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Balaji· 2025-08-13 17:48
RT Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano)The legend @balajis says "we're entering a new political axis: futurism vs primitivism."Choose wisely. https://t.co/td8D3T36Z4 ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-13 17:24
What really happened with Windsurf, Figma, and the FTC?New pod with @stevesi & @eriktorenberg of a16z.2:25 Techlash3:23 No regulators for computers6:04 Network vs state25:02 M&A review32:04 M&A power law44:05 What happened with Windsurf?01:14:16 Winning by legislating https://t.co/vP5mSbmXy0 ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-12 20:18
RT BRITISH HODL ❤️‍🔥🐂❤️‍🔥 (@BritishHodl)I think @PeterMcCormack released the single most important podcast of 2025 with @balajis on Bitcoin & the future with an alternative consideration to the heavy one sided opinions we normally hear - with data & facts. MUST LISTEN & CONSIDER 👑 ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-12 20:04
This is the pod I did with @PeterMcCormack.The question is: what comes after empire?And one answer is: China vs the Internet.That's where the world economy already is, in fact.Here's the YouTube.https://t.co/9Fn6YkBmkI ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-12 19:56
Here's the podcast that @BritishHodl and many Bitcoiners liked.0:00 - Introduction1:32 - West vs East6:33 - The ascending world10:30 - Denying while declining14:00 - Millionaire migration map18:20 - Several exponentials20:10 - Four factions (Blue, Red, China, Internet)25:00 - Red America v China33:05 - Blue America v Internet39:35 - Geographical splits43:52 - Dollar inflation is global taxation49:30 - Left and right ending their empire1:07:20 - Superbitcoinization Is already here1:26:00 - The Internet front ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-12 19:55
Here's the podcast that @BritishHodl and many Bitcoiners liked.0:00: Introduction1:32: West vs East6:33: The ascending world10:30: Denying while declining14:00: Millionaire migration map18:20: Several exponentials20:10: Four factions (Blue, Red, China, Internet)25:00: Red America v China33:05: Blue America v Internet39:35: Geographical splits43:52: Dollar inflation is global taxation49:30: Left and right ending their empire1:07:20: Superbitcoinization Is already here1:26:00: The Internet frontier1:32:00: So ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-11 19:04
RT a16z (@a16z)Most M&A doesn’t move the needle. The rare ones reshape industries.@balajis lays out the rulebook:1. Power law returns or bust2. 100x scale gap or it breaks your cap table3. Distribution leverage or it dies in integration"That’s why M doesn’t work, but A works." https://t.co/WQWBMPQn0v ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-11 13:50
All this may change as tech evolves. Perhaps everyone gets their own highly personalized writer, such that the AI copy they emit isn't cliche-ridden and overwritten.But at least for now...there's an instant turnoff when you see someone use AI text verbatim in an application form, or a Substack post, or a tweet. It just signals that they can't write well, or that they're lazy, or something.To be clear, AI is useful for coding, for data analysis, for snippets of legal work, for situations where there's a righ ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-11 13:40
In general, AI text should not be used verbatim.In writing or in speech.Think of it as lorem ipsum.Or more precisely, lorem aipsum.It's placeholder text.Esther Crawford ✨ (@esthercrawford):Last week I interviewed a candidate who was clearly reading answers given by an AI tool on his screen. He restated every question and instantly had a perfectly formatted STAR response to everything. So boring!It was odd & exhausting - a very uncanny valley type of experience. ...
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Balaji· 2025-08-11 13:34
Inflation Discrepancy - Official inflation numbers significantly understated real inflation, especially after the mid-1980s [1] - In 1988, official inflation was 06%, while real inflation reached 6% [2] - By 1989, official inflation was reported as 2%, but the actual rate was 8% [2] - In 1990, the official inflation rate was 53%, contrasting sharply with the real rate of 20% [2] - In 1991, "official" inflation soared to 963%, while the real inflation rate skyrocketed to 200% [2] Economic Collapse and Hyperinflation - The Soviet Union's collapse led to the cessation of falsified inflation numbers [3] - In 1992, the real inflation rate was estimated to be over 2,300% [3] - Hyperinflation persisted for three years until the Soviet ruble was discontinued [3]