From 2009-2011, a trivial amount of investment in Bitcoin would have turned any millionaire into a megabillionaire by now, and any billionaire into a literal trillionaire. Yet none did. This shows even Peter Thiel is understating the case about groupthink/cowardice in business.

8- weak men die, or even worse, stay alive society is full of soft men who pretend to be good. but softness isn’t virtue. it’s fragility. and fragility infects everything around it. if you’re not strong, nothing else will hold grow a pair

9- you can just do things. you don’t need credentials, a degree, or an invitation if you want to write, build, share, fix, create, you can most people are waiting for permission that never comes you don’t need it just do it

System matters more than motivation or anyone that self help gurus promise

steve hsu Yes, but if we don't get our hands dirty every now and again and actually execute on our ideas, from CERN to human nature to a startup, it's easy to feel good about ideas that are wrong.

For over a decade, writers who are resentful of the technocapitalist class have told us that technological solutionism doesn't work, and that only social change can make our society better. This idea fails again and again. Technological solutionism is what works!!

this is very cool; every US child gets a $1k S&P account at birth. more stuff like this please!

“Only compare yourself to younger you, never to others” Words to live by

Tokenization and smart contract are biggest innovation in finance lately

The small value premium in international markets has been 2x as high as the U.S. premium, more than making up for the relative underperformance of international stocks. Also, it’s hard to look at this data and not conclude the long-term expected return (even today) on small

Hey Grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.

Kirk Lubimov This is Hamtramck, Michigan. Outside of Dearborn. Originally a Polish majority city, it is now the only Muslim majority city in America. Call to prayer is broadcasted publicly . The entire government, including the mayor and its all councillors are Muslim. This is happening

The poor own cars The middle class own homes The rich own businesses Starting a business doesn't guarantee great wealth, but it's one of the few paths to get there.

People sometimes say that the 12 most dangerous words in investing are "the 4 most dangerous words in investing are 'this time it's different'" but then I also wonder whether the 20 most dangerous words in investing are "the 12 most dangerous words in investing are "the 4 most

Patrick Collison

I don't know who this guy is, but he gets across research findings about parenting better than anyone I've ever heard or read, and that includes the descriptions I've written.

if you look at outlier success across history, its shocking how much of it is driven by simply staying in the game for decade after decade tech hates this mindset: you have to be doing your biggest and best thing at every moment. the truth is you simply need to not crash out.

Kirk Lubimov

BREAKING: Tesla has released its 2025 proxy, and it includes an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk (if he meets all objectives). If Elons wants to receive the full award, he will need to create $7.5 trillion in shareholder value, making Tesla an $8.5 trillion

jason I love doing this actually :). I think it's a pretty powerful eval too. Have all models generate something, then put it all together and give it back to all of them and ask them to rank all outputs. I thought models might have a bias to prefer their own outputs, but this doesn't