Trump is mastering power plays. This last one, is a big f u and independence sign to crypto 'tribe' and the Dems looking to get him to jail. Not nice, not funny, just a vulgar display of power
@DarioCpx The idea of Asset Managers that since US will be underperforming and China is chaos rn + natural underallocation due to prioritising other markets excessively. Not reference for real value, just fund performance needs
@saifedean Although from a technical point of view you are right on your assessment, I think the biggest underlying factor differencing Miles vs. previous is current population optimism and willing to engage in work and business. That will be defining.
The reason why people in your country stopped believing in the 'hustle' culture is the sheer frustration they experienced when learning how easily those on the top can multiply their wealth with no effort. The social contract is broken.
The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:
Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.
A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.
(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).
More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”
Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.
Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.
“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.
This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.
That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@INArteCarloDoss QE was supposed to be temporary but became permanent and massive. After QE regime on top of what should have been QT (post COVID), you could see we were heading nowhere
@DailyPalantir You don't do golf or steak, you indulge in strong narratives, fueled by drug using and megalomania, on top of contracting with state friends. The latter is your only competitive advantage.