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So powerful:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Warren Buffett did not tweet or say this and the account alleged to have shared the fake quote has been suspended.
aap.com.au/factcheck/emot…
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As children, we wanted to monopolize the attention of a parent, to draw it away from other siblings.
This sense of rivalry pervades human desire, repeating throughout our lives.
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In other news today, our Sun is roughly middle-aged bit.ly/2mrlCW2
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Replying to @NASASpaceflight
Unlike its aircraft division, which is fine, the FAA space division has a fundamentally broken regulatory structure.
Their rules are meant for a handful of expendable launches per year from a few government facilities. Under those rules, humanity will never get to Mars.
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Today I realized that the writings of Confucius, the Buddha, Pythagoras, Zoroaster and the Torah, as well as the establishment of the Roman Republic, all occurred within a few decades of each other around 500 BCE.
Human civilization really did spring forth all at once.
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Replying to @JonErlichman
As a result, if anyone invested 100k in bitcoin a decade ago he/she would now be one of the richest 200 people on the planet (net worth over 11 billion)
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4,500 years old. That. Is. Insane.
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Global inequality in ease of travel unfortunately continues to be severe. I look forward to the day Africans, Asians and everyone else can roam around the world as easily as we developed-country people can.
Post-COVID would be a great time to start trying to make this happen.
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Things I'm excited about (incomplete list)
* Cryptography+blockchains esp @ethereum family
* Life extension @SENSResearchFou
* New governance/"social tech" @RadxChange
* Better online education of all types
* Building cities @CCIdotCity
* Ongoing global poverty reduction
* Space
























