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This is a great question someone posed. Thoughts?
CAN SOMEONE WALK ME THROUGH HOW THIS MAKES SENSE
By the time I retire at 67, I'll have paid roughly $540,000 into Social Security between my contributions and my employer's match.
If that same money had just sat in an index fund averaging 7%, it would be worth about $2.4M. The dividends alone off that would be $168,000 a year.
Instead, the government is projecting I'll get $2,950 a month at 67. That's about $35,400 a year.
Someone explain the gap between those two numbers, because I genuinely don't understand where the rest of it goes.
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modern travel is increasingly flying 10 hours to experience a slightly different version of the same globally optimized lifestyle.
same third wave coffee. same natural wine bar. same brutalist menu. same sourdough. same beige hotel. same tasteful ceramics. same instagram lighting.
what a ridiculous convergence.
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JUST IN: El Salvador’s AI tutoring pilot in 171 public schools produced reading, math, & science results above the national average & comparable to Germany & Sweden.
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As engineering, product, design, DS, etc. melt into a new kind of role, I was reflecting on what roles might look like in the future. For example, when I look at the Claude Code team I see what I think is five archetypes:
1. Prototyper: comes up with brand new ideas; churns out many ideas, most of which don't ship
2. Builder: quickly turns a prototype/idea into production-grade product/infra
3. Sweeper: cleans up the UI, simplifies the code and system, unships, optimizes performance
4. Grower: takes a product that has been built and iterates on it to improve Product-Market Fit
5. Maintainer: owns a mature system to make it secure, reliable, fast, and efficient as it scales
Many people span across 2 roles, and sometimes 3 roles. I also notice that these roles are not really tied to job function -- eg. across Anthropic, some designers match category 1, some 2, some 3; same for engineers, PM, DS.
A healthy team needs a mix of these, depending on the product:
- A product that is new and pre-PMF needs people that are strong at 1+2+3
- A product that is growing and has found PMF needs 2+3+4 and some 5
- A product that has strong PMF needs 3+4+5 and some 2
Maybe product roles of the future will look more like this, and less like the domain-specific roles of today?
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Democrats have reached such an extreme that they’re electing someone to Congress who straight up wants to "eradicate" America. And not only does she believe this but she founded an activist organization to collapse America from inside. This should be a MASSIVE political scandal.
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This video does such a good job capturing what’s made this championship feel so special.
If Spurs had won, the Nike spot would have been something about Wemby arriving (or maybe new era w/ all the young players.
This didn’t even have any players in it. It’s about the city and the people who call it home.
I don’t even like the Knicks (although my wife is a massive fan and watched every game this season). I’m a Sixers fan. But I love New York and this whole run has been about the city.
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i built an AI that runs my go-to-market. writes blogs, finds leads, emails users
its basically a junior marketing hire that runs 24/7
saved me 20+hrs/week 10x cheaper than hiring a GTM human
live now @ miniloop [dot] ai
rt & comment "miniloop" for 2m credits on me
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Lethal Ventures is planning a 5-week factory roadshow leading up to @reindsummit. We're going to visit 100 factories across the Rust Belt. Route below 👇
DM me if you have any factories we should hit. We're going to capture as much content as possible to share with you all.
Week 1: Pennsylvania Industrial Core
Base city: Pittsburgh, PA
Nearby Factory Towns: Erie, Johnstown, Altoona
Week 2: Ohio Industrial Corridor
Base city: Cleveland, OH
Nearby Factory Towns: Akron, Canton, Toledo, Lorain
Week 3: Indiana + Southern Michigan
Base city: Fort Wayne, IN
Nearby Factory Towns: South Bend, Elkhart, Kokomo, Muncie
Week 4: Illinois + Wisconsin Industrial Belt
Base city: Chicago, IL
Nearby Factory Towns: Rockford, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha
Week 5: Final Push to Detroit
Base city: Detroit, MI
Nearby Factory Towns: Flint, Saginaw, Dearborn, Warren
With institutional capital locked beyond holding periods, I believe we'll see a true surge in secondaries.
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Brownie Points - Public Market Volatility
High volatility in public markets will likely drive investors toward private investments, as it has historically.
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