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Mao really did do this and took out the intelligentsia, scientists, teachers and the educated…..set back China for a generation.
Mao was worse than Stalin and Hitler…..or at least just as bad.
Watching The 3 Body Problem I was skeptical a communist country systematically eliminating its smartest people (like the physicist in the opening scene who they killed for the crime of accepting Einstein’s theory of relativity) really had a space program but apparently they did.
If this barbaric Russian attack does not galvanize the West's support (especially ahead of the NATO Summit), then the West is as cowardly and impotent as Putin & the Axis believes.
The fact that both TikTok's current ownership and prominent CCP propagandists are absolutely DESPERATE to stop a forced sale of TikTok shows that they view it as an indispensable propaganda tool.
Gates’ global influence pushed many institutions in a pro-lockdown direction. When COVID broke out, Gates sent tens of millions of dollars to the CCP to assist with China’s response, for which Xi wrote him a personal thank you. Xi would make sure that money went to good use. 158/
How do you incubate a mind virus? How do you cause a culture to self-destruct? In 1984, this KGB defector exposed the 4-stages identified by Soviet intelligence as the necessary steps to cause the psychological implosion of American society.
Stage 1: Demoralization (15–20 yrs)
The CCP never had any intention of letting Elon Musk continue to be China's electric car supplier. It was always certain that they were going to squeeze him out.
110% agree here. Jake Sullivan, while very intelligent is one of those closeted, ivory tower elites. No sense of the real world which has led to weak American posture and disastrous foreign policy.
No matter what happens next, the first step should be to fire Jake Sullivan (
@JakeSullivan46
), the worst National Security Adviser in US 🇺🇸 history.
Sullivan’s record or failures, miscalculations, & errors has put America at risk and have betrayed Ukraine 🇺🇦.
I got so much from this interview. How to live a creative and productive life.
Bill Gurley is a great interviewer and Tim Ferriss is one of the best creator entrepreneurs around.
"an intriguing yet simultaneously obvious finding: over the past 80 years, as a far greater proportion of North Americans attended college, the average IQ of college undergraduates dropped from around 120 to 102, just slightly above the average of 100."
Some personal news.
I’m leaving San Francisco AND starting a Rolling Fund AND a newsletter as a Solo Capitalist.
Just kidding. I’m NOT an arrogant out of touch, carpetbagging Silicon Valley douchebag. I do have a newsletter though! :)
Warsaw is really representative of the economic boom happening in Poland.
Lots of energy, real estate developments and diverse scene of restaurants, cafes and bars.
Startup scene is ripe & growing too.
Long term & maximum bullish on this country, emerging “pocket power” of
This is law of inversity of social media.
The more you show off something like wealth, happiness or love or whatever, the reality is exactly the inverse of what you are showing.
This was an excellent discussion. Learned a lot about product design and where startup investing is going. Really good stuff.
@APompliano
@BrianNorgard
As someone who flys everywhere, European airports are dumpy. But I would say the ones in the USA are even worse.
Compare these to the excellent airports in as Velina mentions and ones in Asia like Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul.
Istanbul, Doha, Dubai - they all are amazing, clean and very modern airports where you can spend many hours waiting for connection flights. European airports increasingly look like the world of yesterday in that regard.
The underwater graveyard near La Palma!
In 1570 French Huguenot pirates murdered 40 Jesuit missionaries and threw their bodies into the sea off Tazacorte.
These crosses were sunk as a memorial to Catholic martyrs.
But let's explore these forgotten French Protestant pirates. 🧵
“In a world of violence, pacifism would be suicide”
@kajakallas
reminds Germans of the words of one of their own past leaders, Konrad Adenauer, in Berlin yesterday.
New military technology must move at the speed of the battlefield, not incumbent contractors.
In Ukraine, the future of warfare is arriving early in the form of the autonomous drone. America should take notice.
Read the new article by
@CatOrman1
here:
@APompliano
Yup, its impressive leadership & rare. Doing the right thing regardless of the consequences to yourself.
Shame on the Navy leadership but not surprised as they are cowardly back office bureaucrats (like back office bureaucrats everywhere whether in gov't or business.
