Thomas Layton

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

I’ve always been proud to be an Iranian American immigrant.

But to follow Stanford’s new language standards, I would need to call myself an “Iranian US-citizen person-who-immigrated.” 

This seems awfully wrong. (Thread)

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

@buccocapital Rich is amazing but it is very difficult to turn a high-margin, capital-efficient media company into a low-margin, capital-needy (if software-aided) real estate + construction company.

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

@bgurley I love this phrase "immature on revenue." Another way of saying this is that this wave of SPACs is not IPO 2.0, but Series C 2.0

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

Not good

[David Crane @DavidGCrane]

Speaks for itself . . .

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

Seems very sensible. Would love to read a high-quality criticism of this idea.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

New blog post: Here is my proposal on how to fix Section 230. "Mend it, Don't End It." First Amendment case law suggests a promising path to peace for Twitter and Facebook. @jack and Zuck should embrace it.

https://t.co/dUH2c5qxNl

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

@DavidSacks A better solution would be to require both (1) accrual accounting (believe it or not, state budgeting is done on a cash basis so future pension benefits "cost" nothing until they are paid) and (2) a reasonable assumption for future pension fund returns.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Burgundy tasting @BirdDogPaloAlto cc @rajatparr cc @thethomaslayton. I'll be honest, I'm hammered...

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

I wish you could set a meter on people's tweets. As in: I'm happy to follow X, but I only want to see the best Y tweets from X per day.

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

If you have a daughter then this is a much watch. Anson Dorrance on coaching and leading women v. men. https://t.co/Itdkx8WImp

[Thomas Layton @thethomaslayton]

@BarkingCarnival The black falcon soars?

[Bill Gross @Bill_Gross]

Blown away by this stat on Global Net Worth:
85 Richest People: $1.7 Trillion
3.5 Billion Poorest: $1.7 Trillion
Top 85 = Bottom 50%