fwiw they always do in times of economic uncertainty
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Stripe’s Valuation Doubles in Major Milestone Announcement
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Jeff casually announcing a doubling of Stripe's [already very high] valuation.
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Apple Manufacturing Shift to India and Vietnam Signals Global Reindustrialization
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Just watched this awesome high-data-rate context from @rwang0 that started with discussion on Apple and moved quickly into future scenarios for reindustrialization and the new global order. Some points Ray made: Apple has begun moving some manufacturing to India and Vietnam,
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IAP seller experience issues on app platforms
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Jesus I had no idea the IAP experience was this atrocious for sellers
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David Autor discusses technology and jobs impact
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I can't wait to see my friend and old MIT colleague @davidautor next Monday. His research about technology and jobs is always insightful. Please join us!
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Facebook’s Impact on Education Reform and Social Progress
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Ironically, he is a lot more thoughtful than the teachers unions and *studies professors who are responsible for the dismal status quo. I think Facebook has largely been a force for good so far
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Japanese Bureaucracy Status and Talent Selection Impact
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The Japanese government is extremely capable of awarding status to bureaucrats, and historically that gets a lot of Japan's best to select into joining the bureaucracy. Whether that has broadly positive results is a complex topic that I am someone constrained from discussing.
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Government Lacks Reward Pathways for Innovation Success
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But we have basically no pathway for rewarding success. Mikey mentions that if you invent Gmail you end up taking home an eight figure award. Not only can we not do that in government (our own choice, to be clear), we can't even seem to award status for success.
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Government workforce competence and economic outcomes
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Mikey is largely not of POV that workforce competence levels determine outcomes, with the somewhat persuasive argument that the government workforce is so large that it ends up being a sample of general competence levels available in the economy.
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AI Energy Consumption Sustainability Challenge by 2028
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La inteligencia artificial nos hace mucho más productivos, pero… a qué precio?
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 1 mai 2025
Se prevé que en 2028 la ia consuma más energía que países enteros, como España, en un año. Después de lo que vivimos el lunes esto da qué pensar.
Crees que este consumo desorbitado es sostenible? pic.twitter.com/oiyrSd6KtZLa inteligencia artificial nos hace mucho más productivos, pero… a qué precio? Se prevé que en 2028 la ia consuma más energía que países enteros, como España, en un año. Después de lo que vivimos el lunes esto da qué pensar. Crees que este consumo desorbitado es sostenible?