The National Bank of Poland became the world’s biggest buyer of gold among central banks together with India in the second quarter of 2024.
Poland purchased another 19 tonnes of the metal, bringing the total reserve up to 392 tonnes.
Poland bought 130 tonnes last year and now
I like people who work hard and take risks to improve their life and finances
Even if you fail, there's nothing to be ashamed of
You tried. If you failed, try again.
There is no shame in trying and failing.
There is shame in laziness, complacency, and inaction
@oldbooksguy
Or the fact that Gordon Gekko in Wall Street was supposed to be the bad guy but he became the hero to many young people cuz he was so interesting.
@ShaanVP
Any book by Peter Zeihan, will make u re-look at geopolitics in different way and make u realize how wrong most people are. + "Prisoners of Geography" by Marshall.
All of the worst people in the world are on the side of Ukraine.
I don’t have to be on any side.
And I won’t be.
Thx to those whose brains haven’t been scrambled.
@RobertMSterling
Poles have great work ethic because they got hammered after the fall of Soviet Union and remember crappy Communist days.
Also a great national consciousness because they got partitioned and lost their country at least 3 times in history by Germany, Austria and Russia.
Thank you to the Reindustrialize team for a great couple days. I have seen a few calls for the location to be in LA or Austin moving forward. I think Detroit (or other major cities in the rust belt) is the perfect place for this to be.
China, Iran and Russia can take way more pain than the West and should never be underestimated. They are not weak like the populace in the West.
Or put another way, they are falling from second floor while we are falling from 12th floor. They have less to lose.
Just the facts:
“Many Western observers assumed that war fatigue, resource shortages, and intelligence failures would spur public dissatisfaction, internal conflicts among elite, and disillusionment with Putin. That has demonstrably not happened.” 1/
My macro thesis in a few lines:
1) Managerial age/global order is collapsing
2) Three themes of viable successor model:
-household/communal/regional self-determination
-skin in the game
-Christianity + American tradition
3) Human agency + authority will rise in importance
The mighty mercenary Black Army of Hungary under the rule of King Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) was arguably the strongest army of Europe at the time. Now almost forgotten, it had one of the best military records in European history! A brief overlook of its units and tactics.
The Romans had a list of "virtues" or qualities that every man should aspire to develop.
Auctoritas - "Spiritual Authority": The sense of one's social standing, built up through experience, Pietas, and Industria.
Comitas - "Humor": Ease of manner, courtesy, openness, and
Another sad day as Hong Kong passes its tougher than necessary security law article 23. “China's VP Ding Xuexiang earlier said swift enactment of the new legislation would protect "core national interests" and allow HK to focus on economic development.”
Politicians ain't coming to save you.
Because, as the old cliche goes, "left wing, right wing, same bird."
Take care of your family, get a little better each day, and live the good life.
Everything else is a distraction.
I'm mentoring this startup
@_Glasp
and they are building a new social bookmarking/highlighting tool.
They launched the Kindle Highlight Export on Product Hunt today, so please check it out and support them!
@schlaf
I think a lot of people are thinking this way post Covid world. Actually Chris Sacca did with being based in Truckee, occasionally coming down to SF!
If this does not frighten everyone, it should. We have so much work to do to secure our industrial base.
Doesn’t help that we let in a whole lot of randos, a small percentage potential saboteurs.
I’m pro immigration btw but not in the insane and destructive way it’s been done
@andreasklinger
Germany and Spain are complete nightmares. Will never invest in startups with those entities anymore.
Germany: total bureaucracy, awful legal & notary process.
Spain for strange & potentially prohibitive tax laws.
Sydney Sweeney recently revealed her favorite old books
"I have a weakness for Nietzsche. His prose has a volcanic quality...gets me going. Carlyle's 1842 lecture on heroes really opened my eyes to the emptiness of democracy. Then there are guys I can't name" And she chuckled
Hard to take this seriously given there’s one top tier firm interestingly… missing. (Nothing against anyone on the list, but the data can’t be accurate without them being there)