Plate Tectonics
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The Earth's surface is not a single solid piece but is composed of huge plates that drift on the asthenosphere. The collision, separation, and lateral movement of plates create mountains, trenches, and earthquakes.
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A perspective for macroscopic changes. When an industry undergoes drastic shifts, do not only look at surface-level competition; examine whether the underlying 'plates' are moving (e.g., demographic structure, geopolitics, foundational technologies). If plates are converging, mountain-building (the rise of giants) is inevitable; if plates are diverging, rifting (market fragmentation) is also inevitable.
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The Earth's lithosphere is divided into several rigid plates that float on the asthenosphere. Due to mantle convection, they spread apart, subduct, and collide, shaping continents, oceans, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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