Ryan McGuine

Mechanical engineer working in power construction. Interested in sustainability & global development. Alum @UWMadison, aspiring blogger.

[Ryan McGuine @mcguine_ryan]

It's been such a fun month with everything going on around here

[Mayor Q @QuintonLucasKC]

Kansas City, you hosted the hell out of the World Cup.

[Dave Griffith @poorerthandead]

If you read this article backwards (srsly, try it) it leaves an entirely different impression: you realize that maybe the root cause here isn’t so much iPhones, or teachers teaching excerpts instead of whole books, or university English depts teaching feminist criticism, but rather a culture that has become so enamored with wealth and fame that it regards anything that will not directly lead to those outcomes as a waste of time. https://t.co/i5EVGFvaKa

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

The fact that these types of beliefs are widely held in AI world does not necessarily mean they’re correct. But I do think more people outside of AI should learn the things AI people believe on things like this as well as left tail safety outcomes.

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

💯 The split is no longer left-right as much as the normies who want to resolve differences rationally within our traditional system versus the extremists, populists, & cranks (far left & far right) who want to burn down our system and crush their enemies by any means necessary.

[Moses Kagan @moseskagan]

Over the past 5-10 yrs, both of our main political parties have standardized their communications strategies around blaming some Enemy or another (Immigrants! Oligarchs! DEI! The Epstein Class!) for voters' evident dissatisfaction with the state of the country.

Don't intend to comment here on the socio-economic validity of those arguments.

Do want to point out that accepting them is disastrous from the point of view of an individual trying to improve his or her own life.

It is true that our lives are shaped to a large extent by structural forces beyond our control.

But the key to achieving anything (a family, professional success, a home, whatever) is to act *as if* we are in control.

Anything else is a recipe for passivity, failure, and unhappiness.

[Fibonacci 🥷 @Fibonacci69]

Rainn Wilson claims landing your dream job and making millions of dollars won't give you happiness

"There were times on the office that I really struggled because I really wasn't happy because it wasn't enough.....here I was on the greatest job that I could ever imagine beyond my wildest dreams"

"Here I was getting paid millions of dollars and playing one of the most memorable characters and getting nominated for awards and I'm working with the most beautiful family of actors and writers imaginable and yet I was like 'how come I can't get more movies'.........Here’s someone who has officially made it, and they’re still unhappy"

"Society had always told us... if you achieve X, Y, and Z, if you make a certain amount of money... then you will be happy. Once I achieve this, then I will be happy. That's bullsh*t. It’s absolute and total crock of bullsh*t."

[Gena Gorlin @Gena_I_Gorlin]

As someone whose self-understanding is so tied up with being an immigrant, I’ve struggled with what to say this 4th of July.

Then @Philosophic_Ali came through with a post that not only says what I wanted to say, but also what I needed to hear. 🥺🇺🇸❤️

[Philip Bunn @PhilipDBunn]

Happy Independence Day! It’s incredible to be able to celebrate the 250th birthday of our free republic. Read the Declaration today and appreciate what blessings we have received as a result of it.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Interview with an 84-year-old farmer in New York, 1926.

The farmer describes the change he’s seen over the years, and what life was like for a farmer in the Catskill Mountains of New York State during the early to mid 19th-century.

[Ryan McGuine @mcguine_ryan]

@martyrdison My buddy teaches high school English and spends a lot of time teaching students how headlines can be used to provoke reactions

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

I spoke with @AARP about family, history, and what I hope my grandchildren carry forward.

Hope you’ll read.

https://t.co/diA6CPAEnY

[Ryan McGuine @mcguine_ryan]

@JoshChavis65 Agreed about rideshare. For what it's worth though, the buses worked really well! We were some of the last people leaving the stadium so I was worried, but the walk to the pickup wasn't bad & we had to wait maybe 15 minutes for one to arrive.

[Josh Chavis @JoshChavis65]

At Arrowhead for my first World Cup match. Gotta be honest…I’ve been to 150+ Chiefs games here and the energy is just so cool with all the culture mixture. Not better, just completely different and I love it.

[Andrew Wiebe @andrew_wiebe]

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[Ryan McGuine @mcguine_ryan]

@sperrydaniel94 F*** KState

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

It's pretty incredible how little the world knows about Chinese domestic politics. I mean, from time to time, you'll see a well-reported story about crackdown or a purge or whatever. But actual day to day politics? Does anyone (outside or inside) cover it in a sustained way?

[Jesse Genet @jessegenet]

Doomers gonna doom, be the light ✨

Our AI future is as positive as we make it, so use AI in positive ways for your family

Trying to do my part to share how I do just that and @NYMag decided to help share it 💕

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

"World Cup visitors are going viral for their reactions to everyday American life" https://t.co/GlGPqHthtI
"What Americans consider ordinary is often extraordinary to visitors,"

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

Book Review: How Africa Works

https://t.co/zu7dac4U1c

[Still On The Road @StillOnTheRoad_]

Bob speaks in @nytimes