Jan Hapke

Hacker and Photographer

[Paul Graham @paulg]

LinkedIn was already slop. All that's changed is that it's now AI slop.

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

Two thoughts from H. L. Mencken

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”

"The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic."

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

German economic model was based on:

1. Cheap energy from Russia

2. Steadily growing exports to China

3. Cheap subcontractors in Eastern Europe

Now energy is expensive, China and Eastern Europe became tough competitors. German economic model is broken, more debt won’t fix it.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Not a lot of people understand this... but you actually don’t have to have an opinion about everything. You don’t have to decide if something is good or bad. Marcus Aurelius says limiting the amount of opinions we have is one of the most powerful things we can do in life.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this...

[Naval @naval]

AI won’t replace programmers, but rather make it easier for programmers to replace everyone else.

[Raoul Pal @RaoulGMI]

From my December GMI... small part of a larger article on a theme Ive been developing for several years.

[David Altizer @dvdaltizer]

Not only is this moment historical, but the photo that @evanvucci took is also perfect.

The level of compositional mastery comes from over two decades of experience in the field and a sharpness that only comes from thousands and thousands of "reps."

1/5

[Naval @naval]

Leviathan lurches left because of technology.

Technology increases leverage, and thus the gap between winners and losers.

[Norbert Bolz @NorbertBolz]

Dass die rot-grüne Propaganda der Staatsmedien an den meisten jungen Leuten abprallt, ist ein Wahlergebnis, das Mut macht.

[Jan Hapke @janhapke]

@sirtificate_hh GN.
Stunning picture!

[Andre Silva @andresilvatw]

Productivity and the wealth of nations

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Good explanation of what makes countries more or less prosperous

[William Eden @WilliamAEden]

TIL that in the late 1700s men cartelized peacocking, and agreed to give up beautiful, richly adorned clothing forever

This is now called the “Great Male Renunciation” 🤯

[ʙᴏᴏᴍ @thedocboom]

The art from this collection: @notdead1974

Just wow!

Even if you're not buying. Just go check out the whole collection.

Not one bad piece there. Not one!

Really have to give it to the team.

They killed it.

#notdead1974

[Jan Hapke @janhapke]

@nullinger 🚀
https://t.co/O7W8OrcLsX

[Sam Altman @sama]

empiricism is the key to progress

rationalism is the key to sounding smart