Alchemy United

Understanding is Power.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@RyanLEllis Yes and that poverty line is intentionally kept unreasonably and artificially low. It's simply not an accurate reflection of reality. Using it in the context of an intelligent adult conversation is close to Orwellian.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@byHeatherLong The point is, to say "Look ma! Wage increases at some point in time are above inflation" means nothing if prior compounded inflation dug a hole. This presents like for a bit wages were "winning". That's BS. Do better, please.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@byHeatherLong This graph is disingenuous at best. These things compound. It's not a matter of A v B at some fixed point in time. It's the running totals (if you will). That massive surge in inflation on the left, takes comparable wages increases to compensate for it - which has not happened.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@ColeMaritz We? Huh?? It's a private company. Who is the we that's going to tell a private company how to operate? Really?

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@kylascan 1000 adults? I would NEVER bet my mental model of the world on a sample size that small AND the data being self-reported AND everything after 2019 is estimated. Come on now. This is BS. Do better.

[Barry Schwartz @rustybrick]

Google introduces Search profiles within Google Discover https://t.co/hdQKSZ1A2c

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@siimland What about 25 to 35? And how did the study account for an compenstate for the age of the mother? And for the 3-8% is that both male and female? Are there differences? Else, this feels very cherry-picky

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

We don't know whether it was smartphones/social-media or edtech that was the bigger contributor to the decline in education outcomes that began in the 2010s. But new revelations show the tricks Meta, Snap, and Tiktok used to lure students during the school day.

Still more reasons to be technoskeptical

https://t.co/m9TrbNWm1N

[Glenn Gabe @glenngabe]

Shocking. :) This is bad for Reddit, bad for AI Search, and bad for Google. There is no way this is sustainable. From a Google standpoint, I expect we'll see manual actions and/or a spam update hammer sites gaming AI Search. The question is, how long will it take for Google to start doing that? I think sooner than later. Stay tuned.

"The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming Reddit in an attempt to get their posts scraped by AI chatbots. The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that those chatbots will scrape—in this case, a popular Reddit community."

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@agupta Ok. But how is the banking system any different? Loans become deposits... become loans... become deposits... and so on. At least these AI company have the potential to add/deliver value. Banks are simply shuffling 1s and 0s around and praying there's not a run

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@LynAldenContact Big gov? More like Big Debt. 🤪 The fact that Trump and Sanders both want it is all the more reason for WTP to be afraid... very very afraid.

[Glenn Gabe @glenngabe]

Not showing click data is so stupid IMO. We get it, there are less clicks... Just rip the band-aid off, show the click data, and let's move on. :)

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@bobbyfijan 3. Taxes - Isn't the (tax) revenue raised from single-family homes higher than infill? At the very least the revenue vs # of ppl per household is lower for infills, right? That is, more ppl require more services / infrastructure, and in turn more $ are need to support that.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@tonyannett AND... The taxer is the one setting the value... how convenient. + the taxer is part of the "monopoly" / cartel that puppet masters the financial system (and the reporting thereof) and can raise or lower the value of your assets pretty much at will. Again, how convenient

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@awgaffney If only it were that simple. What about outcomes? What about $ per person? What about prevention? It's interesting data to see but it's not that simple, is it?

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@jayvanbavel Kinda. Americans are obsessed about such things because they have been sold that idea by the Higher Edu Industrial Complex.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@wokal_distance No, it's not a consumption tax as the tax is not on water, power, gas, etc. It is a tax on an asset and often a tax on unrealized gains of from that asset. Local gov assigns a value to the asset and then taxes it. They could do the same to cars, boats, etc.

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@TahraHoops Bluntly... this is crap analysis (read: typical NYT). Housing starts is a function of the ability for there to be starts. There has to be land, infrastructure, demand, jobs, etc. You can't blindly look at starts per homes. It doesn't work that way. smh

[Alchemy United @AlchemyUnited]

@kejca Lazy "analysis" at best. This isn't inspiring. It's not saying "we can and should do better". It's LCD thinking from what was once a great mind. Sad to see go Mr Buffet but at this point it's all for the better.

[Glenn Gabe @glenngabe]

Barry saved me from vibe coding this. 😂 Love that it contains aggregate data and then you can drill in to each tool.