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The Second Tree Framework
Jeremy's answer to realizing you've missed a decade-long trend.
How it works
- 1The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, which is exactly when China planted its critical minerals tree.
- 2Trying to catch up to the leader head-on is fatal, they are over the horizon.
- 3Giving up is equally fatal.
- 4The move: plant the second tree now, build domestic capability on what you control, and compound from today.
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