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Today in 1865 Father of Handwashing Ignaz Semmelweis died. To reduce infant mortality he recommended washing with chlorinated lime. He couldn't explain why, the medical profession bullied him until he had a breakdown. Put in an asylum he was beaten to death by the guards

It truly is.

Man is the only animal who can live up to 60-70 years and not know what he wants. It’s because it’s really hard to know what you want. An easier answer is to figure out what you don’t want . And not do it . Solve this thru negation. What’s left is what you want .

“Men are haunted by the vastness of a career. And so we ask ourselves: will our PowerPoints echo across the centuries? Will interns read our names long after we retire, and wonder who we were, how well we coded, how fiercely we closed?”

A short film by Gordon Gekko. “A day in the life: Analyst”

this conversation will be on repeat for many academics as they visit family this summer

Luxury cars and cheeses are roughly the same price per pound.

In case you're wondering why the House focused its subsidy cuts on solar and wind instead of oil and gas...

Currently winding down my vacation, and I will say that for a history of interest rates, a supposedly dry topic, The Price of Time is gloriously well written.

"You can tell people who come from countries w/rent seeking; they think that business is zero-sum: wealth is money taken from others." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

1/10 Thank you Dennis Kneale for your timely article backed by the March 2025 research working paper "Reg SHO at Twenty". I read the 81-page paper by John W. Welborn, PhD in Economics, who works at Dartmouth University. He is a well-published academic with a proven track record

This is part of what has made the US so successful. 50 little experiments in governance with minimal frictions for moving from one to another.

Lobbyists' worst nightmare: 4 minutes of Energy Secretary Chris Wright telling Congress why solar and wind subsidies must be terminated ASAP.

𝐍𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡: We don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. ☢️ 𝐍𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭: It's not an issue. We have known what to do with it for decades. ✅ Here’s the deal. Nuclear is very energy dense. The amount of energy in a single 10-gram uranium fuel pellet

No one says “solar isn’t real energy.” ☀️ The concerns with solar are primarily its inherent intermittency and massive land footprint. 👣 Despite advancements in its technology, solar photovoltaic (PV) remains the 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 form of energy. Output is

Options execution and transaction costs explainer. Aside: looks like I can post > 2 minute videos from my laptop but not from my phone.... glitchey glitchey

“Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity. Nassim Nicholas Taleb” -

Viva Frei Awesome...y'all are long overdue for another four-way chat

Arthur Kroeber is a leading researcher on Chinese tech and macro, and author of "China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know." It's the most useful, detailed resource I've found of how China actually works. We discuss how China achieved high-tech manufacturing dominance, and