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San Francisco's breakout success on this chart, as compared to Seattle's 5th place, when it should be 3rd, is clear evidence that a combination of policies has made Seattle unattractive to tech startups. If you want specifics, I would start with Katie Wilson's opposition to data centers as contributing to a climate and culture that is inhospitable for AI startups.

Every crosswalk along Third Avenue looks like this because nothing is stopping drivers’ entitlement. Ticketing this behavior would balance the NYS budget

The sweet spot with IQ gaps is ~10 points higher than the girl. That's the zone where she can tell you're smart, but the two of you can still relate. Beyond 10 points, she just thinks you're a weirdo because she can't understand your thought process at all. So there's plenty of irony to be found in intelligence as a desirable trait: The average woman will consistently recognize guys in the 110 - 120 range as impressively "smart" to her liking. Beyond that, you're going to have to dumb yourself down to impress most girls with how "smart" you are. The flip side of this coin is that there are few souls more tortured than the pretty, high IQ woman. Her whole life is one big search for a desirable guy who can impress her with his mind... Then when she finally finds one, he's sadly developed the persona of a mid, because that's what he learned he needed for romantic success. And that's how we all end up on Twitter.

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I’ve seen this video from Rolling Loud last weekend floating around, and it feels like a good time to share a conversation I had last year. I was talking with a notable festival promoter last fall who directly told me they had largely stopped booking rap and hip-hop acts for one major reason: insurance. According to them, many insurance companies were dramatically increasing premiums whenever those artists were on the lineup because they viewed the associated crowd risk as “significantly higher” than other genres of music. Those aren’t my words…that was directly from someone dealing with (and paying for) the logistics + insurance coverage of events. So if you start seeing certain artists slowly disappear from mixed-genre festivals or specific markets, situations like the above are absolutely part of the equation whether people realize it or not.