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Elite flight signals — tracking how the ultra-wealthy hedge instability
100k ft — What is this?
Elite flight signals — tracking how the ultra-wealthy hedge instability
50k ft — Why care?
Three signals: a vibe-coded art project tracking oligarch private-jet departures, a Forbes report on villas, yachts and golden-visa demand, and Douglas Rushkoff's story of billionaires asking how to control security forces after 'the event'. Ends with a pitch for a paid leadership program.
10k ft — Key takeaways
• Private-jet departure tracking is a crude public signal of elite risk perception
5k ft — Tools & techniques
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AI agents, flight tracking
1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
The ultra wealthy are preparing for the end of the world…
Here are 3 ways to keep track of it.
Including a viral flight tracker, a recent Forbes article on the ultra high net worth, and an off-the-record meetup with @douglasrushkoff and 5 hedge fund bros.
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Transcript excerpt
It's not just the rats this time that are leaving the sinking ship, it's the fat cats too. And you're the last to know. And the reason why comes down to an app that just went viral on X, a new Forbes report on the ultra-high net worth, and an off-the-record meetup with five billionaire bros. Let's get into it. First, the viral flight tracker. A young artist vibe-coded it as a digital performance art piece to call out the poly-mockatification of everything. It tracks when oligarchs flee big cities on their PJs. That's private jet and peasant speed. He figured they'd have earlier heads up and would bolt before things went zombie apocalypse. And enough, when Trump just set the deadline to wipe out an entire civilization by 8pm Eastern Standard Time, the app saw an uptick in get-the-fuck-out flights. So download that sucker to keep tabs on those G6s in the coal mine. Second, this week Forbes just dropped a report how the wealthy are hedging for instability. The upshot? Yachts, villas, and as many passports as they can possibly buy. Villa demand increases up 25% year-over-year. Yacht charges in the Western Mediterranean up 30%. Shoulder season bookings for March and October fall for the first time ever. But members clubs popping up in vibey second tier cities like Milan, Lisbon, and Cartagena. Sotheby's reporting golden visa and citizenship applications for Portugal, New Zealand, and Caribbean islands backed up for months. Where are they coming from? Gulf states that used to be…