Manuel Rodríguez Acosta

Remove friction | Filter out the noise

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

“The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.”
​— George Bernard Shaw

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Who is John Galt?

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Pessimists sound smart. 

Optimists build the world.

[EWTN Vatican @EWTNVatican]

This is the view of 1.2 million people from above. This is happening in Madrid, in the famous Plaza de Cibeles and its surroundings, where Pope Leo XIV will preside over the solemn Corpus Christi Mass, followed by a historic procession.

[David Senra @davidsenra]

Mamdani’s city-run grocery store is 10x more expensive than Whole Foods per square foot.

This comes as no surprise. Whole Foods founder @iamjohnmackey understands the beauty of capitalism:

"Capitalism created the possibility of the win win win. It used to be a zero sum game where somebody won, somebody else lost.

The biggest mistake people make, intellectuals in particular, they still think we're in a zero sum world. They're obsessed with some billionaires because Bernie Sanders thinks that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk somehow stole the money from the people.

They don't understand that it's this prosperity machine that's creating more, not just for those billionaires, but for everything that they're touching. They're creating value for their customers, they're creating value for their employees. Their suppliers are flourishing, their investors are seeing their capital go up. It can be reinvested and compound.

All philanthropy ultimately comes from business. That's where the profits are.

Where does all the taxes come from? It ultimately comes from business as well.

This is the engine that's lifting humanity out. The entrepreneurs are the drivers of that engine. Somebody like Elon Musk, he gets a very, very, very tiny sliver of the value that he creates for the whole world."

[Re:klaim @reklaimapp]

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[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

@Zephyr_hg News

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

@TraceyN777 @NFL @netflixsports Matteo Bocelli, Andrea Bocelli’s son.

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

Christmas Halftime Show with Snoop Dogg and Andrea Bocelli feels like the Super Bowl. Watching from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic #NFLonNetflix

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

The human brain runs on stories, not statistics. Which is why facts lose to fiction every time in a public debate.

A winning political campaign tells you about a mother at her kitchen table, staring at medical bills for her husband Joe's cancer. The losing campaign talks about healthcare system efficiency metrics. Which one is more likely to resonate with voters?

This pattern repeats everywhere. If someone attacks you with a false story, defending with true statistics almost guarantees you defeat.

What to do instead? Lulu Cheng Meservey explains:

[Anand Sanwal @asanwal]

Andrew Carnegie's 23 traits of an attractive personality

pretty timeless advice

source: The Wisdom of Success

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

@GrahamHelton3 @threadreaderapp unroll please.

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

You can just do things

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

Got an American Pope before GTA VI

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“While pessimists write reports, optimists write history.”

— Shane Parrish, Brain Food newsletter

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

@robkhenderson @iamsupersnake 👀🤣

[Manuel Rodríguez Acosta @manurodac]

@s8mb Not serious people

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

A couple reflections on the quantum computing breakthrough we just announced...

Most of us grew up learning there are three main types of matter that matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Today, that changed.

After a nearly 20 year pursuit, we’ve created an entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, topoconductors, that enable a fundamental leap in computing.

It powers Majorana 1, the first quantum processing unit built on a topological core.

We believe this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years.

The qubits created with topoconductors are faster, more reliable, and smaller.

They are 1/100th of a millimeter, meaning we now have a clear path to a million-qubit processor.

Imagine a chip that can fit in the palm of your hand yet is capable of solving problems that even all the computers on Earth today combined could not!

Sometimes researchers have to work on things for decades to make progress possible.

It takes patience and persistence to have big impact in the world.

And I am glad we get the opportunity to do just that at Microsoft.

This is our focus: When productivity rises, economies grow faster, benefiting every sector and every corner of the globe.

It’s not about hyping tech; it’s about building technology that truly serves the world.

[sebastian tejera @stejeram]

@GustavoValverde Buscando servir a los subancarizados 🫡

Pruebalo, feedback bienvenido 🙏

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[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

I still cannot believe that I can:

- look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level

- instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made

- have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation

- take a photo or video wherever I am and add it to my massive, searchable, always accessible personal archive

- video call anyone in my life, at anytime, no matter where they are

- watch live sports on a little wireless glass rectangle

- type out these thoughts and have them read by thousands of people, all over the world, a few seconds later

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to remember this…