Alex Merced - Proud to be Kind

Words I identify with: Individualist, pluralism, peace, voluntarism, technologist, economics/finance enthusiast, musician, free market evangelist. Tech Accounts: @amdatalakehouse @alexmercedcoder

#kindness #sora #ai

CC 👇 Coffee with @samuelcolvin (@pydantic ), napkin architecture sketches with @alexmerced (@dremio), and @lisancao (@databricks) telling you what actually works in production. See you at AI by the Bay — and as always, have a nice day. 😎 ai.bythebay.io/register

Every era has that random collectible whether beanie babies, sad hobo clown paintings and I guess now this “Labubu” thing. What have been your favorite popular collectibles?

My third book has official hit MEAP and you can buy it 50% off for a limited time! -> manning.com/books/architec… #ApacheIceberg #DataEngineering

Happy #Pride! The entire year is a good time to be fighting Hate and Intolerance!

New Blog about Tariffs: open.substack.com/pub/loveataria… #Libertarian #Tariffs #FreeMarkets

@oddsmanJMR @AndyHanson4572 @carynannharlos I appreciate the sentiment, I’ve been out of National too long to be that guy especially with so many who have been fighting so hard throughout all this. I do hope one day to come back in some capacity, but right now you really need someone with deep institutional knowledge.

@AndyHanson4572 @carynannharlos Another person with a proven record who is very UNlikely to want the Chair job either temporarily or permanently is @alexmerced. Alex has good character IMO along with famously-awesome hair. ;)

I know many are feeling different extremes but regardless we move forward and live life to do the best we can for those we care about. Don’t forget the direct control you have on the world around you. #Libertarian

You can make or remove all the rules in the world, but if we don’t choose to be better to each other, things won’t get better. #ChooseBetter

This is why empathy matters, the more we look for the worst in each other and ignore the humanity in each other the thinner the line between peace and violence gets. Peaceful coexistence based in consent starts with tolerance and empathy for our differences. #Libertarian

I guess I’m a best selling author now? #Number1NewRelease #ApacheIceberg

All outstanding peso denominated debt will be pre-paid in one final devaluation of the currency but a year or two before retirement. To minimize loss to creditors should allowed to use these pesos to buy new currency at a high premium only devaluing partially.

Give it five years to be a parallel currency, most likely it’ll become how people save not spend. Once the you have a critical mass issued, set a retirement date for the peso as legal tender. The budget should be balanced before this happens. Then…

No wonder fixing Argentina is a trickier proposition than you’d think, they have a weird financial instrument that actually makes raising rates inflationary… 🤯. Explained Here: youtu.be/SDyhAufx7rQ?si…

Most people are a mixed bag of good and bad ideas. More importantly we should move past that layer to understanding each other’s underlying concerns, fears and optimism to have more fruitful conversations. Ideas come from somewhere, explore that. #Libertarian

Healing and progress comes from graceful winners and graceful losers, not the opposite. #Libertarians

From 2013-2020 I gave a large amount of my time and resources to advocating for the LP, which I loved doing. Eventually, I needed to step back and focus on my foundations and after 4 years I’m getting to a place to reactivate. Point being…

The people you affect in an election as a candidate aren’t just those who vote for you but everyone who hears you talk, reads about you, talks about you and contemplates your ideas. No matter what the vote count candidates have endless opportunities for real impact. #Libertarian