Jon Robert

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Jon Robert

@jrdohmen

Strategy | Foresight | Technology

Norway, Oslo Katılım Mart 2009
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Jon Robert
Jon Robert@jrdohmen·
Privatisering av jernbanen -hvordan gikk det i Japan?
Handre@Handre

The Japanese railway privatization of 1987 stands as one of the most devastating defeats ever dealt to statist transportation mythology. The government split the bloated Japan National Railways into seven regional companies, sold them off, and watched private ownership transform a bankruptcy-bound disaster into the world's most efficient rail system. JNR hemorrhaged money for decades before privatization. By 1987, the state railway carried debt equivalent to $200 billion in today's money while delivering mediocre service plagued by strikes and inefficiency. Politicians treated it as a jobs program rather than a transportation service. The predictable result: chronic losses, deteriorating infrastructure, and customer service that reflected government monopoly arrogance. Private ownership changed everything overnight. The new JR companies slashed operating costs by 40% within five years while dramatically improving service quality. JR East alone now generates annual profits exceeding $3 billion. These companies invest billions in cutting-edge technology, maintain punctuality rates above 99%, and operate the world's most advanced high-speed rail networks. They achieved this without a single yen of operational subsidies. The transformation reveals a core dynamic of transportation infrastructure: private companies must satisfy customers to survive, while government monopolies need only satisfy politicians. JR companies diversified into real estate, retail, and hospitality around their stations, creating integrated profit centers that cross-subsidize rail operations. Government railways never innovate this way because bureaucrats face no market pressure to generate returns. Meanwhile, Amtrak burns through $2 billion in annual subsidies while delivering third-world service across most routes, and European state railways require massive taxpayer bailouts every few years to stay solvent.

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
The South African laws are literally super racist, plain and simple. It’s not complicated: imagine if the law was called “White Empowerment”, instead of “Black Empowerment”! People would have a seizure 😂 South Africa now has more anti-White laws than Apartheid had anti-Black laws. Think about that for a second … The current South African government has objectively implemented Apartheid 2.0. Shame on them.
Newzroom Afrika@Newzroom405

[WATCH] "Singling out BEE laws is quite dishonest," President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to South African-born American businessman Elon Musk's claims that SA policies are racist. #Newzroom405

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Nick shirley
Nick shirley@nickshirleyy·
California is trying to pass a bill that would criminalize investigative journalism with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown. The proposed bill is titled AB 2624 and was made after I exposed mass fraud by immigrant groups in America. Under AB 2624, government-funded entities like the Somali “Learing” Daycare centers would be protected from being exposed if they operated inside California. The enemy truly is within. When our politicians would rather protect fraudsters and illegal migrants, it’s time for us to stand up or face mass oppression from the traitors who “rule” over us.
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Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov@durov·
The EU deep state is telling us (via state-owned media and Soros-funded NGOs) that Telegram is a PROBLEM because people can discuss content from OTHER social media in PRIVATE telegram groups. This nonsense is used to justify surveillance (Chat Control) and censorship (DSA).
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Déborah
Déborah@dvorahfr·
The image quality is so good, with the interplay of light, that it's hard to believe none of this exists. I wish I had the time to create a film entirely with Grok Imagine. Now it's possible.
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Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Optimus
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Jon Robert@jrdohmen·
@Yuhang__Hu I am scared and thrilled at the same time! 🤩 😬 Take a look
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Yuhang Hu
Yuhang Hu@Yuhang__Hu·
Bionic Humanoid Robot: Origin F1 — New Skins, New Souls by AheadForm.
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X Freeze
X Freeze@XFreeze·
You can ask Grok directly in Grokipedia whenever you want to know more or go deeper Just select the text and ask Grok: • Summarize it • Fact-check it • Break it down simply • Go deeper This is easily one of the best integrations for presenting the facts and learning Try it at grokipedia.com - game changer for knowledge
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Roland Pircher
Roland Pircher@piloly·
This quarter, one in three cars sold in Norway is a Tesla. Tesla is dominationg this market. 🇳🇴
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Katie Miller
Katie Miller@KatieMiller·
Grok is the only AI that is optimized to be maximally truth-seeking with a side of humor. The other AIs are programmed to be your woke overlord.
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Elon Musk@elonmusk

With @Grok, we keep the honest versions and kill the bad transformers (I believe they are called “Decepticons”)

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Btw, the proceeds of any legal victory in the OpenAI case will be donated to charity. I will in no way enrich myself.
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