Jon Brown

[Ryan Petersen @typesfast]

Yesterday I rented a boat and took the leader of one of Flexport's partners in Long Beach on a 3 hour of the port complex. Here's a thread about what I learned.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Characteristically excellent article from @ArtirKel, this time on California wildfire; the single most informative piece I’ve read on the topic: https://t.co/ciriswKRql

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Scott Aaronson on vaccines: https://t.co/1yodVm8aQY

[@jason @Jason]

That’s it, I’m turning the internet off. You’re all grounded and the WiFi is unplugged

[Jon Brown @its_jonbrown]

“ We live in a Mediterranean climate that’s designed to burn, and we’ve prevented it from burning anywhere close to enough for well over a hundred years”

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

On fire suppression and prescribed burns in California: https://t.co/HGuWl4Dn1n

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Becoming the preeminent locus of agglomeration for the world's plucky up-and-comers has been one of the US's greatest achievements and most potent advantages.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

I just published The Masks Masquerade https://t.co/qWjIaEZLsE

[Tien Tzuo @tientzuo]

Our latest COVID-19 Subscription Impact report is out. Are subscription businesses still resilient?

The answer is yes, but as you can see from the chart below, there's some curve flattening going on...

https://t.co/yoRnlreRJN

[Eric S. Yuan @ericsyuan]

U.K. Parliament votes to continue democracy by Zoom! https://t.co/sBYnHbFyoY

[Peter Fenton @peterfenton]

Rare window into the primary data coming out of the @Zuora and @tientzuo the impact of COVID-19 on the subscription economy: https://t.co/b52s4sL8YC

[Danny Zuker @DannyZuker]

Not to be alarmist but if Kevin Bacon tests positive we’re all fucked. #COVD19

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Being born in America in 1900 gave you a 79% chance of living for five years.

Today, the five-year survival rate for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is 82%.

So just being a kid 1900 was riskier than having lymphoma is today.

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2019 is 100% complete! Thank you for following. Have a nice 2020!

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2019 is 90% complete.

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2019 is 50% complete.

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2019 is 33% complete.

[Mike Volpi @mavolpi]

Eight years working with @tientzuo and the team @Zuora. It has been a privilege and an honor. Here is a profile I wrote about him: https://t.co/Jm687mnUyr

[Russ Roberts @EconTalker]

One way to summarize these findings with care: the rich didn't get richer, the people who became rich ended up richer than the people who used to be rich. Confused? That's why so many stories about these facts conflate these two ideas without being clear. https://t.co/twLEFDJfnx

[Alex Trembath @atrembath]

San Francisco:

A SKYSCRAPER IS SINKING INTO THE EARTH

*bans scooters*

WE USED THE WRONG GIANT BOLTS ON THE BAY BRIDGE

*bans cafeterias*

THE GROUND IN HUNTERS POINT IS RADIOACTIVE

*bans straws*

THE BRAND NEW TRANSBAY TERMINAL IS COLLAPSING

*bans delivery robots*