12-2215 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateA Non-Zero Interest Rate WorldFull article at kyla.substack.com 2022-12-1708 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateLanguage, Loneliness, and AIfull article on kyla.substack.com 2022-12-0813 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateDCG, Multicellular Organisms, and Fed MinutesFull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/dcg-multicellular-organisms-and-fed#footnote-2 2022-11-2807 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateElon Musk, The FTX Saga, and the Federal ReserveSome more on Elon, SBF-FTX, and some Moo! Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-...Bloomberg 1: https://twitter.com/opinion/status/15...Bloomberg 2: https://twitter.com/opinion/status/15...Bankless 1: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status...Bankless 2: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status...2022-11-2111 min

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#121 Carving Your Own Path In a "Vibecession" - Kyla Scanlon on leaving her job, writing online, TikToks as Poetry, and The Passion CrisisI believe that Kyla Scanlon is one of the most talented all-around creators. She is transcending the assumptions about what people want, especially with things like short-form videos. Her TikToks are synthesized, thoughtful, and funny, setting a new bar for what people want in an information age.We talked about her journey growing up in Kentucky, writing online, hacking into the finance industry from a non-target school, and ultimately deciding to become self-employed with less than two years of work experience. Someone at her company told her she wouldn't "make it"🍿WATCH ON YOUTUBEKy...2022-11-141h 04 $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateIntention vs Impact: Jerome Powell & Elon MuskFull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/intention-vs-impact-jerome-powell 2022-11-0710 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat is the Federal Reserve Doing?Full notes: https://kylascan.notion.site/Powell-Presser-39bfec65cb604509a4bc9f15ab4b5c13 Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan? Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an em...2022-11-0306 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateA Bird in the Hand: Elon Musk, Misinformation, and TwitterFull notes here: https://kylascan.notion.site/Elon-Muskinformation-ccbd38ba08f84c8789894dad20ef8de9 Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan?Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email...2022-11-0125 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWho is Driving the Economic Car?People are cyclical. The economy is cyclical. It’s something I’ve continuously repeated to myself the past few weeks as I’ve been traveling. I had a conversation with my Uber driver about the current state of affairs, and he asked me - “how could you be so jaded to choose money over people” when I was explaining the well-that’s-just-how-it-is-ism of the Federal Reserve. I did a piece for Bloomberg Opinion on three main economic players - fiscal policy decision makers, the central banks, and the markets. The markets are increasingly dictating policy as we saw in the U...2022-10-3112 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Fed’s Goal? Getting the Economy on a Sustainable PathI had the incredible opportunity to interview Mary Daly, the President and CEO of the San Francisco Federal Reserve. As we all know, the Federal Reserve is raising rates, shrinking their balance sheet in order to fight inflation - but there are increasing concerns over the consequences that those policy decisions have. People are the economy. The economy is just a bunch of people “peopling” around. That’s really important to keep in mind when making policy decisions. We discuss all that and more in this interview - wealth disparity, generational impacts, lessons that the Fed has learne...2022-10-2120 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateCathie Wood & Clay Gardner - The Challenge of Democratizing FinanceSo what does democratizing VC really mean? Full interview here: https://fintwitsummit.com 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Democratizing VC 05:16 - Retail Investors 07:51 - Fee Structure 10:26 - Inequality 14:24 - Optimism 17:35 - Founders 21:34 - Personal Outlooks 25:02 - Macro 29:24 - Bye! Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan? Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copy...2022-10-1929 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciatePumpkin Policy and Dollarominosnewsletter: https://kyla.substack.com/p/pumpkin-policy-and-dollarominos 2022-10-1011 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateCredit Suisse: Great Financial Crisis 2.0?All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email, kyla.scanlon@outlook.com 2022-10-0305 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe United Kingdom: Fiscal Policy Meets Monetary Policy00:00 - Intro 00:13 - What happened? 01:06 - BoE Action 01:45 - Why did this happen? 03:17 - TL;DW Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan? Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h...2022-09-2805 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateEverything Going on in the Economy Right NowFull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-fedco... Publishing day form: https://forms.gle/DAgonsNLm12B7P1z5 2022-09-2612 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Federal Reserve's Secret Weaponhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-economic-kingdom 2022-09-1910 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Ethereum Merge and the Energy CrisisFull write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-ether... Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan?Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email, kyla.scanlon@outlook.com DISCLAIMER: This video does n...2022-09-1211 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateEveryone is Impacted by the Energy CrisisThere’s an energy crisis going on. I am going to talk about how we got here, what’s going on right now, and some ideas for what the future could look like. As always, I try to remove all sensationalism in my work, so if you’re looking for straightforward analysis and synthesis on this situation, that’s what this is. Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan? Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www...2022-09-0712 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateQuiet Quitting is Actually Quite LoudI truly think the Fed is doing the best they can with the tools that they do have - but as I and many others have written about before, their best might not be good enough here. I think using the labor market as a tool is of course an economic necessity for what they can do - but it’s a tool that has long lasting morale consequences and enhances distrust in a world that is increasingly losing trust in everything. Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/getting-p... All materials in...2022-08-2910 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHow Sensationalism Drives the Stock MarketThere is a gap between expectations and reality, which creates the perfect storm for Very Big Takes. Supply side information issues compounded by ‘printing’ too many takes has created a hypertakeflationary environment. full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/hypertake... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an e...2022-08-2211 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Inflation NarrativeInflation being 0% in July doesn’t diminish that pain and worry that so many are experiencing. There is still a long way to go. But even marginal improvements can tip the dominoes in a better direction - which should help shape expectations to be more positive, and the compounding impact of that is a good thing. Full article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-infla...Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90765511/... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No co...2022-08-1509 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHow Social Media Drives the EconomyThe algorithmic money faucet does not like detail, but that is what this economy *requires*. Things are bad, things are good, and it’s important to understand where and why both are happening versus saying that Everything is Actually Hell. Nuance is required, especially as we navigate the next few months of a Fast and Furious Fed, who is hellbent on fighting inflation. The way that we think about the economy and markets might have to evolve as the economy and markets evolve Full article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/how-the-algorithmic-money-faucet NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/20...2022-08-0807 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Semantics of a RecessionGrief and love are the same emotion, expressed differently. We are living in a world of increasing differentials, where our base case is becoming less probable, and we are having to build out new models of thinking. That is exciting but scary - we might be all experiencing the derivative of the ‘same thing’ as our economic world changes around us but it shows up for all us differently. And that is important to remember. Full article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-semantics-of-a-recession Full article 2: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-changing-economic-regime DISCLAIMER: This vide...2022-08-0117 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateInflation, Oil, and the Federal ReserveFull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-secon... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email, kyla.scanlon@outlook.com DISCLAIMER: This video does not provide investment or economic advice and is not professional advice (legal, accounting, tax). The owner of this content is not an investment advisor. Discussion of...2022-07-2014 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateInvesting in an Inflationary EnvironmentNote: the interview was filmed in April 2022 so some dynamics have changed, but the core interview applies even more now than it did then I got the chance to interview Don Casturo, the CIO of Quantix Commodities. We discussed commodities, and how you can hedge against inflation in your own portfolio. This video is in partnership with Harbor Capital Blog: https://kyla.substack.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylascanlon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan?Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylascan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylascan/?h... I...2022-07-1522 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat is Going On with Inflation?Further reading: https://horse-quart-a62.notion.site/I... All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email, kyla.scanlon@outlook.com DISCLAIMER: This video does not provide investment or economic advice and is not professional advice (legal, accounting, tax). The owner of this content is not an investment advisor. Discussion of any securities, trading, or...2022-07-1413 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWe are not in a Recessionfull piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/data-versus-reality 2022-07-0512 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Vibecession: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecyfull write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-vibecession-the-self-fulfilling 2022-06-3011 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat is the Most Important Part of the Economy?Full write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/people-ar... I think we often forget that the economy is really a bunch of people peopling around and trying to make sense of this world. So it’s going to be silly and dumb because people are silly and dumb. I don’t know. I think it’s frustrating and it’s also okay to *be* frustrated. That’s part of where action comes from. And just like the Fed, we have to take action to maintain our credibility (something I need to work on more). The bifurcation of society shows that we car...2022-06-1918 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateDo we need a Recession?full write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/do-we-need-a-recession?s=w youtube https://youtu.be/7j8IqZ2DTmU 2022-06-0614 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateFood Insecurity and the Baby Formula CrisisFull piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/food-insecurity-and-the-baby-formula?sd=nfs DISCLAIMER: This video does not provide investment or economic advice and is not professional advice (legal, accounting, tax). The owner of this content is not an investment advisor. Discussion of any securities, trading, or markets is incidental and solely for entertainment purposes. Nothing herein shall constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or an opinion on suitability. The information in this video is provided as of the date of its initial release. The owner of this video expressly disclaims all representations or warranties of accuracy. The owner...2022-05-2318 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateUST and USD: Everything is Monetary PolicyFull write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/ust-and-usd-everything-is-monetary?s=w Terra notes: https://www.notion.so/Terra-c666bd2252eb4a6a82ccdfe4140b64e7 I want to highlight that a lot of people lost a lot of money from this. It’s scary. If you need help, please talk to someone. You are not alone.2022-05-1216 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateDichotomy in the Golden Age of Fraudhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/dichotomy-in-the-golden-age-of-fraud?s=w 2022-05-0613 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateSolutions are the Problemfull article: https://kyla.substack.com/p/solutions-are-the-problem?s=w 2022-04-2810 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Disruption of Stability00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Disruption of the Grindset 01:56 - Disruption of the Home 05:27 - Disruption of Stability 07:33 - Dollar Dominance 08:59 - Forced Changing of Structural Homogeneity 10:33 - Crypto? 12:53 - Wealth Inequality 13:31 - Supply Chain Overload 14:28 - China 15:22 - Globalization 16:21 - Inflation 16:58 - Elon Musk 19:14 - Final Thoughts full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-disruption-of-stability?s=w 2022-04-1621 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWealth Inequality, The Federal Reserve, and CryptoCheck out Joey here: https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano His newsletter: https://apricitas.substack.com My newsletter: https://kyla.substack.com Q&A WITH JOEY! We answered some crowd sourced questions, and here are the video version of our answers. This video is broken into three parts: 1. Intro 2. Greatest Hits 3. Full Q&A I wanted to include a greatest hits for those who just want a super super quick overview, but highly recommend that you read the full pieces + listen to the full vide...2022-04-1149 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Distortion and Disruption of Narratives (Things are Weird)full write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-distortion-and-disruption-of?s=w Our lives are mostly a result of the content that we interact with. We are (sort of) an average of the five people that we spend the most time with. The things that we read and watch and the people we talk to end up shaping our world. And that is compounded by !algorithms! that *also* determine how we see the world. We end up tying ourselves into our online worlds because that is where we exist for most of the day. Like sure, we might have a ru...2022-04-0521 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateRising Tides: The Science of Salmon InvestingFull write up https://kyla.substack.com This is Part 1 of a Two Part food and commodity inflation series. I wanted to intro Scoot as a solution, and will follow up with a broader macro piece on Friday! Check out Scoot here: https://www.scootscience.com Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post with Scoot Science. As I’ve outlined in many of my pieces, we cannot have green energy policy without green energy investment - but I’ve never provided or discussed solutions beyond that. Scoot Science is building a tool called SeaVest that...2022-03-2315 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateTaking Some Sense to Make a Nickelhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/taking-some-sense-to-make-a-nickel?s=w 2022-03-1219 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhat You Need to Know about the