Japan would be much better off restricting or outright banning inbound tourism. It only makes up 1-2% of total GDP but completely ruins central Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and is spreading like a cancer across Japan. Foreign tourists are simply incompatible with Japanese culture.
What a joke of a country. The solution is simple. Roll tanks into the streets, declare martial law, go hard on these "students" (fun new euphemism). This behaviour will continue as long as they think they can get away with it.
in just over a month, we've had
- flying cars
- AI solving a Millenium Math problem
- A new antibiotic discovered by AI lab
- 722 AI written Math papers released at once
- A solution to AI alignment
- Google reducing errors 40× in quantum computing, making it practical
- Opus 5 level AI running fully offline
- Opus 5.5 solving motion graphics and automations.
And that's just in the last 5 weeks. IYNYK.
Incredible time to be alive
“He could have solved world hunger instead of building a flying car”
My brother in Christ,
In 2021 the UN claimed they could solve world hunger with $6 Billion.
Elon offered them the $6 Billion if they were transparent with where the funds were going.
The UN never took his offer.
@konsolitus@CacheThatCheque The worst offenders are often seen around Tokyo eki for some reason. Or, it might just be the contrast between impeccably dressed salarymen and overweight foreigners in beer-branded tank tops and short shorts, brandishing their distasteful tattoos
A good friend of mine got robbed at knifepoint for his crypto in the UK today..
If anyone can do anything to help him please reach out. For everyone else, remember to stay safe and use this as a reminder to:
-never keep more than 10-20% of your net worth in crypto
-especially in europe, move around with security and be super cautious of your opsec
-if you live in a place that allows it/are old enough, keep a firearm near you at all times
-and remember that material objects are never worth more than your life
Technical moats are mostly over at this point. If you’re building something that is meant to be durable, the only moats now are:
• Proprietary data
• Network effects
• A physical component