Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as a clear framework for placing the current US and world situation within historical debt and empire cycles.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Principles by Ray Dalio

Topic

economic and geopolitical cycles

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

10

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• I tend to ignore the "endless screeching", and I've long had an optimistic world view somewhat aligned with say Steven Pinker -- we're living through the best times, roughly monotonic progress, with some temporary setbacks. But this recent video by Ray Dalio made me think …

• Assuming you live in the US like I do, definitely watch this video and read Dalio's book (I bought 2 copies) Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio (2022) [VIDEO] Basically we're on the downward part of the cycle of wealth. …

• If you aren't familiar with Ray Dalio's Principles for a Changing World Order, I can't recommend it enough (both the book and the YouTube video). You'll understand a lot better where the U.S. is in it's history and why so much is the way it …