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North Korea appears to have suddenly changed its tune, but this is only part of its longstanding survival strategy.

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Quote and inspiration comes from:
The Real North Korea, by Andrei Lankov (highly recommended): https://www.amazon.com/Real-North-Korea-Politics-Stalinist/dp/0199390037 (*The quote was edited for length)

Rules for Rulers, CGP Grey: https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs

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https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/6partytalks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Korean_missile_tests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/jul/04/north-korea-announces-successful-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-test-video

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/12/19/16794970/wannacry-north-korea-bossert-cyberattacks

http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/cns-north-korea-missile-test-database/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Korean_missile_tests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/28/north-korea-has-fired-ballistic-missile-say-reports-in-south-korea

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/27/17290344/north-korea-south-korea-kim-jong-un-moon-trump

North Korean Olympic Cheerleaders: https://twitter.com/BBCDavidMcDaid/status/962276136376983555

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Amazon sells everything from streaming video to organic grapes, and it’s all part of a large (likely successful) strategy to dominate the entire consumer market.

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The biggest source of inspiration for this video is the wonderful Ben Thompson's analysis of Amazon at https://stratechery.com - highly recommended.

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SEC report from Amazon, including its competitors: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872416000172/amzn-20151231x10k.htm

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/29/amazons-patent-flying-warehouse/95951942/

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/28/technology/amazon-web-services-outages/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/23/technology/amazon-education-tenmarks-writing/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/02/28/amazons-cloud-service-goes-down-sites-scramble/98530914/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Amazon-Kindle-Cost-Production-Supplies-Parts,13953.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/technology/moviepass-economy-startups.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-member-numbers-revealed-2018-4

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/amazon-strategy-teardown/

https://a16z.com/2014/09/05/why-amazon-has-no-profits-and-why-it-works/

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/14/why-amazon-is-eating-the-world/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/01/amazon-control-internet-aws-cloud-services-outage/98548762/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/11/13/to-what-extent-are-amazon-and-google-competitors/#773520114267

https://searchengineland.com/survey-amazon-beats-google-starting-point-product-search-252980

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2017/03/25/are-investors-too-optimistic-about-amazon

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/03/25/amazon-the-worlds-most-remarkable-firm-is-just-getting-started

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/amazon-pharmacy-team-expanded-to-more-than-30-leerink.html

https://stratechery.com/2018/amazons-go-and-the-future/

https://stratechery.com/2016/the-amazon-tax/

https://stratechery.com/2018/amazon-health/

https://stratechery.com/2014/losing-amazon-religion/

https://stratechery.com/2013/amazons-dominant-strategy/

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197608

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/technology/moviepass-economy-startups.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-newest-ambitioncompeting-directly-with-ups-and-fedex-1474994758

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/031116/making-sense-amazons-move-logistics-amzn.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020515/why-amazon-needs-dump-ups-and-fedex-amzn-fdx-ups.asp

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LT3L7AO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00LT3L7AO&linkCode=as2&tag=sgtsnu-20&linkId=YN4RE2ODX35ZZBNQ

http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/amazon-stock-price-here-are-the-4-industries-wall-street-thinks-amazon-will-destroy-the-fastest-2017-9-1002426699

https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/17/amazon-tanks-blue-aprons-stock-with-o

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China has huge ambitions for the 21st century. But it’s demographic problems will be a significant challenge on the way there.

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Demographic explanations are inspired in part by several chapters of “The Accidental Superpower” by Peter Zeihan. It’s a great book and although this video is only a small slice (and not the main argument), it’s very interesting and worth reading. He’s the source of a couple specific phrasings like “countries can’t manufacture 18 year olds” which I think help explain the issue well.

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You've probably seen or heard about malls closing, but this doesn't necessarily mean the end of malls entirely, and online shopping isn't quite the enemy that you might expect.

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Game is Civilization 5 (go buy it)

Clip of IRL person talking is an Apple executive from the September 2017 Apple Special Event.

Anchor store source (among many others): http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-shopping-malls-wont-tell-you-1308954251095

Future of malls source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#445dd9007eb4
Tom Simmons, who oversees the mid-Atlantic shopping center division of Kimco, another real estate giant, is more blunt. “There are B and C malls in tertiary markets that are dinosaurs and will likely die,” he said, but “A malls are doing well.”

Internet sales up (not meant to be exact, only show a trend)
http://pewaukeeeconomics.blogspot.com/2015/04/producers-take-advantage-of-compulsive.ht/ml

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Living inside mall article: [You Can Now Live Inside America’s First Shopping Mall for $550 a Month - Westminster Arcade Rhode Island](http://www.countryliving.com/real-estate/a35148/shopping-mall-micro-homes-in-rhode-island/)

Other sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#38b5f4727eb4
https://www.fixr.com/costs/build-shopping-mall
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/17-071_615ba9f2-dfca-41f2-a0eb-0336e5e36160.pdf
https://www.ten-x.com/company/blog/for-elite-class-a-malls-its-good-to-be-king/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/26/why-these-malls-are-thriving-while-others-die.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/retail-meltdown-of-2017/522384/
http://www.businessinsider.com/so-what-are-we-going-to-do-with-the-retail-malls-2017-3
https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/5/4/15124038/regional-mall-apocalypse
http://www.margaretriverbusiness.com/2012/11/is-the-internet-killing-the-traditional-retail-shop/
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0711/is-online-shopping-killing-brick-and-mortar.aspx
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/06/16/amazon-to-buy-whole-foods-market-in-deal-valued-at-13-7-billion-2/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/05/the-retail-apocalypse-summed-up-perfectly-in-one-chart-commentary.html

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Self-Driving cars hold immense technological promise, but they won’t fundamentally solve problems like congestion, at least for now.

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