Adam Carmack

Compulsive learner

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Far from perfect, this essay is the most important thing you can read right now. https://t.co/CLz34AL579

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Do you know anyone who has held bitcoin for longer than a year and lost money?

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Everything humanity has accomplished since becoming a society is a result of commerce.

Commerce allows us to do much more than provide for our immediate needs.

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Countries, as we know them, have not been around for very long.

A thread on the paradigm shifts that led to modern countries and asking what comes next?

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🧵A long thread on how literal birdshit helped the US develop air superiority in WW2 and today.

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Without looking it up, how many children (under 18) have died from Covid 19?

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The biggest gains are always at the margins.

You're not progressing because you're chasing perfection.

Winners are always evaluating the ROI of their time investments.

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@ArtifactsHub_ Sacsayhuaman is one of the most impressive places I've ever been in my life.

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@SirajAHashmi

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@Dogecoin_Clan @SamCarmack1 @BoredElonMusk 9 of the wealthiest 10 people in the world built businesses, only 1 inherited their wealth.

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Marriage isn't hard.

You just suck at communicating.

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"you know what, nevermind" - the cause of 99% of all inter personal problems on TV.

Don't communicate clearly if you want relationship problems.

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@Molson_Hart @moseskagan The hard lesson to learn is who to elect. Many cities don't agree with a lot of the policies that are being enacted, but the councils do.

We elect terrible politicians in the US from top to bottom.

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@Austen Also Costco. I will always assume Kirkland products are better quality/price.

It's not always the case, but it is often enough for me to give the benefit of the doubt.

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@Austen Toyota and Honda are the only brands that I don't bother to consider other products.

Software is much harder to be loyal to because track records are less important.

If you've made crap cars for years, you're likely to continue making them. Not true with software.

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Look at what moats get put into place if you want to see what leads to success.

There are serious moats around investing in private and early stage companies.

If you want to build wealth, figure out a way past those moats.

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School teaches you to write fluff.

Unlearn that, great writing is lean.

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Parents that can recognize their own failings and not project them onto their children are top tier parents.

Children that can learn from their parents' mistakes, without repeating them, are heads and shoulders ahead of others.

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Chesa Boudin claims to have “taken action” on 62% of cases, but what does that mean? In this Medium piece, I investigate by comparing data on SFPD arrests to DA charges. I find that Boudin’s claim is highly misleading. (1/2) https://t.co/BTzJ5Q2kLN

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@ZaidJilani Stadia is way better than most people seem to give it credit for.

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@sweatystartup @juniper_square Android users hate people like you haha