World War II
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World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict fought from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945 between the Allied and Axis powers. Nearly all countries participated, and the war became an unprecedented total conflict marked by the Holocaust, mass civilian deaths, genocide, and the use of nuclear weapons; an estimated 60–75 million people died, making it the deadliest conflict in history.
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Mentions of World War II per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, business & startups.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12 | 0.27‰ | 1 |
| Aug 13 | 0.68‰ | 2 |
| Aug 19 | 0.73‰ | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 0.54‰ | 1 |
| Aug 31 | 0.24‰ | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 0.23‰ | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 1.04‰ | 4 |
| Sep 16 | 1.38‰ | 2 |
| Sep 17 | 2.09‰ | 4 |
| Sep 19 | 2.11‰ | 2 |
| Sep 23 | 1.36‰ | 2 |
| Sep 27 | 0.55‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 0.67‰ | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 0.70‰ | 2 |
| Oct 2 | 0.90‰ | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 1.02‰ | 1 |
| Oct 5 | 1.09‰ | 2 |
| Oct 6 | 1.34‰ | 1 |
| Oct 7 | 1.67‰ | 2 |
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World War II is being used to frame technology, leadership, and geopolitical change
Ethan Brady on How I Invest used World War II to explain how defense technology shifted from battleships to aircraft carriers after Pearl Harbor.[1]
Eric Teller on Moonshots argued that World War II and the Cold War created a period when people pursued moonshots without prioritizing return on investment.[2]
Jacob Coxon on PBD Podcast compared World War II’s influence on daily life with the potentially pervasive role of AI in the future.[3]
Other discussions used World War II as historical context: Jason Robbins linked IBM’s wartime bets to its postwar growth, while Shawn Ryan asked what Britain’s experience was when the United States became the superpower.[4][5]
The remaining references were more incidental, including Paul Rosolie describing an uncontacted tribe unfamiliar with World War II, Sammy Gravano recalling older Mafia members who fought in it, and Jocko Willink discussing soldiers’ emotional support.[6][7][8]
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- 1.How I Invest with David Weisburd · E439: Ethan Thornton: The 22-Year-Old Building a $3.7 Billion Defense CompanyEthan Brady · Oct 7 · Listen at 22:52 ↗
“asymmetrically less capital. And in the process, you do define the next technology. And I think the through line throughout history is that technology is incredibly important. And so that usually shows in defense first. I can tell a few sto”
- 2.Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Google X's Astro Teller: The $1B Bet No CEO Will Back, Moonshots 3x Cheaper in 16 Yrs, and Clean Water at 1¢/L| EP #300Eric Teller · Oct 5 · Listen at 13:57 ↗
“who are sort of delusionally optimistic, pour a bunch of money on them, you will absolutely get some moonshots. It's just not a very good return on investment. And so I think we had a period, mostly because of World War II and the Cold War,”
- 3.PBD Podcast · Ex-Anthropic Whistleblower Suspects Chinese Spies Inside America’s AI LabsJacob Coxon · Oct 6 · Listen at 3:37 ↗
“it was very rarely in the news, maybe for ChatGPT, but otherwise no. This year it's bam, bam, bam, AI. Every month there's a big AI story. Next year, it's going to be like every day there's going to be a big AI story. In particular, just im”
- 4.How I Invest with David Weisburd · E438: Will Robbins on Elon Musk, AI & the Future of Silicon ValleyJason Robbins · Oct 5 · Listen at 42:18 ↗
“kind of saved IBM and actually kind of brought them into kind of being the giant of the digital age. Watson Sr. was a little bit old school and didn't want to go move from the mechanical machines that they'd spent his lifetime building. He”
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