Graham Lawlor

Gentleman Economist

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@elonmusk @PeterDiamandis I don’t get it. If the humanoid form was superior then why do we have so many profitable and essential non-humanoid robots (drones, manufacturing, cooking, cleaning, security). If you really believed, your self driving cars would just have an Optimus driver in the front seat

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@Jason @Sec_Noem @POTUS Who is next?

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@DavidSacks Public utilities will be competing against data center power generation for fuel, equipment, staff, regulators, inspectors, permits, etc etc. All of this is a single national (or global) market. Residential consumers will feel it inevitably

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@chamath When was the last time the US achieved 4.5% annual growth?

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@davidpattersonx Since you won’t be needing your money anymore, can I have it?

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@Jason @jgebbia How about a dollar based system…

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@nickgillespie Just to be snarky, I’ve started calling chefs “food processors”

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@Milajoy There are economic returns to victimization

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@ianbremmer @gzeromedia I think when you reference odds like this you should mention polymarket/kalshi contract prices. Wherever your odds differ you should also place a bet

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@elonmusk Somehow I would have guessed we’d see an even larger gap

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@DrClaytonForre1 I’m buying this argument

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@cboyack Can you post the list of “every other system” you are working from?

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@PeterDiamandis How are you measuring resourcefulness? Or resources, for that matter?

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@elonmusk @BassonBrain At 10x the payload and 1/10 the cost of Falcon

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@theallinpod @Jason Wouldn’t you predict this will drive up prices in construction? Wouldn’t this exacerbate the “housing crisis” / “cost of living crisis”? Couldn’t you just as easily say it’s all those pesky homeowners & renters that are “causing the problems” through their demand for homes?

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@paulg @cremieuxrecueil But the people are there for the opportunity. The human capital and the financial capital are one endogenous system. It’s been growing in SF for a long time, but can also reverse. Look at Detroit

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@elonmusk Yeah but PPP is not appropriate in that context. By market exchange rates, the US economy is much bigger. It does highlight the importance of consumer prices in comparing welfare. And why tariffs are so destructive to it

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@paulg @J3FFR0G3RS Now you’ll have to identify the most charismatic candidate in every future election (before the election) to test your hypothesis

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@theallinpod @Jason @chamath @DavidSacks @LHSummers @ezraklein @friedberg Just as I finished watching I read the news that chips are being exempted. How does that fit with the strategy of tariffs protecting strategic industries?

[Graham Lawlor @generationg]

@chamath How are you hedging inflation risk chamath?