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I would be very interested in reading about huge bubbles in railroad, airline, or any other industry. Do you happen to have references (genuinely asking; the o
by daveguy 1y ago
I would be very interested in reading about huge bubbles in railroad, airline, or any other industry. Do you happen to have references (genuinely asking; the original article didn't include any references)?
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Found one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893
Another good one:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Utility_Holding_Company_Act_of_1935 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Utility_Holding_Company... (from cake_robot here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45056621 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45056621)
For reference, apple and spotify links to the Derek Thompson podcast in reply below (thank you!):
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plain-english-with-der...
https://open.spotify.com/show/3fQkNGzE1mBF1VrxVTY0oo https://open.spotify.com/show/3fQkNGzE1mBF1VrxVTY0oo
- tptacek 1y agoThere was just a long Derek Thompson podcast with a Transcontinental Railroad scholar about this! (That's why I knew about it.) The whole subtext of that podcast was how eerily similar the Transcontinental Railroad was to AI (as an investment/malinvestment/prediction of future trends).