I think norms around dropping out are changing a lot post-covidIt used to be either Thiel scholar types or drug addicts who drop out but now it is normiesInvestment banks and bigtech both hiring nondegree holders at scaleAnanda (@Galaxriel):the average woman having more schooling than the average man is just an indicator that college is going to be low status soon btw ...

If your Asia city tier list doesn’t include hangzhou or taipei in it you should travel more ...

In mainland China if you tell older people you like working out they say cool my cousin is gay too ...

Years ago, you were ChineseNury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi):SCIENTISTS ARE IN SHOCK today after the discovery of a million-year-old early human skull in China.The finding of the Homo longi (“dragon man”) skull in China will force a re-examination of the long-held belief that humanity originated from Africa.Homo longi had some Homo https://t.co/RLqI6zSj1h ...

Ray Dalio’s observations on Anglo decline seem overstated, perhaps bc he speaks from within that perspective. He is obviously right about the UK, but to even discuss the UK and US in one breath is archaic. In Beijing itself, the currently fashionable theory appears to be the G7 -> G2 power architecture transition, which is to say that two complementary superpowers decide everything.After this period of posturing ends, the relationship likely settles back to core cooperation on shared interests. Tariffs func ...

Quite high, as it turns outZhu Su (@zhusu):What do ppl think the yield of plasma lockdrop is gonna be ...

Crypto hard money thesis benefits from Lindy effect (the longer coins exist, the more we believe they will continue to exist) but crypto tech thesis is anti-Lindy (the longer it takes for the tech to fulfil a stated use case, the less likely it is to be suited for that use case) ...

Best indoor racquet club combo ...

Next five sports for LA 2028 Olympics are:Baseball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squashOf these, I am most bullish internationalisation of baseball. It is the best stadium spectator sport. And has the best statistical complexity and richness. Also East Asians can actually play it on a world-class level (unlike soccer)China Baseball League (mainland) in the 2000s was too early for its time, would probably work in 2030 ...

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