Ben Aaron

I'm just here for sick burns

[Naval @naval]

Whatever your bar is for working with people, raise it.

[Naval @naval]

It’s easier to build a new financial system than it is to reform the existing one.

[Naval @naval]

The first generation of the Internet was partially decentralized and built upon stateless open web protocols (HTTP, SMTP...)

The second generation of the Internet will be fully decentralized and built upon stateful open web protocols, aka public blockchains.

[Naval @naval]

If you can silence a king, you are the king.

[Zave Matthews Band @LordAndZavier]

Good day to promote https://t.co/CdJB4MhyQK

Ross Ulbricht is serving double life for creating a free market website. An unprecedented sentence for a first time, non violent offender who was, by ALL accounts, a bright + compassionate contribution to society #SaveThe8thAmendment

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

if the state doesn't respond with disproportionate force against the protestors today, others will be emboldened to act due to a lack of consequences

Either way I see this escalating

[James Altucher @jaltucher]

Well, we all know who the real winner is: @kanyewest. You can maybe suppress the 100,000,000 votes that came out for him but you can never change the fact that in 2020 a brave man stood up, expressed his independent views, and ran to be ruler of the world. #TheBirthdayParty.

[Naval @naval]

If your opinions line up neatly with those of your friends and colleagues, they’re not your opinions.

[Ben Aaron @BenDavidAaron]

880,000 and change according to the county line sign on the bridge

[tylercowen @tylercowen]

@GeffenAvraham Are there a million San Franciscans?

[Ben Aaron @BenDavidAaron]

@libertymadison New location for SHO?

[Austen Allred @Austen]

How easy it is to shape a narrative:

Reporter reaches out: “We know Lambda School plagiarized curriculum from [link].”

We show reporter with time stamps: No, that site clearly plagiarized *from Lambda School*.

Article: “Students say Lambda School plagiarized curriculum.” 🙄

[Ross Ulbricht @RealRossU]

This lockdown continues, but now I have some friends to keep me company: 3 apple sprouts!

For 2 hrs each day, the sun angles through the bars of the cell window. I hope it’s enough. I am experimenting with different potting mixes in little cups (dirt, tissue, and a 50/50 blend).

[Lil B THE BASEDGOD @LILBTHEBASEDGOD]

RT OR LIKE THIS if you GET SAD WHEN YOU SEE OLDER PEOPLE TRIP AND FALL - Lil B

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

We forget that people used to smoke on planes

[Ben Aaron @BenDavidAaron]

@michaelmalice In N Out Burger, it’s the only cheap chain with produce. The line for the driveway backs up onto my freeway exit daily.

[Jeff Atwood @codinghorror]

Gonna be fun to read the postmortem on this Twitter hack 🍿

[Ben Aaron @BenDavidAaron]

@jondelarroz You have to ask the Cal DMV, it’s awful

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

"Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage." --Albert Camus

[BART @SFBART]

Welcome to San Jose!

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

I believe with every fiber of my being that the ending of the lockdowns has virtually nothing to do with the data and is being driven by a lack of will