"You're asking me how a watch works... for now, let's just keep an eye on the time."
It's a great line because it's not really about watches.
On the surface, she's asking for a detailed explanation of something really complex. His response is essentially:
"The explanation is complicated, and understanding every mechanism isn't necessary right now. Focus on the outcome, not the internals."
The watch metaphor works because everyone understands the difference between:
- Knowing what time it is.
- Knowing how a watch actually works.
Most people can use a watch perfectly well without understanding gears, escapements, balance wheels, or quartz crystals.
For young people, apprentices, junior engineers, new managers, or anyone entering a new field, there's a deeper lesson:
- Expertise comes in layers
When you're new, you often want the entire mental model immediately.
You ask:
- Why are we doing it this way?
- What does every part do?
- What are all the dependencies?
- What happens under every possible condition?
Those are good questions. But sometimes the answer would require six months of background knowledge to make sense. It's great to be curious, as long as sometimes you're willing to accept that the answer is "I can't explain it all to you right now."
An experienced person may effectively be saying:
"You're asking a valid question, but you're asking it several chapters before the book has introduced the necessary concepts."
That can be hard when you're young and driven!
@isidorefan Oh, this is rich
(1) The guy said: workers should collaborate. This is done all over the world. All he has to do is do it.
(2) I do a teensy-weensy bit more than host a "radio talk show: https://t.co/i9Cg5ZJibZ
When are you joining my mastermind? https://t.co/IciKpFyyc9
@jpodhoretz Why? Isn't it possible you would simply want to demoralize the opposition? Wouldn't you prefer not to have to deal with an outsider who spends the campaign complaining about human feces and violent addicts?
INDIA JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF WHAT THEY WERE SELLING TO GET INTO AMERICAN WORKPLACES
Not vague fraud. Not "some bad actors." NAMED CREDENTIALS. SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS. Field by field.
🇮🇳 Medicine — fake medical degrees sold to applicants seeking hospital jobs in the US, UK, France, and Canada
🇮🇳 Nursing — counterfeit nursing certificates with fake seals, fake holograms, fake registrar signatures
🇮🇳 Engineering — forged engineering credentials specifically engineered to pass employer verification
🇮🇳 One institution — 36,025 fake degrees sold while awarding only 5,455 real ones
🇮🇳 Price per fake credential — as little as $1,400
🇮🇳 Total seized — 100,000+ counterfeit certificates from 22 universities
🇮🇳 Suspects arrested — 11, across multiple Indian states
🇮🇳 Estimated fakes still in circulation — 1,000,000
🇮🇳 H-1B approvals going to Indian nationals — 71% of all approvals in FY2024
🇮🇳 H-1B holders who ended up in junior or entry-level positions — 83% during Biden's term
💀 11 arrests
💀 22 universities implicated
💀 ZERO of the credentials targeted military bases or government facilities
💀 100% civilian workforce infiltration — hospitals, engineering firms, tech companies
Every credential on this list was designed to place someone in a job that requires skills they never actually proved they had. Not contractors. WORKERS IN AMERICAN WORKPLACES.
Ken Paxton's investigation is still running. These are the credentials it was built to find.
I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨
‼️EXPOSED: New Photo From Donor From The REAL Aspen Donor Summit Just Exposed TPUSA’s “Charlie Appointing Erika” Video as FAKE 👀
A donor has now released the actual backdrop from the Aspen Investor Retreat. The real stage backdrop clearly reads “INVESTOR RETREAT” with mountain graphics and horseshoe logos.
This directly proves that the video Turning Point USA released — the one they claimed showed Charlie Kirk at the Aspen Donor Summit saying he appoints Erika to take over if something happens to him — is not from that event at all.
The backdrop in their video does not match the real backdrop from the actual retreat. They either used footage from a completely different event or created the clip entirely. Either way, it’s fake.
This is the same organization that has been pushing the narrative that Charlie wanted Erika to run TPUSA. Now we have visual proof that the video they used to support that claim was fabricated or heavily edited.
Charlie Kirk is gone, and instead of being honest, they’re manufacturing evidence to justify who took over. The more they try to control the narrative, the more obvious it becomes that something is very wrong.
My channel is under attack to try to bankrupt me. If you want to support me and help me keep exposing these clowns Donate here: https://t.co/zvJN5mIrhp
CC: @RealCandaceO@baroncoleman@AndrewKolvet@BlakeSNeff@tylerbowyer@MrsErikaKirk@JohnMappi
@juicystar1908@RebeccaGalenti3 The current administration has little Congressional or support from the States. Too many institutions are totally compromised. Plus they have lost the mandate from a significant number of the voters that elected them.
We are in Enoch Powell territory. 🫤
(Rivers of Blood)
@jlhilliard@SarahisCensored I carry a similar knife for dealing with chores around the house and barn. Along with a separate pen knife and multi-tool. It's handy for boxes, twine, and other minor jobs.
But I'm not a student nor I'm threatening people in public.
🚨 A disturbing amount of professors from India have been participants in campus protests against America and Israel.
Architecture professor Ali Asgar Alibhai is at the University of Texas at Dallas. He's from India. I repeat: HE IS A GUEST IN OUR COUNTRY.
When he isn’t teaching architecture, a course that apparently no American citizen can teach, he’s getting arrested at “pro-Palestine” rallies on campus.
Students who supported Hamas grew violent against the police as they tried to disperse their illegal encampment.
He threw himself into the mix to protect the Hamasniks.
He's now suing the university and campus police for discriminating against him as a "South Asian Muslim."
He's still here, still employed.
Gentle reminder: a Fox News investigation has revealed that 90% of H1-B visas from India have been obtained using fraudulent degrees and credentials.
@StateDept@USCIS
Zach Schneider of Tradition Homes, a north Texas Homebuilder based in McKinney Texas, admitted that 70% of his clients are Indian buyers. He designs north facing puja rooms and optional spice kitchens.
The main industry that’s supposed to cater to American families has turned its back on us.
Do we feel sorry for these home builders? I don’t. Deport all the Indians and I hope these home builders fall flat on their faces. No bailouts.
Illegal Monday.
It is time to start using RICO against businesses that repeatedly hire illegal aliens.
RICO was created to dismantle organizations that profit from ongoing criminal activity. Knowingly hiring unauthorized workers, falsifying I-9s, building a business model around suppressed wages, and creating a shadow labor pipeline fits the statute.
If a company does it once, fine the manager.
If a company does it repeatedly, across multiple locations and years, seize the enterprise. Take the business, the property, the bank accounts. Send the owners and executives to jail.
That is how you kill the profit motive.
Right now we arrest the worker and let the business that hired them keep operating and profiting.
That makes no sense.
Treat illegal labor like the criminal enterprise it often is. Hit the pocketbook and the people who make the decisions.
Only then will the incentives change.
Shut it down and send them home. Think of every American and American family harmed by this program who will continue to be harmed until it and every exploited visa is shut down.