Byrne Hobart, the unlikely oracle | Mercury
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How the hedge fund analyst turned writer makes the future look clear, even without a crystal ball.
In early 2020, Byrne Hobart was convinced COVID-19 would change the world. He was perplexed that so few felt the same. On January 27th — just seven days after the first confirmed case in America was found in Washington State — he tweeted that he believed the virus had already made its way to his then home state of New York. He was afraid the spread of the virus would be an economic disaster for every kind of business, down to his own employability as a freelancer. So, with the goal of attracting enough buzz to help him land writing gigs, he doubled down on writing his newsletter, then a…
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