Simon White

Founder & Systems Engineer. @YCombinator alum. ex-@usecaribou (fka Rebank).

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Bragging about how much software you’re shipping with AI is like holding down the shutter button and bragging about how many photos you took.

[katie wright @katiewr31413491]

The man @NYCMayorsOffice is trolling gave $400 million to @MSKCC_BreastCA cancer hospital, $60 million to @SuccessCharters & $40 million to #NaturalHistoryMuseum. So, yeah Zohran, I think Ken Griffin is “paying his share.” Such a jackass, juvenile move to play @DSA class warfare with Griffin. Grow up. @nycgov @CMFrankMorano @CM_KMarmorato @GaleBrewerNYC @CMSandyNurse @SpeakerMenin @LincolnRestler @OsseChi @JoannAriola32 @vmmalony . Zohran, put the ego aside & try showing appreciation 4 this philanthropy.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@ZackPolanski Treasonous weasel

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@gilduran76 You didn’t read the article, did you…

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@justexist1312 @TheGreenParty Oh there would be economic change, that’s for sure. A quick listen to him talk about how they’d deal with the national debt tells anyone who completed high school that it would result in hyperinflation.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@justexist1312 @TheGreenParty Watch literally just 3 minutes of him talk about economics unedited. The man is a certifiable moron and a lunatic.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@ljdfilm @TheGreenParty Farage at least has a basic understanding of economics.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@ryangrim You don’t see any idealogical issues with this and/or historial examples where this has been used and hasn’t ended well?

Government seizure of privately held assets?

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

The reason this debate is so insane is because support for a wealth tax can come from only one of two positions:

1) You do not understand the absolute basics of how the world, economics or money works

2) You do understand, and are a compulsive liar

It really is that simple.

[Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) @antoniogm]

Nothing reveals the innumerate “I don’t know how the world works” of the Left more than wealth taxes, particularly for tech companies.

This is a tax on paper wealth. The founder literally doesn’t have the money to pay. They’re obliged to leave the state or file for bankruptcy.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@KellerZoe @DustinWalper @garrytan @martin_casado Definition of oligarch:

"a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence (particularly with reference to individuals who benefited from the privatization of state-run industries after the collapse of the Soviet Union)."

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

It is genuinely mind-boggling how few of the loudest voices on a wealth tax don't have even the most basic understanding of the economic impact of taxing unrealised gains.

You don't need to be an economist to understand this, just 45 seconds of thought will do.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

I’m sure people feel very sorry for the billionaires who MIGHT face a small tax on the wealth they are accumulating by giving a robot your job, spiking your electric bill, and destroying the planet.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@Nate_Sinclair @dvassallo You’re a moron

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@mattaitken @Standard_Cap @ycombinator @pioneer_fund @Liquid2V @grinich @yuris Congrats team!

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@karrisaarinen We saw this come up and tried to correct it at my last startup i.e. designers who develop a sense of build complexity start restricting their designs based on perceived build effort.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

A+ grade act of self-care as an adult:

stop booking cheap economy flights with shitty travel agents through Skyscanner.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@RepTeresaLF Right up there with the dumbest things I’ve ever read. Well done.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

1) What

[Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @RepTeresaLF]

Any school teacher has more work ethic in their pinky finger than Elon Musk has in his entire body.

Make. Billionaires. Pay. Their. Fair. Share.

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

Please God

[Tuomas Artman @artman]

Europe is so back.

No more cookie banners, if member states approve of the proposal.

https://t.co/StqRnJHAqw

[Simon White @simonwhiteio]

@TweetsOfSumit It’s almost like the landing page is missing important details. Like what the product is, does and why. If only there were H1 space available for this…