Why No Cassandra of Hope?
Cassandra has become a byword for the mocked or ignored doomer. The Bible is replete with Casandras. Noah builds an ark while his neighbors jeer. The angels who foretell destruction to the inhabitants of Sodom are regarded as jokers. In Greek Tragedy, Cassandra finds no way to capture value; she cannot monetize her contrarian secret, as Peter Thiel woul…
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