David Ladd

Developing new stuff @Bechtel. Views are my own.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

#truth

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize you can get pretty far in life by just finishing things. The world is full of half-written books, half-built businesses, and half-kept promises. You stand out by closing loops. By doing what you said you’d do. By having the courage to finish.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

“You can be cautious or you can be creative, but there's no such thing as a cautious creative."
- George Lois #innovation #crescendo #risktaking

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Dealing with difficult people may be hazardous to your health.

Data: Each additional "hassler" in your network predicts 1.5% faster biological aging—and worse health a year later. Non-spouse family hasslers are the most problematic.

Some ties aren't worth the toll they take.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

#truth #innovation

[Paul Graham @paulg]

A startup doesn't have to be your life's work, but if it is, you become much harder to defeat. You play the long game and you outlast everyone. Because practically everyone else is an opportunist by comparison.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

"..but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead..." - Philippians 3:13 #forward #upward #hope

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” (Psalm 94:19) #Alaska

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

#truth #workersrights . Exploitation is evil. "You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” (Leviticus 19:13, ESV): 130 Years Of The Same Dumb Excuse https://t.co/4kuWQb0V4W via @YouTube

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Is this what was meant by the warmth of collectivism?

[Aaron Slodov @aphysicist]

the socialist mind cannot comprehend that human exceptionalism is a real phenomenon that produces more value for civilization than the collective. reducing any concept of individual accomplishment in science, engineering, business, philosophy, to feedstock for the collective is itself an admission that it would never actually progress without geniuses, and that one should not strive to accomplish the impossible.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

Wow.

[Tobias Schneider @tobiaschneider]

Germany's public broadcaster actually put out an infographic this week discouraging people from using AC units because they "merely displace" heat which would be replaced by more hot air. Instead they recommend unplugging electronics, rolling up carpets, and hanging wet laundry

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

#lol #socialism #crescendo I'm pro-AC btw. It might be hard to believe, but it is entirely possible to have Air Conditioning without significantly increasing carbon emissions.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

It's a real thing apparently:

Far right is pro-AC

Far left is anti-AC

How did AC become the political battleground of choice in Europe?

[Miss Jo @therealmissjo]

This is true socialism.

In France.

École Primaire La Planette is a primary school in Nîmes, a town in southern France.

A child recently fainted because of the heat (40 deg). Classes were being taught in corridors to get out of the heat.

The parents got together to raise money for five portable air conditioning units. It took them only 3 days to raise the €2,000.

They installed the units.

Great, you think.

Not according to the current municipal team in Nîmes (left-wing coalition led by communist mayor Vincent Bouget). Bouget has told the school to remove the units because “it sets a precedent” and “in some neighbourhoods, parents don’t have the means to act”.

Yes, you read that correctly.

He is objecting on the grounds that it is unfair to other schools and causes inequality.

[David Ladd @davidrobertladd]

"Businesses that solve real problems , respect planetary boundaries, and promote human flourishing are better positioned for long-term success than those that pursue short-term gain through exploitation and extraction." - Markus Gabriel (from "Doing Good") #ethicalcapitalism #crescendo #innovation #doinggood

[Bechtel Corporation @Bechtel]

👏👏"The global construction company that helped build the Hoover Dam and Boston’s “Big Dig” tunnel project will construct @MicronTech's first two chipmaking factories in the town of Clay." More from @syracusedotcom 📰⬇️

[Race 🕊️ @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk cried on national television when his childhood heroes called him a fraud.

Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, publicly testified against SpaceX. They said Musk was reckless. That private spaceflight was dangerous. That he was going to get people killed. They asked Congress to shut him down.

These were the men Musk grew up worshipping. The posters on his wall. The reason he built rockets in the first place. And they went on television and said he was a disgrace to space exploration.

In a 60 Minutes interview shortly after, Musk was asked about it. He started speaking and his voice broke. His eyes filled. He couldn't finish the sentence. The richest man in tech, the guy who argues with regulators and fires engineers mid-meeting, sat on camera and cried because his heroes rejected him.

He didn't stop building. He didn't change direction. He didn't even respond to them publicly. He just kept launching rockets until the rockets proved him right.

Armstrong never lived to see SpaceX land a booster. Cernan never saw Starship. The men who said it couldn't be done died before the man they doubted did it.

Most people need approval from the people they admire before they act. Musk got the opposite of approval and acted anyway. That's the gap. Not talent. Not money. The willingness to keep building while the people you love most tell you to stop.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge - Psalm 141:8

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True