• War

    Strategic Operations 🎯Israel’s Air Force achieved unprecedented success in controlling Iranian airspace, surpassing IDF expectations and leading to a historic declaration of war comparable to the Six Days War. 🔍Israeli intelligence, led by General Schlomi Binder, obtained a treasure trove of intelligence on Iran’s plans, including actual blueprints for weapons and strategies to destroy Israel. 🧠The IDF’s psychological warfare and deception tactics, including planting the…

  • Iran: Deal or No Deal?

  • Building NGP Energy Capital Management

    Ken Hersh on why it’s important to only give money to people who can make lemonade out of lemons (e.g. the people who figured out what to do with wells with shale).

  • The Farm Business

    In the video “Farmer Answers Farming Questions | Tech Support | WIRED,” Tennessee farmer Matt Griggs addresses a variety of questions related to farming, providing insights into the modern agricultural industry. Griggs explains how farmers achieve straight lines in their fields primarily through the use of GPS-enabled tractors with auto-steer functionality. He highlights the essential…

  • Port Alpha

    In the video titled “Port Alpha: The US Navy’s Astonishing Next-Gen Shipyard,” the discussion centers around Port Alpha, an ambitious project spearheaded by the defense company Seronic Technologies, aimed at revolutionizing the United States Navy’s shipbuilding capabilities. The video outlines how serious deficiencies within the Navy, including escalating shipbuilding delays, have spurred the initiative to…

  • Claude and AGI

    The video “Is RL + LLMs enough for AGI?” features discussions by Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken, who delve into the latest developments in AI research concerning reinforcement learning (RL) and large language models (LLMs). They explore how RL has begun to demonstrate significant advancements in scaling AI capabilities, allowing models to achieve expert-level performance…

  • Sergey Brin on A.I.

    He discusses the transformative capabilities of AI, emphasizing its efficiency in processing information and generating insights, while also contemplating its implications for future generations and the education system. He addresses the complexities of AI in robotics and programming within corporate settings, highlighting the need for a supportive culture for innovation. Additionally, Brin showcases advancements in…

  • La Disgrazia

    Budget deficits of appx 8% of GDP a year are a problem for Friedberg. He suggests pausing all new spending and reducing all spending to pre covid levels.

  • 1971

    WTF Happened In 1971?” focuses on the pivotal economic changes following President Nixon’s suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold, effectively ending the gold standard and marking a significant moment in modern economic history. This shift has been linked to rising inequality, soaring debt levels, and the growing influence of the financial industry, contrasting sharply with the…

  • Farms

    The Farm Crisis examines the tragic circumstances faced by farmers for most of the 1980s, when thousands were forced into bankruptcy, land values dropped by one-third nationally, and sky-high interest rates turned successes into failures seemingly overnight. Gov. Terry Branstad, Sen. Charles Grassley, Sen. Tom Harkin, former Rep. Jim Leach, the late Mark Pearson, former…

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