my dad sat me down once and said:
โThere are only two jobs in the world: building or selling. If youโre not doing one of those, youโre just an expense.โ
still think about this.
the chiefs win the super bowl. kelce passes the trophy to taylor before promptly getting down on one knee and proposing. 2 months pass and she announces her pregnancy. marriages and birth rates skyrocket. the CCP collapses. amazon moves HQ to kansas city. the S&P500 hits 9000
so my friend david got home around 2am last night, the porch doorโs open and his computerโs gone. he checks find my โ itโs pinging somewhere around market street.
so he calls sfpd, tells them he literally knows where it is. they say โweโll send someone to market streetโ and
xi's daughter is doing research at harvard and putin's daughter is a DJ in paris
our rival's princesses are chasing ivy league diplomas and trendy nightclubs.
complete western cultural victory.
never met a man who hates costco. it transcends race, class, and creed. iโd trust a costco hospital with my life. iโd send my kids to costco daycare. iโd be laid to rest in a kirkland signature casket
For $130 billion, the expected cost of the CA high-speed rail, you could instead buy and operate 900 Boeing 737s to fly the entire population of San Francisco to Los Angeles and back every day for 7 years.
there are roughly 220,000 intrastate flights in CA per year. letโs generously assume 150 seats at $200 a ticket โ thatโs $6.6b annually.
you could literally just take the expected $100b+ budget and invest in 10Y T bills to make flying in CA free in perpetuity.
which btw is