@peakaustria We need SRM now. We’ll make plenty of mistakes. Just like we already have.
The next X Prize should be for convincing your local government or magnate to fund (phase 1) and deploy (phase 2) SRM at scale.
@willmjackson@Scaramucci Postwar America had very high top marginal income tax rates—often above 90%—but only on the highest earnings. Most households paid far less. Our socialist era.
@LangmanVince And the “Pennsylvania Dutch” are descendants of German-speaking immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. “Dutch” comes from Deutsch (German), not the Netherlands.
@FarinGraphics Non-alcoholic beer is Germany’s sports drink. The makers sponsor marathons, etc. Much more thirst-quenching than Gatorade. Tastes better too.
This could explain the phenomenal pace of innovation of SpaceX and Tesla. Fewer layers of management and greater numbers of young people allow ideas to propagate faster. Novel solutions are encouraged and welcomed. This has a chain effect on the companies’ hardware and software evolution.
@maksymeristavi Muscovy was a vassal of the Mongols. They basically took over their operation. It's still the same business model: take over and steal.
HANNITY: “Where are the pointed words from the Pope against Iran? Trump is correct and the Pope is wrong…on so many levels. As of today, I no longer consider myself a Catholic.”
Hannity leaves the Catholic Church to worship Donald Trump.
A Pulsar spins 716 times a second, at 24% the speed of light, a teaspoon of it outweighs the Mount Everest and this is its real sound, captured by NASA