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Sashi Sabaratnam

@Sashi

Living at the intersection of policy, research, & practice in wildfire mitigation. Former mayor of Mill Valley. Opinions my own & not reflective of my employer.

Santa Rosa, CA Katılım Kasım 2006
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Sashi Sabaratnam
Sashi Sabaratnam@Sashi·
You asked: Why aren't more people offering solutions? To offer a valid solution requires understanding the problem deeply. The current state IS the solution, from the current balance of interests and values. Most persistent problems are what is left after the easy solutions have been applied. To change the current state requires a new balance of values, and that takes some forcing event that shifts priorities or introduces new players. Those who truly want solutions are working on them, doggedly, for the years it takes to deeply understand the trade-offs and those who would bear the costs of change.
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Jeffrey A Tucker
Jeffrey A Tucker@jeffreytucker·
How is it possible that controlling infectious disease and controlling energy use just so happen to require the very similar protocols? The supposed fixes are nearly identical: work from home, ration, only essential travel, essential/nonessential, isolate alone in a cold dark room, be afraid.
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David Senra
David Senra@davidsenra·
IBM built a cloud of suits to make sure the CEO never talked to anyone actually doing the work. @elonmusk does the opposite. "Elon's method is extreme focus on substance. Extreme focus on getting to the truth. In any organization with multiple layers, there's compounding lies. Each layer wants to look good. Each layer puts a little spin on things. If one layer lies to the next layer above it, maybe that's okay. When that happens two or three times, the lies compound. If that happens six times, the lies really compound. If that happens 12 times, the CEO has no idea what's happening. That was IBM. By the time I got there as an intern, I calculated there were 12 layers of management between me and the CEO. They even had a term for it: the great cloud. A cloud of men in gray business suits who followed the CEO around and prevented him from ever talking to anybody who was actually doing the work. When he would come to visit, it was like a visit from the king. A completely impervious bubble. That's the polar opposite of the Elon approach." — @pmarca
David Senra@davidsenra

My conversation with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), co-founder of @a16z and Netscape. 0:00 Caffeine Heart Scare 0:56 Zero Introspection Mindset 3:24 Psychedelics and Founders 4:54 Motivation Beyond Happiness 7:18 Tech as Progress Engine 10:27 Founders Versus Managers 20:01 HP Intel Founder Legacy 21:32 Why Start the Firm 24:14 Venture Barbell Theory 28:57 JP Morgan Boutique Banking 30:02 Religion Split Wall Street 30:41 Barbell of Banking 31:42 Allen & Company Model 33:16 Planning the VC Firm 33:45 CAA Playbook Lessons 36:49 First Principles vs. Status Quo 39:03 Scaling Venture Capital 40:37 Private Equity and Mad Men 42:52 Valley Shifts to Full Stack 45:59 Meeting Jim Clark 48:53 Founder vs. Manager at SGI 54:20 Recruiting Dinner Story 56:58 Starting the Next Company 57:57 Nintendo Online Gamble 58:33 Building Mosaic Browser 59:45 NSFnet Commercial Ban 1:01:28 Eternal September Shift 1:03:11 Spam and Web Controversy 1:04:49 Mosaic Tech Support Flood 1:07:49 Netscape Business Model 1:09:05 Early Internet Skepticism 1:11:15 Moral Panic Pattern 1:13:08 Bicycle Face Story 1:14:48 Music Panic Examples 1:18:12 Lessons from Jim Clark 1:19:36 Clark Versus Barksdale 1:21:22 Tesla Versus Edison 1:23:00 Edison Digression Setup 1:23:13 AI Forecasting Myths 1:23:43 Edison Phonograph Lesson 1:25:11 Netscape Two Jims 1:29:11 Bottling Innovation 1:31:44 Elon Management Code 1:32:24 IBM Big Gray Cloud 1:37:12 Engineer First Truth 1:38:28 Bottlenecks and Speed 1:42:46 Milli Elon Metric 1:47:20 Starlink Side Project 1:49:10 Closing Includes paid partnerships.

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Joanne Mason
Joanne Mason@JoanneMason11·
How was your day?
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Maria Popova
Maria Popova@themarginalian·
"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness." Poet and philosopher David Whyte's magnificent meditation on friendship, unrequited love, and heartbreak: mailchi.mp/themarginalian…
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Peter Boghossian
Peter Boghossian@peterboghossian·
It is amazing that this needs to be stated over and over and over again. But, here we are and it does. Here's a brief argument for why we need free speech and why those who argue against it undermine the very principles for which they advocate.
Liv Boeree@Liv_Boeree

Today, many people dismiss “free speech” as a Conservative talking point, weaponised by the powerful to suppress minorities. Here’s @glukianoff explaining why that’s not just wrong—it’s completely backwards logic 👇

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Emily Zanotti 🦝
Emily Zanotti 🦝@emzanotti·
I liked this one so much I bought it on a tee shirt.
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Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley@mattwridley·
250 years ago today Adam Smith gave the world a fantastic insight. That order, cooperation and prosperity are not ordered from above by priests or chiefs but emerge from the social interactions of ordinary people. It’s the most revolutionary and benign idea ever proposed.
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Gurwinder
Gurwinder@G_S_Bhogal·
Politics in 20 seconds.
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Being Libertarian
Being Libertarian@beinlibertarian·
How libertarians see election cycles
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Sashi Sabaratnam@Sashi·
Blue belt! Putting in the hours helped, but getting to finally compete again really unlocked something for me.@WHOOP insights are motivating, too - my VO2 Max has vastly improved in the last 2 years. #graciebarra #jiujitsuforeveryone
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Matt Kibbe
Matt Kibbe@MattKibbe·
Just rewatched Wag the Dog, a darkly satirical movie from 1997 about the White House creating a carefully scripted war right before an important election to distract voters from a sex scandal involving an underaged girl. Really.
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Sashi Sabaratnam@Sashi·
The ADA requirement most likely to disable me
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Thomas Massie
Thomas Massie@RepThomasMassie·
I am opposed to this War. This is not “America First.” When Congress reconvenes, I will work with @RepRoKhanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran. The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.
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Justin Amash
Justin Amash@justinamash·
The president has no lawful authority to participate in strikes on Iran. The Framers of the Constitution placed the power to commence war in the hands of Congress, the body most accountable to the people. U.S. military action violates the law and recklessly endangers Americans.
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Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie@nickgillespie·
Whether you're a Dem or a Rep, you should support @MassieforKY & @RoKhanna's bill to force a congressional vote before Trump starts war with Iran. That leadership in both parties are wetting their pants is a sign this is the right choice. thehill.com/homenews/house…
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