In today's edition of Beyond The First Order, we have a section by @r0h1n on "Lag effects".

Feat. imaginary conversations at Wimbledon board meetings through the years.

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(1/4) 2003: At a Wimbledon board meeting

“We should purchase pandemic insurance”

“Why? Do you know something we don’t?”

“No. Because we should always seek to buy the optimum coverage possible.”

“How much will it cost us?”

“$2 million.”

“What?!”

“A year.”

“WHAT??!”

(2/4) 2008: Board meeting

“How much have we paid for this darn pandemic insurance till now?”

“$10 million.”

“You know what we could have done with $10 million?

“No, because we spent it on pandemic insurance.”

(3/4) 2015: Board meeting

“How come nobody told me we were spending two million dollars each year to save ourselves from a pandemic?!”

“Well, it’s just been there.”

“Since when?”

“2003.”

“Well I hope our insurers are educating their children and buying yachts."

(4/4) Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two because of the coronavirus pandemic.

8 April 2020

“Our insurer is on line 1.”

“What do they want?”

“They want to wire us our pandemic insurance money.”

“How much?”

“$141 million.”

*Speechless*

This fun segment and more in our newsletter today titled: “Incentives, Insurance and Chinese whispers”

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