Month: November 2023

Item #1 Ep. 41 Dublin in flames. What’s happening in Ireland will happen here, at scale. Steve Bannon explains. pic.twitter.com/KzrRUJq0ZL — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 27, 2023 America is not at all like Ireland in terms of culture, diversity, geography, and other key factors. Although diversity is often seen as a catalyst for unrest, more… Continue reading The Daily View 11/29/2023: Unrest, Home Prices, College, Life Expectancy, Charlie Munger

Two views of Crime: The Economist: Can we believe China's claims of being a low crime society? Yes, because East Asians are always low crime on every inhabited continent. Without some knowledge of human variation, some things become mysterious when they shouldn't be. https://t.co/bJurg2V3Dy — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) November 26, 2023 A quick note on… Continue reading The incompleteness of crime stats

45 days later, this is what happened. Almost everything was destroyed but Hamas. And, of course, the world is becoming more and more pro-Palestinian. https://t.co/nrrSpoSxTN — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 24, 2023 Well no shit. If Israel made an actual concerted effort to end Hamas, the ‘international community’ would be on its ass even… Continue reading The daily view: Twitter edition

I saw this going viral: OpenAI Engineers Earning $800,000 a Year Turn Rare Skillset Into Leverage: The most common salary range for an engineering job listed on OpenAI’s website is $200,000 to $370,000, though a handful of more specialized roles advertise ranges from $300,000 to $450,000, said Roger Lee, co-founder of compensation benchmarking firm Comprehensive.io.… Continue reading OpenAI Engineers Earning $800,000 a Year

Item #1: Texas attorney general opens investigation into Media Matters for ‘potential fraudulent activity’: EXCLUSIVE—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening an investigation into Media Matters for “potential fraudulent activity” after X CEO Elon Musk accused the left-wing media watchdog group of manipulating data on the social media platform. After a slew of advertisers, including… Continue reading The daily view: 11/21/2023

Last week Media Matters ran a hit piece regarding Musk condoning alleged antisemitism on the platform, causing some advertisers to defect. Musk went on the attack, claiming that Media Matters took the data out of content, which I do not dispute. I think he is right. My opinion of Media Matters, like all watchdog non-profits,… Continue reading Elon’s free speech defection

As widely expected, Mounjaro gets FDA approval to treat obesity. Crémieux predicts these new weight loss drugs will make obesity a thing of the past: One day, obesity will be viewed as a problem that plagued humanity for just a few decades in the richest parts of the world. That day keeps getting closer. pic.twitter.com/KcWCGRVRjz… Continue reading GLP-1 weight loss drugs will not end the worldwide obesity epidemic

Here are my thoughts and predictions for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: It’s going to be close and intense. I am very confident about this prediction. The era of either side occasionally nominating sub-par candidates who stand in as token opposition and are expected to lose, such as Dole, Romney, Mondale, etc.–is over. The political… Continue reading Thoughts and Predictions for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Bitcoin is setting up for a major disappointment. Nothing changed between now and a month ago except the price is $9,000 higher. There is no indication that the ETF will be approved or that any progress is being made. As soon as it dawns on market participants that the ETF will not be approved, or… Continue reading Bitcoin setting up for major disappointment

I saw this a few days ago: Net worth surged 37% in pandemic era for the typical family, Fed finds — the most on record. Net worth is a measure of household assets after accounting for liabilities. After accounting for inflation, median net worth jumped to $192,900, a 37% increase from 2019-22, the Fed found.… Continue reading Americans are insanely wealthy