Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI.
AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.
This is the average developer experience in IRAN:
> developer salary: ~$120/month, less than a Codex subscription price
> “let me buy a Claude subscription”
banks are cut off from the world, can’t buy or sell internationally
> “download a local 70B LLM”
internet is cooked, takes 5 business days
> “learn something on YouTube” censored by government + Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, X
> pip install and docker pull is a nightmare due to a combination of sanctions, censorships
> VPN is more essential than an IDE
> brain drain is real. most talents have immigrated or are planning to. your work buddy will likely not be there next year
> electricity is cut off 2 hrs/day and internet shut down for weeks every year
> AWS, Azure, Google Analytics, Adobe, are all off the menu and sanctioned for Iranians
> “time to upgrade my laptop” don’t even think about it. your economy is brutal
> “join an online coding bootcamp” blocked, along with most educational platforms
> “I must plan my future” good luck with a +60% inflation. your raise will evaporate in 4 months
> “keep up with AI research” conferences and webinars are out of reach due to visa denials and travel costs
and developers are having it easy compared to other professions with much lower income. and all these are just work, let alone hundreds of other problems Iranians face every day under the dictatorship.
so don’t embarrass yourself “educating” Iranians on how to feel about their situation if you haven’t lived their life and support and empathize with the will of the people instead.
My wife’s parents met skiing right outside Tehran
It’s *way* too early for this
But I’m ready for a day of skiing in the Alborz
And then some après ghormeh sabzi + kebab
Followed by some chai
🚨🇮🇷 The Iranian judiciary has ordered the seizure of all assets belonging to football legend Ali Daei, worth nearly $50 million, for supporting the protests.
خدا پشت و پناه مردم ایران باشه
چیزی که ما باور نمیکنیم رو اونها تجربه کردن
لعنت به هر کسی که ذره ی با رفتارش، با حرفش و یا حتی توی دلش با موندن این نظامه
Interesting movement, not only UK moving from RAF Akrotiri, but also German and French Airforces moving to RAF Akrotiri and Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan.
Will we start seeing a German Air Force participation on the defense of Israel?
Request to X leadership: Remove Khamenei's Gray Government Checkmark.
The people of Iran do not recognize Ali Khamenei as their leader.
Granting him a gray government checkmark legitimizes a regime that rules by force, censorship, and internet shutdowns, while X itself has been filtered in Iran for years.
Our leader, recognized by millions of Iranians inside and outside the country, is Reza Pahlavi.
X already took a powerful step by restoring Iran’s historical Lion & Sun flag 🇮🇷 - thank you @elonmusk and @nikitabier.
Removing Khamenei’s gray checkmark is the next logical step for platform integrity and truth.
X is the Times Square of the internet. Recognition here matters.
Please repost & like so this reaches the right eyes.
3,400 Iranians in tech call for the end of the Islamic regime, urge urgent US and free world support for protesters, and endorse Reza Pahlavi as a unifying transition leader.
Signed by founders, engineers, investors, and scientists from Google, Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, MIT, and Harvard.
The Iranian regime has reached its natural terminus.
The government has zero legitimacy, is weaker than ever, and has run the economy into the ground.
With sustained pressure, we could see an end to this evil, anti-American dictatorship. Let's not waste this historic opportunity.
I stand with the people of Iran 👊❤️
I have a lot of Iranian friends, including my childhood best friend. Amazing people.
It's one of the great cultures and peoples in the history of the world.
Stay strong ❤️
#MohsenShekari, 23, who was murdered by the Islamic Republic this morning, had interests and aspirations like many others in his age around the world. He loved gaming and talked about @SonySantaMonica 's #GodofWar for hours. He was executed for wanting freedom and a normal life.