8: China

How to be a better critical thinker:

1. Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to people you disagree with

2. Look for flaws in ideas you like—and strengths in arguments you dislike

3. Learn from sources that engage with competing ideas

— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) February 8, 2025

Many of the fastest growing YC companies based outside the bay area have one thing in common: they make sure to visit SF every 3-6 months to stay connected.

— Aaron Epstein (@aaron_epstein) February 7, 2025

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 7, 2025

80% of Mexicans are homeowners—the highest percentage in the world. 🌎

66 million Mexicans don’t even have bank accounts. 🏦

58 million have never paid income tax. 💰

But sure, let’s keep calling them poor! 🤡

Americans are buried under $17.8 trillion in debt from mortgages,… pic.twitter.com/JyypkJ8RSs

— Jeckov Kanani (@JeckovKanani) February 8, 2025

Today I introduced a bill to create a Department of Peacebuilding.

Every dollar we invest in peacebuilding saves countless more by reducing conflict and instability.

My hope is that future generations inherit a world that values peace more than war.https://t.co/6Zlg53DEmG

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 7, 2025

BIG BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Delhi Secretariat sealed after AAP defeat.

It is requested that no files, documents, or computer hardware be taken outside the Delhi Secretariat complex without permission. 🔥🔥

MASSIVE KHELA in Delhi!!

The General Administration Department of the… pic.twitter.com/CFlkQtfYyR

— Times Algebra (@TimesAlgebraIND) February 8, 2025

HUGE: Delhi's LG issues immediate orders:
1. No File, Document, or Hardware can be taken out of Delhi's Secretariat 🤯
2. All Bureaucrats have been ordered to reach Secretariat as soon as possible.

~ More corruption of Kejriwal's Tenure will be EXPOSED in coming times🔥 pic.twitter.com/Y4Z7og3lat

— The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) (@Indian_Analyzer) February 8, 2025

This is wild.

Pikadditions just dropped and it's taking AI video generation to the next level.

13 wild examples so far (Don't miss the 5th one) pic.twitter.com/eKAmtYcIum

— Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) February 8, 2025

True https://t.co/n19JxuQPb7

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025

I have that.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025

विश्वकाे सबैभन्दा धेरै जनसंख्या, सबैभन्दा ठुलाे लाेकतन्त्र, ५ ओैं ठुलाे अर्थतन्त्र राष्ट्र भारतकाे राजधानी प्रदेश दिल्लीमा कांग्रेस- कम्युनिष्टलाई शून्य सीटकाे ह्याटि्रक।देश चलाउन, देश सपार्न, देश बनाउन कांग्रेस- कम्युनिस्ट नै चाहिन्छ भन्ने छैन-हामी नेपालीले चाहिँ कहिले बुझ्ने?

— dambar khatiwoda (@dambarkhatiwoda) February 8, 2025

i wish i could pause time, learn as much as possible about AI tools and agents, and then unpause.

because this feels like the greatest shift since the internet.

if you were around when electricity was invented, the smartest thing you could do was figure out how to use it. and…

— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) February 8, 2025

Watch a bipartisan panel discussion of my exchange with Vance on the fired DOGE staffer. @abbydphillip https://t.co/xSgozhAGGC pic.twitter.com/LiqHmGrs2V

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 8, 2025

I have very little sympathy for AAP politicians after their frequent flirtrations with bigotry, but the education/healthcare revolution was very real.

And implemented by people with far bigger hearts than their leaders.

— Abhu (@abhu_tyagi) February 8, 2025

Things will never be the same again.

DOGE will become the standard across the western world.

The old style of politics that enabled corruption and abuse of public funds is dead.

Accountability and transparency is now the standard.

We’re entering a new era for humanity.

— MichaeloKeeffe (@Mick_O_Keeffe) February 8, 2025

Elon now bragging about destroying an $800 million/year agency that has returned $21 billion to consumers who've been screwed by banks, credit card companies, and payday lenders, and other scammers.

Get ready for the return of credit card late fees, overdraft penalties, and all… https://t.co/93Sp0hg2qO

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 7, 2025

Thinking about raising chickens for eggs. Is it worth it? pic.twitter.com/TRKDk5mfui

— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) February 8, 2025

Balaji, this is embarrassing dude. They didn't "dig up" some old posts. The posts were from as recently as December. And they weren't subtle.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool." — July

"You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity... Normalize… https://t.co/Fuw7UiK7GO

— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) February 7, 2025

I don't fly much. At all. I like earth. :)

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025