Russia-Ukraine War So FarPlease follow these researchers and journalists: https://twitter.com/i/lists/149685791...Please donate here if you can: https://www.notion.so/Donate-1b8dccdf... Ben and Kyla's previous video on this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Kyla's Research Update on Russia and Ukraine: https://kyla.substack.com/p/update-on...Brief Update on Russia and Ukraine: https://kyla.substack.com/p/a-brief-u...2022-02-2828 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateIrrational Idealism: Inflation and the Federal Reservehttps://kyla.substack.com/p/irrational-idealism-inflation-and 2022-02-1118 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Polarization of Crypto Narrativevideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnjvp1s1vZU research: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-polarization-of-crypto-narrative 2022-02-0320 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateNarratives, Reflexivity, and Market Go Downhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/narratives-reflexivity-and-market https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQu5DOpcyaE&t=11s 2022-01-1223 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateGeopolitics is a Mess - Why?Notes: https://www.notion.so/Week-of-Dec-13-... Ben's substack: https://benwheeler.substack.com/p/wha... 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Ben Returns 02:16 - NATO 15:31 - Russia and Ukraine 16:16 - FOMC 26:48 - Cybersecurity 28:38 - Energy Markets 31:06 - Bye Ben 31:31 - Bye Kyla 2021-12-2432 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy Don't Things Make Sense?Main write-up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/tradeoffs...Vitaliks piece: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021...Jack’s piece: https://youngmoneyweekly.substack.com... 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Tradeoffs 02:32 - Centralization Tradeoff 06:00 - Federal Reserve Tradeoff 08:10 - Political Key Man Risk 08:27 - Apple Tradeoff 09:30 - Cybersecurity Tradeoff 10:15 - Gray 11:41 - Energy Tradeoff 13:54 - Crypto Tradeoff 14:17 - Narrative creation 16:42 - Narrative Resistance 17:20 - Narrative Disruption 17:51 - Narrative Packaging 18:47 - Dollar Tradeoff 19:44 - Happiness Tradeoff 21:07 - Final Thoughts 22:11 - Bye 2021-12-2122 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateInflation is Here - What Happens Next?Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-great... Helpful videos: What is the Fed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIQiO... What is inflation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jKb... 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - CPI0 7:04 - What is the Fed Going to Do? 09:21 - The Stock Market is Not the Economy 10:35 - Evergrande 11:41 - Russia 12:08 - Crypto Regulation 13:46 - What is the economy? 15:00 - Final Thoughts 2021-12-1116 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateA Summary of the Stock MarketRATS!!!! THE STOCK MARKET!!!! Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-wager?justPublished=true 00:57 - The Markets 01:31 - An Interruption 04:02 - Pascal’s Wager 05:19 - Fed’s Wager 10:12 - The Job Market 12:37 - The Bond Market 14:05 - Oil Market 17:26 - Final Thoughts 2021-12-0419 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateA Summary of the Stock MarketWeekly rambles Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/whats-going-on 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Energy Markets 04:28 - Europe 05:25 - Turkey 05:59 - The United States 11:51 - Jerome Powell 13:20 - New Covid Strain 14:53 - On Optimism A Small Note of Gratitude I am acutely aware of how much support I’ve had - no one has ever had to show me the kindness that I’ve received over the past few months and years. So many people have taken chances on me (my pr...2021-11-2618 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateShould You Even Invest in the Stock/Crypto Market?Some thoughts on being bullish humanity. Full piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/being-bul... Topics covered this week on Everything You Need to Know The Huge Opportunity in DAOs The Infrastructure Bill (and the history of the U.S. Government w Ben Wheeler!) The Most Important Inflation Metric That You’ve Never Heard Of What Could Crash the Housing Market A New Fed Chair!!!! There will be a new Fed Chair soon. Either Jerome Powell or Lael Brainard. So what’s the difference? Tbh, it won’t be huge - Brainard is very concerned about labor markets, and has warned aga...2021-11-2019 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Infrastructure Bill - Is it Actually Good?Everything you need to know about the Infrastructure Bill! **NOTE: I know there are concerns about the misallocation of capital, and that this is a contentious topic. This is a high level overview of what it COULD be - and the importance of infrastructure in physical society** President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday $550b in new infrastructure investment over 5 years -he $1.2 trillion figure comes from including additional funding normally allocated each year for highways and other infrastructure projects. * ensure safe travel * efficient transport of goods and services Ben and I speak at 13:31 about the eco...2021-11-1647 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Huge Opportunity of DAOsEverything you need to know about DAOs! DAO are “a group organized around a mission that coordinates through a shared set of rules enforced on a blockchain”. At the most basic level, they use collective participation to fund things and