NVIDIA Cheating Scandal and Sinophobia:
Jensen Huang is Taiwanese-American. Despite the complex history between Taiwan and China, the US acknowledges the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of “One China,”. This means that, within the framework of American conspiracy theories and geopolitical suspicion, Jensen can be accused of harbouring loyalties to China. This is why he has had to repeatedly assert his loyalty to America in the wake of this scandal. I beg you guys to broaden this convo beyond the morality of extramarital affairs and see it also as the massive geopolitical issue that it is.
I think this is particularly why I hate rags to riches stories. Wild success can be a trauma response. It’s just a celebrated trauma response.
One of the markers of overcoming poverty is overcoming the shame that came with it, otherwise you’ll be trapped in it forever.
you can't keep whining about the lack of safe spaces while turning every safe space you find into content for public consumption. some things are meant to be experienced, not broadcast. no be everything need audience.
i think we've optimized a lot about life for speed, and somewhere along the way, we've lost our patience for things that genuinely take time.
everyone wants to learn faster, earn faster, grow faster. nobody wants to sit through the slow, and often boring process of compounding.
i think we need to retire the idea that women's homophobia is subtle because it gives them the language to deny violence. the only reason they're not attacking you is because they cannot beat you. it's not a moral decision.
Underrated life advice: get better at recovering fast. You're going to fail. You're going to get rejected. Make bad calls. Lose money. Embarrass yourself. Whatever it is, the goal is shrinking the gap between falling down and getting back up. Master the art of starting over.