Category Archives: Guru

The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

The New York Times published Nov. 6, 2023: Ever Had a Horrible Boss? ‘The Fund’ Is the Perfect Rage-Read. In Rob Copeland’s “The Fund,” we learn about the notorious hedge-fund giant Ray Dalio — and the manipulative professional hellscape over … Continue reading →

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Decoding The Greatest Motivational Speakers (12-12-23)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15355853:00 Criticizing Israel on American campuses, https://www.unz.com/isteve/president-of-penn-shoved-out/55: Putting the con in conservative: https://rumble.com/v2nqqwe-putting-the-con-in-conservative-5-14-23.html56:00 Conservative cons, … Continue reading →

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New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Luke Ford

You don’t become a great motivational speaker ala Oprah and Tony Robbins by telling the truth. There are too many other people and institutions doing that. You become special by relaying something special, but few people have a trove of … Continue reading →

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What Makes A Great Pundit?

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Luke Ford

My friend Ricardo posts on Twitter: “I’ve come back around on Richard [Spencer]. Not sure I ever really left. Truly the greatest pundit of his generation.” What makes a great pundit? What type of person seeks out a pundit? What’s … Continue reading →

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Decoding Decoding The Gurus, Part Two (8-2-23)

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, Part Two, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14954510:20 The Valley Exposed: Luke Ford, the outsider, https://www.dailynews.com/2007/06/06/the-valley-exposed-luke-ford-the-outsider/16:00 Column: A Democratic and Republican battled for Congress. They became unlikely friends, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14961319:00 Chris Mooney Discusses “The Republican Brain” with Jonathan Haidt and Chris … Continue reading →

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