get things done. I go on a bit of a tangent at 11:43, which you can skip if you want. Airdropping a token to everyone in the US is far from feasible, but just wanted to take some time to talk about what *could* be possible. Constitution DAO: https://www.constitutiondao.com **NOTE: This was absolutely not an ad, nor was I spo...2021-11-1517 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateWhy the Stock Market (and Crypto) Won't Go Up ForeverFull piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-diver... Will the money that is generated by the meme cycle result in innovations that we never could have dreamed of? Or will there be a total collapse in faith because of the huge misalignment between expectations and calculated reality? “Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.” ― Luigi Pirandello For as long as this absurdness can persist, I suppose. And perhaps none of it really needs to make sense at all. 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Coin called gm 04:13 - Governance structures 06:03...2021-11-1318 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHow Does the Internet Work?Everything You Need to Know About Digital Infrastructure! Full piece here: https://kyla.substack.com This piece is sponsored by @iodigitalindex’s BYTE ETF Index. All research and views are my own, and none of this is investment advice. Interested in learning more about BYTE? Click here (I do not receive commissions on this link, just a way for you to learn more!) https://iodigitalindex.com 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Brief Recap on the Metaverse 02:12 - Facebook's Role 03:02 - Digital Infrastructure 04:48 - Data Centers 06:18 - Cell Towers 07:53 - Semiconductors 08:56 - The Stack 10:36 - Final Thoughts 2021-11-1011 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Growth Story of Roblox (and what's next)Everything You Need to Know About Roblox! Full piece here: https://kyla.substack.com/p/roblox-an... Organized notes: https://horse-quart-a62.notion.site/R... 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Roblox 03:23 - Future of Roblox 05:13 - Differentiation of Roblox 06:45 - Roblox Economy 08:52 - Roblox Growth 10:44 - Growth Beyond 11:25 - Video Game Industry 12:28 - The Numbers 14:30 - Final Thoughts 2021-11-0915 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateHow Elon Musk Moves MarketsEverything You Need to Know About Elon Musk and Tesla! Full piece here: https://kyla.substack.com/p/how-elon-... 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Who is Elon Musk? 03:17 - Background on Tesla 04:44 - What does it all mean? 06:54 - Religion of the Meme 07:52 - Musk Meme 11:04 - Market Dynamics of Tesla 16:01 -Technoptimism 17:02 - Wolves in Yellowstone 2021-11-0819 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's AppreciateThe Metaverse | Everything You Need to KnowEverything You Need to Know About the Metaverse The Metaverse is an expansive network of persistent, real-time rendered 3D worlds and simulations that support continuity of identity, objects, history, payments, and entitlements, and can be experienced synchronously by an effectively unlimited number of users, each with an individual sense of presence All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with t...2021-11-0210 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's Appreciatevolmaggedon and the rise of passiveFull piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/consumpti... In partnership with https://www.simplify.us/etfs A good piece on XIV: https://towardsdatascience.com/the-xiv-meltdown-1b0608110b9f + https://ttmygh.medium.com/grant-williams-0-00-before-we-get-going-heres-the-bit-where-i-remind-you-that-nothing-we-b28f6db77 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - What is this? 01:44 - Correlation and Volatility 05:17 - Volmaggedon 07:57 - Passive Flows 09:31 - Demographics 12:31 - The Flows 15:01 - Market Structure 16:08 - Does Bitcoin Fix This? 17:36 - Final Thoughts Blog: https://kyla.substack.com 2021-10-2018 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's Appreciateconsumption on-demand | the peril of the consumerFull piece: https://kyla.substack.com/p/consumpti... Music by Pick Patek - My Mind Is A Barrel (feat. Raindrop Relly & Charles Hussle) - https://thmatc.co/?l=B6CED606 All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please send me an email, kyla.scanlon@outlook.com DISCLAIMER:This video does not provide investment or econo...2021-10-1918 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's Appreciatethe theories of interconnectivityhttps://kyla.substack.com/p/the-theories-of-interconnectivity 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Theories of Interconnectivity 02:07 - Financial Education 03:20 - The Theories 03:44 - The Not Enoughness Theory 08:48 - The Absurdity Theory 14:28 - The Speculation Theory 21:18 - The Community Theory 24:46 - The Influence Theory 28:06 - Flexation Theory 31:45 - Theory of Information Synthesis 34:19 - Final Thoughts 2021-10-1135 min $Let\'s Appreciate$ Let's Appreciatecollective belief is the new free cash flowmy first attempt at a podcast! let me know if you like the style! People are using the stock market as a way to find community. People are using it as a tool to connect with other people. That’s why you see the proliferation of social investing apps - because investing is scary and overwhelming. The stock market is weird. It doesn’t make sense. AMC is driven by narratives. AMC is driven by collective belief behind the value of an asset. AMC exists because we crave community. https://kyla.substack.com/p/is-collec...2021-06-0427 min