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[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

Everyone makes mistakes. The main difference is that successful people learn from them and unsuccessful people don’t.

By creating an environment in which it is okay to safely make mistakes so that people can learn from them, you’ll see rapid progress and fewer significant mistakes. This is especially true in organizations where creativity and independent thinking are important, as success will inevitably require the acceptance of failure as a part of the process.

As Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that do not work.” #principleoftheday

[Arynne Wexler @ArynneWexler]

As a former National Merit Scholar, I'll say this simply so that you can understand:

There is no way to game the system here, it is merit based

The founders believed that your ancestry should not determine your destiny - you work hard, you build, you contribute to society, you succeed

Indian Americans studying hard, raising high-achieving kids who become doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs is not a problem America needs to solve

You'd be upset if they weren't successful and mooching off society, you're upset that they ARE successful -- it's almost like their success is not what upsets you

Incredible mask-off moment

The right will lose all normies this way, and we will lose for a long time if you keep dragging us down this odious path

You're an embarrassment

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Vlad Tenev @vladtenev]

America must continue to lead. https://t.co/WUOJHfOWGE

[Aeimit Lakdawala @aeimit]

Here's a @WakeForestNews story about my paper: https://t.co/dnlDSSEeXt

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Engineer uses Claude to build a “coworker stress leaderboard” showing who caused him the most stress by syncing his WHOOP & calendar data.

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

There’s only one thing I’m jealous of.

Yesterday, I picked up a friend at his house. It was chaos — toys scattered everywhere, two toddlers running wild, remodeling in progress.

I told my friend’s wife:

“I know life feels hard right now, but you’ll look back on today as the best of times.”

If you have kids at home, you’re living the golden years right now. Savor every moment.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

When life gets you down and you feel unloved and worthless, just remember you’ll be dead one day.
Have a great weekend.

[Friends of Anthony Bourdain @bourdainpodcast]

"Before I set out to travel this world, 12 years ago, I used to believe that the human race as a whole was basically a few steps above wolves.

That given the slightest change in circumstances, we would all, sooner or later, tear each other to shreds. That we were, at root, self-interested, cowardly, envious and potentially dangerous in groups. I have since come to believe – after many meals with many different people in many, many different places – that though there is no shortage of people who would do us harm, we are essentially good.

That the world is, in fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the best they can. Everybody, it turns out, is proud of their food (when they have it). They enjoy sharing it with others (if they can). They love their children. They like a good joke. Sitting at the table has allowed me a privileged perspective and access that others, looking principally for 'the story,' do not, I believe, always get...

I am not a journalist. I am not a foreign correspondent. I am, at best, an essayist and enthusiast. An amateur. I hope to show you what people are like at the table, at home, in their businesses, at play. And when and if, later, you read about or see the places I’ve been on the news, you’ll have a better idea of who, exactly, lives there…

People, wherever they live, are not statistics. They are not abstractions. Bad things happen to good people all the time. When they do, hopefully, you’ll have a better idea who, and what, on a human scale, is involved.

I’m not saying that sitting down with people and sharing a plate is the answer to world peace. Not by a long shot. But it can’t hurt."

Anthony Bourdain
Hotel El Minzah, Tangier
March 18, 2013

Quote Link: https://t.co/bLWOV34wka
Photo: Travel Channel/“No Reservations”

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

The Earth and the Moon as seen by the Cassini probe from Saturn's orbit. All of humanity in one small point.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Took me a long time to realize solutions aren't always what people want. Sometimes they just want someone to empathize with them.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

There is no fooling the Internet

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Robin Williams roasting the banking industry 15 years ago

[Dyslexic_aDve @Dyslexic_aDve_]

This may just be the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[Apoorva Govind @Appyg99]

The reason I left France after a year of living there is because it’s not a serious country when it comes to capitalism. You can cry all you want about how America sucks at this or that. But let’s be real. There is no real social mobility in Europe. If there was, we’d all be flooding there. C'est tout. Micro coupé. All this “Europe is superior” is a cope.

[Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ @burrytracker]

Robin Williams comparing the banking industry to junkies 15 years ago

[SurgiFi @FiSurgi]

My kids waking up on Saturday at 6 am.