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My book, Never Split The Difference, has over 40,000 reviews on Amazon.
If you’ve read my book, retweet this.
I want to see something….
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If you saw a group of dudes like this grabbing a neighbor or family member and trying to throw them in the back of a black, tinted-window van, what would you do? If they came for you, what would you do?
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The Stock Market Remains Undefeated dlvr.it/TKsHwK
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So... the digital world has nearly eliminated friction (ChatGPT writes essays, Meta's AI plays your friend). The physical world drowns in it (Newark airport, infrastructure crumbles). And for those who can afford it, friction becomes an optional aesthetic choice (West Village living, curated experiences).
This is an economic system where frictionlessness is this weird commodity and understanding it is really important. Warren Buffett sees it too. He warned of maintenance coming due as he stepped down this past weekend. The simulation economy can't run without physical infrastructure (as many have said) but we've optimized for short-term ease over long-term resilience.
We've created three separate worlds operating on entirely different rules - and different levels of friction. link in next post, enjoy!
Brandon Riley retweeted
The craziest thing to me about the election is neither political party wanted to take credit for 3 of our biggest accomplishments as a nation this decade:
1. Operation warp speed
2. Energy independence
3. No recession from inflation/war
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[New] - Useful vSphere Automation techniques for assisting with CrowdStrike remediation williamlam.com/2024/07/usefu…
☝️Ability to send VM Keystrokes using vSphere API is still one of the lesser known yet super powerful capability of our platform! Hope this can help our IT admins 🙏
Brandon Riley retweeted
1. You don’t have to tweet
2. If someone else tweets something dumb, you don’t have to tweet that it was dumb
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Today in "Facts That Sound Fake":
There are more Fiat dealerships in the U.S. than new *Fiats sold* in Q2.
300+ Fiat dealerships vs 144 new vehicles sold.
Fiat -- more like Fi-out-of-business 🙃
Brandon Riley retweeted
@radleybalko’s questions include this one on the death penalty: “If you don’t trust government to, say, regulate the environment or promote public health, why do you trust the government to justly, fairly, and competently take a life?”
Brandon Riley retweeted
The problem with the naive-libertarian-conspiracy-theorist cluster is that they hold two incompatible central beliefs.
Governments are:
+ incompetent & incapable of delivering stuff
+ capable of executing an intricate conspiracy to secretly control you
Brandon Riley retweeted
My new favorite thing - Bing's new ChatGPT bot argues with a user, gaslights them about the current year being 2022, says their phone might have a virus, and says "You have not been a good user"
Why? Because the person asked where Avatar 2 is showing nearby
Brandon Riley retweeted
The Great Depression turned an entire generation into frugal misers
The pandemic turned us all into raging spenders
Brandon Riley retweeted
They found a way to sell food to people who aren't eating. Capitalism is undefeated.
