MEGATHREAD TIME: In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world. Some are complex so forgive me for oversimplifying, but the main purpose is to incite curiosity. Okay, here we go:
According to a new study by David Rozado, there has been a big increase in news headlines suggesting fear, anger, disgust, and sadness since 2000, and especially since about 2010. Journalists are pushing your buttons.
@ecomchasedimond I’m looking for a freelancer to help my friend build a social media presence. He’s the owner of a medium sized commercial real estate leasing company based in Montréal Canada and has little to no current social media. Can you recommend someone?
@hiangelali As I grow older this phenomenon gets more frustrating. Watching younger people run into walls over and over. And realizing I’m young compared to others. And wondering still, am I as stubborn as I was back then?
Hitting and launching molten iron into the air with a shovel is a very dangerous activity and must not be tried anywhere, but (with the proper protection equipment) it can produce surprising beauty [source, SUSHI RAMEN【Riku】: https://t.co/6sygVbIU3l]
Mistakes become very hard to fix once they're embodied in jobs. The people whose jobs they are become highly motivated advocates for the continuance of the mistake.
Elon Musk’s views on free speech remind me of a story from a few decades back. Holocaust deniers began targeting college newspapers, asking the editors to publish their articles. If the editors refused, the deniers argued, they would be complicit in suppressing free speech 1/x
AriZona Iced Tea has stayed 99 cents for 30 years. The company is still profitable.
A Coke stayed 5 cents for 70 years at one point.
When companies say "we're forced to raise prices due to inflation," they're really saying "we're taking advantage of inflation to raise profits"