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I Use Evolution to Predict Which Markets Survive AI | Daily Essay

Chegg lost about 99% of its market value while electricians got busier. Markets take the same five routes species take through an ice age: gone, hurt, unchanged, thriving and new. Featuring: Elizabeth Kolbert Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. https://trends.vc/ HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. https://headsup.bot Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. https://makemulti.com Chapters: (00:00) Watching markets meet cheap intelligence (00:24) Five routes through an ice age (00:52) Gone and hurt: Chegg and bill negotiators (01:38) Unchanged: barbers (01:47) Thriving: electricians (02:08) New: Mercor Where to find Dru: Essays: https://druriley.com/ X: https://x.com/DruRly YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

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Chegg lost about 99% of its market value while electricians got busier. Markets take the same five routes species take through an ice age: gone, hurt, unchanged, thriving and new.

Featuring: Elizabeth Kolbert

Watch on YouTube

Read the full post

Brought to you by:

Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. https://trends.vc/

HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. https://headsup.bot

Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. https://makemulti.com

Chapters:

(00:00) Watching markets meet cheap intelligence
(00:24) Five routes through an ice age
(00:52) Gone and hurt: Chegg and bill negotiators
(01:38) Unchanged: barbers
(01:47) Thriving: electricians
(02:08) New: Mercor

Where to find Dru:

Essays: https://druriley.com/
X: https://x.com/DruRly
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

Click here to view the episode transcript.

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