This feels like something Apple has done in the past. Essentially be silent about some transformative strategy while working very hard on that strategy and beating everybody.
Interesting nugget about LeBron James from a legit economic study: He was credited with creating jobs in Cleveland (employment at restaurants/bars near Cleveland arena went up 23%)
In some Northeast states, as little as 12% of beachfront is available to the public. But there's an interesting legal doctrine that suggests some "private" beaches might not really be private.
I was interested by the mention of a "counter-reformation" in the story and increase in sermons and homilies about death that led to some of these beliefs. It made me think of movements today like Q'Anon that are detached from traditional religion but involve some of the same characteristics -- and obviously some false, macabre beliefs.
The Counter-Reformation[0] is a massive part of European history and, through European colonial expansion in that same era, world history. It’s rather surprising you’ve never heard of it. That said, both sides in the Counter-Reformation held the same belief in the supernatural, they just differed on details.
