Tom Cooper

@bmlong137 @_eleanorina So 14,000 students and 5,000 administrators? Each 2.5 students need and administrator? Come on!

@_eleanorina I know they have way too much overhead. But why are we comparing its administrator count to its undergraduate count? They have non-undergraduate students too. They are called graduate students. And Yale has 8700 of them.

"Yale now has more administrators than undergraduate students. 5,460 administrators for fewer than 5,000 undergrads."

@snaptwiceBigDog @r0ck3t23 While algebra itself is not directly used and I agree with the argument for more practical options, there is value in teaching the principles of logical, step by step problem solving in algebra which is used daily

Firstly, assembly lines are not gone. But he is correct about the need to educate people at different speeds. Here’s an interesting education fact: approximately 80% of Americans who learn algebra will not use it even once over their lifetime. The math all people would use everyday in their lives is statistics. But we don’t teach that in most high schools. For example: almost every decision involves understanding the odds of success or failure when making choices. People would learn that they are responsible for their choices in life. Currently, they are being taught—by the anarchists of envy—that everything is done to them and that they are victims with no personal responsibility for their decisions, thus, no need to analyze their decisions. A very large number of students now believe that being a victim is higher status than being a hero. There are thousands of ways to be a hero but they love trauma bonding because teachers teach them to love it. Using statistics requires some basic algebra so if statistics was taught right after algebra the average person would suddenly would have a use for algebra.

Elon Musk thinks the entire education system is built on a broken assumption. That every student should learn the same thing. At the same speed. In the same order. At the same time. Musk: “Everyone goes through from like 5th grade to 6th grade to 7th grade like it’s an assembly line. But people are not objects on an assembly line.” The model was designed for a factory economy. Standardized inputs. Predictable outputs. That economy is gone. The assembly line is gone. But the education system still runs on its logic. A student who masters algebra in two weeks sits through eight more weeks because the calendar says so. A student who struggles gets dragged forward because the schedule doesn’t wait. Neither is being served. Both are being processed. Musk: “Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject.” AI doesn’t teach a classroom. It teaches a student. One at a time. Every time. It skips what a student already knows. It finds where they’re stuck and approaches it from a different angle. It adjusts in real time. Not at the end of a semester when the damage is already done. A student obsessed with basketball learns fractions through shooting percentages. A student who builds in Minecraft learns geometry through architecture. The subject doesn’t change. The entry point does. No teacher with thirty students can do this. Not because they lack skill. Because the math doesn’t work. AI doesn’t have that constraint. Musk: “You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day. So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling.” The brain isn’t broken. The format is. Kids learn complex systems and strategic thinking for hours voluntarily. Then walk into a classroom and can’t focus for twenty minutes. That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a design problem. Musk: “A university education is often unnecessary. You probably learn the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates.” Four years. Six figures of debt. And the real value comes from the people sitting next to you. Not the institution charging you. The degree doesn’t certify knowledge. It certifies endurance. Musk: “If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.” The system was built to train employees. If you’re not trying to be one, it has nothing left to offer you. Every lecture. Every textbook. Every curriculum. Now available instantly. Personalized to any learner. Adapted to any pace. The question isn’t whether the old model survives. It’s how long we keep forcing students through it while the replacement already exists.

@DanEastman2023 @aakashgupta My concern is that current education models are focused on delivery of a core set of “common knowledge.” AI already has that knowledge - and more. What is missing is critical thinking and wisdom. AI doesn’t have either and our population increasingly doesn’t either.

This phenomenon has to be terrifying every college president in America. While think AI has a long way to go before it matches even low IQ humans, the education marketplace reacts quickly. Even more so at k-12 where AI could easily replace the entire system today. The 1800’s schoolhouse model is now obsolete. The only thing left is the bureaucracy. What if we no longer shipped American children off to k-12 daycare every day?

Big Tech just quietly repriced the value of a college degree to near zero. The Magnificent Seven (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Tesla) went from new grads making up over 50% of new hires pre-pandemic to 25% in 2023 to 7% today. Entry-level positions across all of tech saw a 73% decrease in hiring rates in the past year alone, per Ravio’s data. This isn’t a cycle. This is a structural elimination of the junior role. The reasoning is cold but defensible. 37% of managers say they’d rather use AI than hire a new grad. 89% actively avoid hiring recent graduates. Lack of real-world experience (60%), poor teamwork (55%), high training costs (53%). When a Cursor subscription costs $20/month and a junior dev costs $120K loaded with 6 months of ramp time before they’re net-positive, the math stops working. Here’s what actually changed. Pre-pandemic, junior hires were cheap labor that eventually became mid-level talent. The training cost was the price of the pipeline. But AI tools collapsed the productivity gap between a senior engineer with Copilot and a team of three juniors. One senior dev augmented by AI now ships what used to require a senior plus two juniors doing the scaffolding work. The junior role wasn’t eliminated by malice. It was eliminated by margin pressure. Computer science grads now have a 6.1% unemployment rate, on par with fine arts graduates. 52% of college grads work jobs that don’t require a degree. Unemployment for 20-to-24-year-olds hit 8.3%, more than double the rate for workers 25-54. The university system is still selling a $200K product optimized for a hiring pipeline that no longer exists. Four years of coursework preparing students for entry-level roles that companies have decided they don’t need to fill. This 7% isn’t a temporary dip. Every CS program still telling freshmen “learn to code and Big Tech will hire you” is selling a map to a city that moved.

