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Haleiwa, HI
Joined January 2021
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If you have time to judge other people’s life decisions, you need bigger goals.
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So powerful:
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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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this loft apartment is a mood
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Damn, what a stage. Bullish
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Unfortunately….. Stress is caused by giving a fuck.
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In other news today, our Sun is roughly middle-aged bit.ly/2mrlCW2
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Power should be decentralized.
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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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Replying to @MachinePix
The robot future is coming
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4,500 years old. That. Is. Insane.
Ancient Egyptian beadnet dress. Made of Egyptian faience. From Tomb G 7440 Z at Giza, excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1927. Period: Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of King Khufu, ca. 2551-2528 BC. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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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.
"I've visited 183 different nations". Said no one with only an African (non-diplomatic) passport. "Citizen of the world" doesn't apply to Africans.
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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
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Our Sun could be a star in someone else's night sky.
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