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This is why I quit a very cushy job in 2020. The entire world is waking up.
Austin Patrick Bishop
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Austin Patrick Bishop
@austinbishop
DC / NYC / CLE
Born May 4
Joined August 2007
- The professor at Yale who encouraged me to drop out of my PhD and pursue business, is also the guy who brought this bond to The Netherlands and made them pay up in person, for decades of back interest. Geert is a legendTIL Yale owns a Dutch utility bond issued in 1648 that still pays interest.
- Just went to catch up with folks at the hedge fund I was at for 7 years. They are up $billions this year, they havent heard of any of the vc influencers on twitter, and shorted most of the Chamath SPACs. There are levels to this.
- i dont think any of us are truly prepared for the utter state of crypto twitter once Shkreli enters the arena in 2023. He is both a shape rotator and a wordcel, shitpoasts natively, and has zero regard for humanity. peerless in this regard, currently in ponzinomic cryo-sleep.
- We are going to make it in America. Today, we're proud to officially launch NAIA: the New American Industrial Alliance (@newindustrials). NAIA is building an alliance of founders, investors, and policymakers. Together, we'll restore America's industrial might. 🧵
- short the coasts, long the middleAnduril has selected Columbus, Ohio as the location of Arsenal-1, our first hyperscale manufacturing facility. We are investing nearly $1 billion of our own money and will bring more than 4,000 direct jobs in the largest single job-creation project in Ohio history. Arsenal-1
- SF is dead. Long live SF. If you are a young, hungry, brilliant talented developer, you should not take advice from 50+ year old Billionaire investors on where the cool kids hang out (thread time)
- Took 5 years but folks are waking up to the macro now.
- One of the greatest tricks ever pulled was to convince folks like this fella that there is no “knowledge” in the world of Atoms. In fact, mfg, energy, infrastructure are the MOST knowledge-intensive industries, and also the ones where knowledge can’t be easily transferred orI will never understand the fetishization of being a "manufacturing superpower". Like really? You want people to work in factories instead of knowledge jobs? You want people to be less educated, work more hours, and earn less? This is your political philosophy?
- A lot of rookie's dunking on a16z today, who don't realize venture is changing. Competition for early stage deals has massively increased in recent years, and ballers like @pmarca likely don't want to compete with 500 lil SPV bros and syndicates for $1m allocations. (thread)
- Once again reminding you the heartland is full of brilliant people. Long the middleLuke Farritor won a portion of a 700k prize for figuring out how to read ancient scrolls that were carbonized by Mount Vesuvius. Which was almost as difficult as his new project: figuring out what the govt spends money on