@libsoftiktok Civil asset forfeiture is a scam. It’s legalized theft.

Florida Sheriff’s office buys ice cream truck and hands out free ice cream with money seized from drug dealers, for community outreach initiative

@tom_peters Tom - I’ve followed you for years and you are often insightful but the fact that you’re selectively upset about this when Obama did this and much much more is telling. The fact is that we need limits on admission and it takes law enforcement officers to use force if necessary

I do not choose the term “American Gestapo” lightly.

Speaking as a lifelong Democrat, I reluctantly but willingly admit that we let way too many people into the country in an uncontrolled fashion But the answer to that problem is not to create an American Gestapo to promiscuously force them all out at gunpoint.

@deanpeters @code_rams @openclaw I was playing with it last weekend and burned through $60 in usage in a couple of hours. Much more than claude code. I tried some smaller models for cost savings and immediately crashed clawdbot. I got it back and rotated through some others. Couldn’t find a balance

@code_rams @openclaw Are haiku and gpt-4o-mini not able to provide some lower cost options for work that doesn't require advanced reasoning?

I missed my @openclaw bot, Chiti, yesterday. 🥺 For the past few weeks, I’ve been using my $20 ChatGPT subscription to power Chiti on GPT-5.2. Everything was smooth until I suddenly hit a strict rate limit and got blocked for 1.5 days. The bot went silent on Telegram. It was a wake-up call without the model, an AI agent is just an appliance without electricity. Completely useless. I tried switching to Gemini Pro as a temporary fix, but it burned through $6 within 3 hrs. I realized I needed a more sustainable architecture to manage both performance and budget. --- The Solution: A Tiered Model Strategy Instead of relying on a single model, I’ve now configured a multi-provider setup (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Codex) with a tiered routing system: 1. The Daily Driver: Gemini Flash It’s incredibly cheap and fast. Chiti uses this for 80% of our interactions - basic chat, task management, and simple pings. This keeps the baseline cost near zero. 2. The Coder: GPT-5.2 (via ChatGPT Plus) This is now strictly reserved for building features or debugging. By isolating it, I avoid wasting my subscription's rate limits on simple "Hello" queries. 3. The Specialist: Claude Opus I keep this in the stack for high-level brainstorming and creative writing, used only when I need that specific reasoning edge. --- The Execution: I’ve configured Chiti to dynamically choose the right "brain" for the task. If I ask a coding question, it automatically spawns a specialist session using GPT-5.2. For everything else, it defaults to the lightweight Flash model. It’s been a fascinating experiment in balancing uptime with intelligence. I no longer worry about the bot going "dead" due to a rate limit, and my monthly spend is finally predictable. The goal isn't just to have the smartest AI, it’s to build a system that stays online and executes exactly when you need it. Hoping this works out! I’ll share more on how it performs as I use it. I’m also planning to explore other alternatives too, if you’re using a different stack, let me know!

@heyshrutimishra I saw the hype on X and spent this afternoon experimenting. Looks handy. Definitely a step up from raw Claude or Claude code. HOWEVER, my experimentation blew through almost $50 in API token credits in a few hours. Even if operations is massively cheaper, it feels pricey.

@atrupar Then the democrats can completely thwart his evil scheme by reopening the government. Power to the people

Chris Murphy: "One of the reasons that President Trump is refusing to negotiate is because he likes the fact the government is closed because he thinks he can exercise King-like powers. He can open up the parts of the government that he wants. He can pay the employees who are loyal to him. This is a leader who is trying to transition our government from a democracy to something much closer to a totalitarian state. This is part of what happens in totalitarian states -- the leader, the regime only, decides what things get funded and what don't often in coordination with their oligarch friends."

