Fredrik Thomassen

The future of work is not "freelancer marketplaces" or "gig economy platforms", but solid jobs that are flexible and remote.

To no one's surprise, the Nobel Prize goes to Claudia Goldin Here are 3 things from her to start your dive into her work:

PNAS recently published what is hands-down the most detailed study of the relationship between measured personality and intelligence Let's go through it First up: Neuroticism and the General Factor of Personality Intelligence is negatively related to uneven temper and anxiety!

Very good from @LHSummers: youtube.com/watch?v=3LViJQ….

@nntaleb But Zone 3-4 is most fun!

Why Strava is not good for training & health, since it shows your average speed (publicly) & causes the wrong type of emulation. Most people who show their heart rate there appear to be in Zones 3-4, the "junk miles".

@maartenkes @DellAnnaLuca The 54B is probably higher than usual, but say an average of 10B of wealth flee Norway every year. The wealth tax is calculated with perhaps 75-80% discount, so say 40B in true value leave annually. Let’s say that these assets were bought for 10B, so 30B taxable cap gains, at 37%

@f_thomassen @DellAnnaLuca Interesting. Do you know how much that loophole cost Norway in lost taxes?

The recent wealth tax increase in Norway was expected to bring an additional $146M in yearly tax revenue Instead, an estimated $54B-worth of ultra-rich left the country, leading to a lost $594M in yearly wealth tax revenue A net decrease of $448M+ (sources and calculations ↓)

STANFORD TORUS MEGATHREAD You’ve seen the pictures, but you probably don’t know the full story. It's the result of a 10-week engineering study at Stanford University in 1975, funded by NASA and led by Girard O’Neill - the most thorough study on free-space settlement to date. 1/

HOW TO BUY A GOOD CASHMERE SWEATER 🧵 I want to address this comment left by someone in response to my Brick Watch Company tweet. It also gets into something I've been wanting to talk about: how to buy a good cashmere sweater.

@ASvanevik Li Zhenguo or Robin Zeng?

Who has done the most in the last 20 years to actually move the needle for the world on climate change?

Nearly a decade ago, @EnriqueAllen and I set out to bring great design to early-stage startups. We believed doing so would ensure the next generation of products and services would better serve the world. It’s taken a village to get here but the progress is undeniable: [1/7]

Led by @Moonfire_VC , the round was participated by @pioneer_fund , and angel investors; @louisberyl (CEO & Founder of Rocketplace, formerly a16z and YC), @f_thomassen (CEO & Founder of Superside), @delingpole (CEO & Founder of ComplyAdvantage),

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Typically I drop off my portfolio co boards after the Series A is raised. Sometimes I stay on after that and when I do it's a goldmine of new learning and engagement. thx @f_thomassen and @SupersideHQ.

#1. The Bear Case: Multiples are still elevated compared to the pre-2018 period They can fall another 20%-30% just to revert back to that mean:

@benblumenrose @vickiheart @SupersideHQ Hey @vickiheart we already have an ongoing setup with Shopify and would be very happy to help! DM me if you are interested and I’ll connect you with the team!

@vickiheart @SupersideHQ cc @f_thomassen - founder who can help :)

I'm looking for a chill motion designer / prototyper to work directly with me a 6 mo. contract on exciting *~ f u t u r e ~* things at Spotify. Is it you? DMs are open🔮✨

New randomized control trial on 3-2 hybrid #WFH vs 5-days in office Finds hybrid WFH 1) Lowers quits by 35% 2) Raises employee satisfaction 3) Has no negative effect on performance or promotions Results so good the firm allowed WFH in all divisions See stanford.io/3je2FVS

🧵Putin is preparing public opinion for further escalation of the war If Putin's troubles in Ukraine do not make him back out, his other option is to escalate, allowing him to militarize Russia further and mobilize more people and resources. That could mean war with NATO. 1/🧵

🧵My translation of the analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst. Buckle up for a long thread and definitely please share far & wide. The full text is over 2000 words. This is a highly insightful look behind the curtain - covers many subjects.

Is it now finally obvious to everyone how fucking stupid it was to shut down German nuclear power plants?

At the AEA meeting and in the week since I have heard several mentions of Alan Blinder's paper from mid 2000s predicting that 25% of jobs would be offshored. Makes me realize that the economics field is very unaware of my 2019 paper, so a quick thread....