Warren Buffett: "I just like the feeling of being trusted."
"It doesn't have anything to do with money, but you can be kind — and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on mRNA tech:
"The next step is [to halt] the mRNA platform itself... the manufacturer has no idea what dose they're giving, no idea where it goes in the body, and whether they are producing off-target antigens"
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on mRNA tech:
"The next step is [to halt] the mRNA platform itself... the manufacturer has no idea what dose they're giving, no idea where it goes in the body, and whether they are producing off-target antigens"
Eric Schmidt says intelligence is about to decouple from us.
“The computers are now doing self-improvement.. They don’t have to listen to us anymore.”
Within six years: a mind smarter than the sum of humans -- scaled, recursive, free. We have no language for what’s coming.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains the administration’s new tariffs, and why we had to do something to stop the slide.
(0:00) Trump’s Tariff Plan
(5:42) The Current State of the Stock Market
(8:22) Will Americans See Substantial Tax Cuts Because of Tariffs?
(13:16) How Much Money Will America Make Through Tariffs?
(14:33) Bringing Manufacturing Back to the US
(20:14) Tariff Pushback From Foreign Countries
(22:16) Will China Retaliate?
(25:42) How Will Europe Be Impacted?
(33:12) Is the Upper Class Out of Touch With the Lower and Middle Class?
(35:47) Bessent’s Biggest Worries
(42:35) The Long Term Benefits of DOGE
(46:17) The Corruption of the Federal Reserve
(49:22) Why Gold Is So Critical Right Now
(52:13) Zelensky's Self-Sabotaging Negotiation Tactics
(1:00:19) The Trump Administration’s Messaging About the Economy
Includes paid partnerships.
"Ferguson’s Law states that any great power that spends more on debt service than on defense risks ceasing to be a great power." In case you missed it, my @WSJ Saturday Essay is here.