🧗 Our Investing Journey (#2): Independent Thinking
Thoughts on why news is similar to science fiction
Every time I come back home for a few days, I notice people around me are really up to date with current events. Current events sadly translate to political drama, the latest catastrophes, and sports. Political drama comes in the form of the latest scandal (made up or actual) which may include some form of corruption, but can also be a random senator’s third cousin’s wife's parking ticket write-off constituting corruption. In the end, current politics comes down to a bunch of people screaming at each other equal levels of irrelevant, inconsistent, and pointless nonsense. In a way, politicians are paid too little for the amount of content that they create. Oh, if only our president was a streamer…
The second category, catastrophes, includes local, national, and international events that could be sold as standalone headliners for any newspaper. These are usually cyclical as they heavily rely on popular interest. For instance, the war in Ukraine is still ongoing but is barely covered by t…