@tylercowen Singapore drained the swamp.Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil):Just as China has been doing mosquito elimination successfully, so too has Singapore.In areas where researchers released sterilized mosquitoes, the population collapsed, whereas areas without the intervention were unaffected.We can kill the mosquitoes. We just have to try. https://t.co/uGxKRfkq9T ...

@tylercowen Precisely.Lee Kuan Yew was one of the greatest founders of all time. We don’t fully recognize him in that way, because we don’t yet have 1000 founders of startup cities like we do startup companies.But we will. https://t.co/de3EkvsPl0Jeremy Raper (@puppyeh1):Everyone in the west who is semi interested in what is happening in their countries should read up on Singaporean history. Eg Lee Kwan Yew’s Memoirs (I’m reading currently).Not everything is applicable, and certainly not easy. But they got f ...

Singapore is now #2 in inbound millionaires per capita. Only the UAE ranks higher. https://t.co/nFybpz5XsN ...

Singapore is now the #1 passport in the world. https://t.co/MmzAkZHC8Z ...

Telepresence via companies like Double Robotics has been around for a while, but it’s about to get far better.I talked about your immigration policy becoming your firewall back in 2013 at 15:13.Balaji (@balajis):Silicon Valley's Ultimate Exit. https://t.co/R61vGf6Gc4 ...

Humanoid robot telepresence keeps getting better.So: in the not too distant future, you’ll be able to use it to interact with your friends all over the world…even in those jurisdictions you might not normally be able to visit.As the sovereign debt crisis accelerates, the statist left will want to bill you for the number of days you’re physically present in their state. And the statist right may not want to grant you a visa at all.Fine.Be 100% compliant.You never ever set foot in their state.But your humanoi ...

What’s still important in the age of AI?Vision and verification.Prompting and polishing.Community and geography.Scarcity and cryptography.Physicality and resiliency.Vision is where you are going. AI can move fast in a direction but it needs direction. Vision means focusing on that direction.Verification is making sure the AI is doing what you want it to do. You can use AIs to critique each other, but you are the final critic.Prompting is articulating what you want in clear written (or spoken) English. Those ...

I agree some people say that, in a kind of hopeful way, wishing that some guy will arise and restore order and bring greatness.But the beginning of the American Empire was FDR, 80-90 years ago.I mean, there’s no way you can look at this global footprint and say otherwise. This ain’t the posture of a people sitting humbly behind their own borders, but the greatest empire of all time. And now it’s withdrawing from the world.Gabriel Delgado Ayau (@gabedelgadoa):@balajis There's actually an argument to be made ...

You can leave California for Texas or Florida. Or go further afield.Alessandro Palombo (@thealepalombo):Everyone is leaving California. Wealth and success in the next decade won't just be about what you build. It'll be about how anti-fragile what you build actually is.If you're wealthy, anywhere in the world, not only American or European, you should consider second residencies. https://t.co/nhiieU5zsb ...

Silicon Valley is a lagging indicator.Tech moved out of Delaware.Now it’s moving out of California.There are hundreds of other places.You can build a unicorn anywhere.So: cut bait on failed states.Our destiny is decentralization.That’s what the Internet means. https://t.co/9gygAEDScsBeff (e/acc) (@beffjezos):Many founders in private have moved out of California as their primary place to live and operate, myself included ...