Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Laying Movie Eggs
For Me, It’s Only Slope
A Polar Flip
I have long held the belief that popular media offers potent contrarian indicators. The “cover curse” is the most famous, but I’d like to mention a rather curious one specific to our own little industry here: Zerohedge.
See, ZH came into existence in February 2009 (our own beloved Slope was already four years old by then). Right from the get-go, and for years and years after, it was steadfastly cynical, critical, and very bearish. Understandably, I was a big fan. Plus, it made sense that this very bearish publication came out at the almost EXACT bottom of the bear market, which would take place just days later.
(more…)Time Magazine’s Mistake
Ummm…………so a cover story on Time about AI and Elon isn’t even mentioned. Elon, whose Tesla is a giant in AI (ever hear of FSD?) as well as x.ai – – isn’t on here – – yet Scarlett fucking Johanssen is?
