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The Chinese Century of Humiliation is unique in the sense it's so short. Many other countries have centuries of humiliation.

There is a toxic type of person to avoid— the kind obsessed with hierarchy, constantly ranking everyone: net worth, IQ, number of publications,academic titles & citations, cycling FTP, 5K running speed, education, etc. They are miserable & want you to be miserable too.

Carlos That Notices Things Europe is unusually warm for its high latitude due to the Gulf Stream. Here's a map of actual temperatures.

Rayuan Pulau Kelapa should’ve been our national anthem

I always thought more trade meant more diffusion of ideas. More Trade = More Diffusion, right? Not always! In Brazil, when the government blocked the flow of goods, firms started trading ideas instead. Tariffs led to diffusion. Here’s a true story that shows how. (Names

Vietnam has become Asia’s export powerhouse.

“Here lies what was mortal of Isaac Newton.”

No, that would make gold worthless and we’d all still be poor. Take a goddamn economics class.

Cremieux the "race scientist" has been stealing my newsletter's chart style—I DMed him to stop because I don't want to be associated with him, even incidentally, & now he's crashing out on main about it, posting the "theme_politano" he copied & telling others to take credit

We are not close to shift to bitcoin as a general means of payment. (Although I can think of scenarios, which until now I thought as inconceivable, where a President could make it happen, for example by requiring that all prices and payments be labeled in bitcoin, leading people

A fitting end to the chapter.

Just finished watching this…we’re so cooked

RFK Jr. Found the real source of autism

Life in 1776: - heat is such a luxury that Thomas Jefferson can’t write in deep winter bc his ink freezes (one reason perhaps why Independence Day is in July) - nighttime darkness is such a burden that George Washington reportedly spent $15k in today’s dollars on candles every

We are recruiting.

Well if it’s Argentina it’s not exactly hard for them to get it right.