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Joe Gebbia
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Joe Gebbia
@jgebbia
U.S. Chief Design Officer ๐บ๐ธ
Joined December 2007
- I have a confession to make: I did a bad thing. Something the younger me Would hate myself for doing. Something that only a few people (and maybe Bytedance) know: I voted Republican last November. I know, I know I can hear the crush of disappointed voices: Say it ainโt so,
- $15M for Depp. $150 billion of lost productivity globally.
- โNow over 80% of Germans favor extending the lifespan of Germany's existing nuclear reactorsโ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ zerohedge.com/political/unexโฆ
- Go ๐ฏ๐ต!Japan formally adopts policy to operate nuclear reactors beyond 60 years ๐ฏ๐ต โข๏ธ ๐ Cabinet approved pro-nuclear plan, including building next-gen reactors โฉ๏ธ Government pivoted on nuclear amid effort to curb dependence on overseas fuel & hit green goals sankei.com/article/202302โฆ
- Excited to share Iโm bringing my designer brain and start-up spirit into the government. My first project at DOGE is improving the slow and paper-based retirement process. Since leaving my operating role at Airbnb in 2022, Iโve been looking for the next digital design challenge.The retirement process for every federal employee involves a paper application, filing cabinets, and a mainframe in a mine. Until today. See the story behind the first digital retirement:
00:00 - ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐จโผ๏ธJUST IN: President Trump commends Elon, announces a news conference set for TOMORROW โ โ will read list of names of recipients of waste, fraud and abuse. "I'm going to read to you some of the names that hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars have been given to."
00:00 - After 14 wild years, Iโve decided to step back from my full-time role @Airbnb. Details and immense gratitude here: joegebbia.com/dearairbnb
- For the first time in US Gov history, 25 people are retiring online only, to inform scaling to everyone. This is a big win for retirees to get their full check faster, and testament to how quickly @USOPM is working towards the Presidentโs software modernization Exec Order ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ธ.@elonmusk and @DOGE team shows @JesseBWatters just some of the government documents that were found being stored in a mine
00:00 - Western countries have begun to muster the money and political will to keep decades-old nuclear reactors from shutting down, as many economies face an energy crunch wsj.com/articles/westeโฆ
- This is the hidden magic of the Cybertruck that you have to drive to understand. The steering wheel makes all previous steering wheels seem like b/w television. You donโt want to go back. Also wonder how many accidents it will prevent as you can change the direction of the carCybertruck Steer-By-Wire vs Model 3 Electric Power Steering System
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