Investing in the Time of Cholera

By Keith Teare • Issue #310 • View online

In Love in the Time of Cholera, the author tells a story of a world of plague, civil war, and mass murder, yet love still dominates the protagonist’s story. This week the continued collapse of the public market begs the question, are we still in love with investing in startups?

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Editorial

Gabriel García Márquez Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Columbia towards the end of the 19th Century, through 1924. It is about love that endures and survives amidst plagues, civil wars and massacres of plantation workers. The protagonist, Florentino Ariza suffers from lovesickness and it gives him pain, just like cholera. I found this nice precise statement about the book’s key message:

The best message this book teaches us is that love is not to be disappointed with. Life is full of chances. One should not be disappointed when he runs into obstacles in his life even though he spends half of it suffering from sorrows. The most…