Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the Periodic Table, was nominated for the Nobel Prize 9 times but never won because a scientist he once criticized sat on the committee and blocked him every single time.
Many friends still find it hard to believe there's an aircraft inside our car, but it's really that simple: one click for automatic separation and reconnection. This is our Flying Car
“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity, and arrogance they display. And yet these fools find other fools who applaud them; for the like-minded always flock together, and besides, the more worthless a thing is, the more it is admired by the majority of people.”
— Erasmus
"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up."
— Charlie Munger
Mais uma coincidência no fantástico mundo dos intocáveis.
- TSE cria um cargo
- 1 dia depois o Ministro Nunes Marques indica a namorada do Ministro Dias Toffoli para o cargo recém-criado.
Quer ganhar um cargo? Namore um intocável.
Quer ganhar um contrato de R$ 129 milhões? Case com ele.
https://t.co/SaFg6osc1K
Every major agricultural region that feeds the world is running on a depleting water table.
Every one except Brazil.
The U.S. Great Plains pumps from the Ogallala Aquifer.
Natural recharge runs in thousands of years.
70% of the Texas Panhandle portion is projected unusable within 20 years.
The North China Plain depleted its groundwater at roughly 1 meter per year for four decades.
It only stopped because of the largest water diversion project ever built.
The Indian Punjab is losing groundwater at about half a meter per year on average.
Central Punjab is approaching 1 meter per year.
The Indus Basin aquifer beneath it ranks as the second-most overexploited in the world.
The Ukrainian breadbasket is operating under continuous war disruption.
2024 cereal production was 20% below pre-war averages.
Brazil sits on the Guarani Aquifer.
30,000 cubic kilometers of fresh water under sandstone laid down 200 million years ago.
Brazil withdraws about 1 cubic kilometer per year from it.
The aquifer recharges at 160 to 250 cubic kilometers per year.
That is roughly 150 to 250 times more water coming in than going out.
Long duration agricultural capital has one question that almost never gets asked out loud.
What does this land base produce in 2065?
Every other major breadbasket cannot answer it cleanly.
Brazil can.
I wrote the full breakdown here:
https://t.co/iHxZLujrFa
Nunca vi um milionário ridicularizar um pobre que começou a guardar dinheiro.
Nunca vi um empresário bem-sucedido debochar de quem abriu um pequeno negócio.
Mas vejo fracassados fazendo isso todos os dias.
Jeff Bezos: "If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving."
Bateu um cansaço.
Turma tá cansada de quem tem tanta coisa pra esconder, de quem mente toda semana. De quem enriqueceu por meios ilícitos e por isso precisa do STF pra não ir pra cadeia.
Estamos cansados de quem diante dos holofotes promete confronto, mas negocia acordos no escurinho.
ENTENDAM: NINGUÉM SALVARÁ O BRASIL DE SI MESMO. O PROBLEMA É CULTURAL. SEM MUDANÇA NA ESTRUTURA, TODO O RESTO É ESPERANÇA DOS TOLOS.
o dia que mudarem a constituição e alterarem o mecanismo de incentivos do país, podemos repensar esperanças