@CollinRugg Buh byeeee

JUST IN: Cracker Barrel releases statement following the backlash to their new logo, says they appreciate how much people "deeply care" about them. Cracker Barrel admitted they "could've done a better job sharing who we are and who we'll always be." Here is the full statement: "A promise to our guests. If the last few days have shown us anything, it’s how deeply people care about Cracker Barrel. We’re truly grateful for your heartfelt voices. You’ve also shown us that we could’ve done a better job sharing who we are and who we’ll always be. What has not changed, and what will never change, are the values this company was built on when Cracker Barrel first opened in 1969: hard work, family, and scratch-cooked food made with care. A place where everyone feels at home, no matter where you’re from or where you’re headed. That’s the Cracker Barrel you’ll always find. The things people love most about our stores aren’t going anywhere: rocking chairs on the porch, a warm fire in the hearth, peg games on the table, unique treasures in our gift shop, and vintage Americana with antiques pulled straight from our warehouse in Lebanon, Tennessee. We love seeing how much you care about our ‘old timer.’ We love him too. Uncle Herschel will still be on our menu (welcome back Uncle Herschel’s Favorite Breakfast Platter), on our road signs, and featured in our country store. He’s not going anywhere— he’s family. While our logo and remodels may be making headlines, our bigger focus is still right where it belongs… in the kitchen and on your plate: serving generous portions of the food you crave at fair prices and doing it with the kind of country hospitality that brightens your days and creates lasting memories. Meatloaf, chicken n’ dumplings, country fried steak, sides that taste like Sunday supper, and yes, the world’s best pancakes, they’re all still here, with a few new dishes joining the menu. Whether you’re a long-time fan or first-time guest, we want you to feel at home around our table. We also want to be sure Cracker Barrel is here for the next generation of families, just as it has been for yours. That means showing up on new platforms and in new ways, but always with our heritage at the heart. We take that responsibility very seriously. We know we won’t always get everything right the first time, but we’ll keep testing, learning, and listening to our guests and employees. At the end of the day, our promise is simple: you’ll always find comfort, community, and country hospitality here at Cracker Barrel. Uncle Herschel wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Thank you for caring so much and come see for yourself the country hospitality that makes Cracker Barrel feel like home.”

@ThomasSowell Clapper admitted that he lied to Congress “because he had to” and as he is an admitted liar, I don’t believe ANYTHING he says.

James Clapper says he's already lawyered up: "I take it seriously when the President of the United States accuses me of being a participant in a treasonous conspiracy, which is ridiculous... It's untrue."

@AlSultan_Meriam I have 8 kids. Last time I flew with my kids was when we had 2. We booked seats for four. Who flies enough with kids that they have had multiple travel crises?

As a single mom I have had situations where I needed a last second reservation Many of those last second times were due to flight delay and I have a transit that resulted in them sending me to another flight or even another airport every single time they didn't have 2 seats available next to each other every single time the people i beg to swap with would say no! if we are flying on the same airplane, paying the same price, getting the same service, and arriving at the same time… why wouldn't you be a human and swap? wording it as "giving up your seat that you paid for" is wild! no one is asking to give up your seat, they are asking you to swap seats so the parent would sit next to their child who would have needs, and one day you will find yourself in a need for other humans, thats the nature of life.

@DefiantLs It is a tragedy that a child must d1e so that you may live as you wish.

This women say: "Abortion is an act of love"

@libsoftiktok Statistically, 92% of embryos created in IVF end up unalive. Every surviving “miracle baby” has MANY unalive brothers and sisters. IVF does great evil while claiming to salve the pain of an empty womb. It is wrong to create humans who will be unalived. We need to stop IVF

NEW: American voters overwhelmingly support Trump’s IVF campaign promise— want insurers to cover the cost of IVF according to a new poll from Trump polling firm Fabrizio, Lee and Associates. 82% believe health insurance should cover IVF: dailycaller.com/2025/05/06/ame…

@AGoldmund You mean the way the CDC did on 2021? Then I’m all for it.

@Brian_Sauve @AbolitionRising @DustyDeevers I am enthusiastically abolitionist & am broken hearted over the regulationism of the “prolife” movement which justifies and protects the unaliving of the innocent. That said, as much as I love and admire the folks @AbolitionRising I do agree that friendly fire is a big issue

1. It's not a category error. The point is that Paul goes out of his way to speak in a way geared to win a hearing even with a ruler who overtly worships demon gods. This is in line with our instruction to honor emperors. 2. Petitioning a ruler to divert from a wicked policy while also recognizing policies where they did their duty as a minister of God's justice is a totally reasonable thing to do. Kings in Scripture were often praised for one act and rebuked for another. 3. The prophetic mode of speech, as with John the Baptist to Herod, for example, isn't the only kind of speech we see modeled with respect to rulers from godly men. Range is good. I have seen @DustyDeevers, for example, do this kind of thing, and he is no compromiser. 4. You guys would be more persuasive if you were less prone to friendly fire and less prone to turning the heat to 11 when you do disagree with an obvious brother over a matter of principle. Take this advice or don't; I'm not your pastor. But I'm being sincere and hoping to be a help to you.

@SenAmyKlobuchar If the watchdogs had been doing their jobs, they would not need to be let go.

This middle-of the-night purge of critical government watchdogs is a serious abuse of power.

@TLCplMax It's a method of sending a message.

Great photo op but this is literally just going to be Marines sitting around eating MRE's in the field and wondering what they're actually supposed to be doing. This is not the job of Marines.

@RyanHoliday "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted"Rom13

“‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25:40

@CalltoActivism Clearly we need to invest in what is scalable - nuclear.

Trump: "We don't want windmills in this country. We're putting an order on it. I've already sort of done it. We don't want windmills ... you know what else people don't like? Those massive solar fields." What is wrong with Trump’s brain??

@amuse He made enough money in his grift to be able to hire his own folks.

SECURITY: Here is what Dr. Fauci’s $20K per day security was like. It was more chauffeur and valet than ‘security’. I’m glad Trump cut this extravagant expense for the multi-millionaire.