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Essay / Disruption & adaptability

Riding the Waves of Disruption: Adaptability from DeepSeek Shock, Markets Rout on the Eve of the Year of the Snake

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A MOMENT TO CONSIDER

Written around the 2025 Lunar New Year, this essay responds to market turbulence surrounding DeepSeek through the symbolism of renewal. Kefei compares contrasting business approaches and draws a personal analogy between dependable foundations and the ability to change direction.

The market discussion belongs to that particular moment. Its broader reflection concerns how expertise, relationships, and flexible thinking can coexist when familiar plans are disrupted, without treating every change as a reason to abandon one's bearings.

A reading note on the published post. The complete piece, photographs, and conversation are on Koffeemocha.

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TAKE IT WITH YOU

What helps you stay grounded while leaving room to change course?

A question to carry into your day, or your next conversation over coffee.

Published Jan 28, 2025. Reading time estimated at 220 words per minute.
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