1. able to provide: Vo, Lam Thuy. “How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Child?” Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2016. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/06/22/how-much-does-it-cost-to-raise-a-child.
2. kid in Manhattan: Fishbein, Rebecca. “It Could Cost You $500K to Raise a Child in NYC.” Gothamist, August 19, 2014. http://gothamist.com/2014/08/19/condoms_4life.php.
3. must have Manhattan private schools: Anderson, Jenny and Rachel Ohm. “Bracing for $40,000 at New York City Private Schools,” New York Times, January 29, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/nyregion/scraping-the-40000-ceiling-at-new-york-city-private-schools.html.
4. bright-light visions people describe: Pollan, Michael. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. New York: Random House, 2018.
5. One article on the exchange: “Get Your Sh** Together: NYU Professor’s Response to Student Who Complained After He Was Dismissed from Class for Being an Hour Late Takes Web by Storm.” Daily Mail, April 14, 2013. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308827/Get-sh-t-NYU-professors-response-student-complained-dismissed-class-hour-late.html.
6. the original gangster of cable: “#67 John Malone.” Forbes, January 15, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-malone/#349608415053.
7. You’re a fraud: Richards, Carl. “Learning to Deal with the Impostor Syndrome.” Your Money (blog), New York Times, October 26, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/your-money/learning-to-deal-with-the-impostor-syndrome.html.
8. Seventy percent of Americans: Page, Danielle. “How Impostor Syndrome Is Holding You Back at Work.” Better (blog), NBC News, October 26, 2017. https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-impostor-syndrome-holding-you-back-work-ncna814231.
9. they get louder: Vozza, Stephanie. “It’s Not Just You: These Super Successful People Suffer from Imposter Syndrome.” Fast Company, August 9, 2017. https://www.fastcompany.com/40447089/its-not-just-you-these-super-successful-people-suffer-from-imposter-syndrome.
10. is being born in America: Galloway, Scott. “Enter Uber.” Daily Insights, Gartner L2, June 16, 2017. https://www.l2inc.com/daily-insights/no-mercy-no-malice/enter-uber.
11. every five to seven years: Sundby, Alex. “Bank Execs Offer Head-Scratching Answers.” CBS News, January 14, 2010. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bank-execs-offer-head-scratching-answers.
12. An asset bubble: Kleintop, Jeffrey. “Where’s the Next Bubble?” Market Commentary (blog), Charles Schwab, July 10, 2017. https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/where-s-the-next-bubble
13. nearing a full-monty bubble: “5 Steps of a Bubble.” Insights (blog), Investopedia, June 2, 2010. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/10/5-steps-of-a-bubble.asp.
14. between 1999 and 2019: “Brad McMillan: Similarities Between 2017 and 1999,” June 30, 2017, in Your Money Briefing. Podcast, MP3 audio, 5:55. http://www.wsj.com/podcasts/brad-mcmillan-similarities-between-2017-and-1999/0EB5C970-1D74-4D6C-A7C8-1C8D7D08EC8B.html.
15. Kids who can code: “25 Best Paying Cities for Software Engineers,” Glassdoor. https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/25-best-paying-cities-software-engineers.
16. They are also competing with the Four: Galloway, Scott. The Four. New York: Portfolio, 2017. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/547991/the-four-by-scott-galloway.
17. superblocks in NYC: Gustin, Sam. “Google Buys Giant New York Building for $1.9 Billion.” Wired, December 22, 2010, https://www.wired.com/2010/12/google-nyc.
18. World Economic Forum’s annual meeting: “An Insight, an Idea with Sergey Brin.” Filmed January 19, 2017, in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting video, 34:07. https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017.
19. I wrote an article for Esquire: Galloway, Scott. “Silicon Valley’s Tax-Avoiding, Job-Killing, Soul-Sucking Machine.” Esquire, February 8, 2018.