Vivek Tiwari

Vagabond Motorola Solutions

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The highest priced skill a human can have is detecting circularity.

My impression is that AI is structually incapable of it.

#TheLydianStone

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:

Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.

(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).

More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”

Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.

Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.

“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.

This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.

That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@BCCI Spinner friendly wicket. Of course!

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@ra101 @elonmusk https://t.co/pan531RJ3H

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@ESPNFC @debayan

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@yadavakhilesh किसकी हत्या नही , एक अपराधी की हत्या। बाकी के बवाल में mujhe नहीं पड़ना की तुम क्यु नही किए या योगी kyu किया। तुम अपना पॉलिटिक्स खेलो, और तुम्हारे opposition apna खेले। अपना कर्म सुधारो , समाज सेवा करो, ट्विटर छोड़ो और रूट लेवल पर काम करो।

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@Akshat_World Can't you show an admit letter and bank transaction. Even transcript.

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@debayan ACL = Anterior Cruciate Ligament

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@aveeeeek why should they be?

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@elonmusk Do you know how many bots have voted in favor / not in favor?

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@elonmusk How many bots are voting for this poll?

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@SJosephBurns 12

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@Akshat_World @PRSundar64 Just half of the dividends payment will take care of that.

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

💔

#RolandGarros

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@rolandgarros Hard luck @AlexZverev.

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

👏

#RolandGarros

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@chetan_bhagat @SharkTankIndia1 @AnupamMittal @SonyLIV @upGrad_edu @chetan_bhagat Digressing on the actual tweet a bit but a sincere request that you should bring more deep talk series content on your channel. Yashish and @AnupamMittal were superb (inspirational)

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

The pandemic has put pressure on everyone. Today’s devastating financial update from @icbc is another sign we can’t trust ICBC. It’s time to end the monopoly. @JagrupBrar1 @Dave_Eby @jjhorgan #BringChoiceBC #BCPoli

[Vivek Tiwari @vivtiw]

@debayan not the right but they certainly have means