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Monday, July 07, 2025

Multi-Disciplinary Approaches Will Win the Future

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Multi-Disciplinary Approaches Will Win the Future

In an age of exponential technologies, it’s tempting to believe that raw computational power or the latest algorithm will define the future. But the truth is more nuanced—and more human. The most transformative breakthroughs won't come from any single discipline. They will emerge from the rich, often messy, intersection of many. Multi-disciplinary approaches are no longer optional; they are essential.

Beyond Technology Intersections

When people speak of AI, biotech, blockchain, or quantum computing, they often focus on how these technologies intersect with one another. Yes, AI can enhance biotech research, blockchain can secure health data, and quantum computing might unlock simulations never thought possible. But that’s only the surface.

True innovation arises not just from the convergence of technologies, but from the integration of fields of thought—art, ethics, geography, sociology, theology, and design. As Steve Jobs famously said, “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our hearts sing.” His insight wasn’t poetic fluff—it was a playbook.

Rwanda and the Geography of Innovation

Consider the story of drone delivery companies that chose to launch in Rwanda. From a purely technological lens, Rwanda might seem like a poor testbed: its infrastructure is underdeveloped, logistics are a challenge, and it lacks Silicon Valley-style VC density.

But therein lies the advantage.

Rwanda’s sparse infrastructure made it the perfect canvas for something new—where drones could leapfrog roads entirely and save lives by delivering medical supplies to rural hospitals. It was an example of what happens when technology meets geography, when innovation respects place and purpose, not just hardware.

Spirituality and Corporate Culture

Technology is often seen as cold and rational, but the cultures that build it are deeply human. Great companies are not engineered through metrics alone. They are nurtured through values, meaning, and purpose.

You can’t build a great company without building a great culture. And you can’t build a great culture without a moral compass. That compass, whether rooted in faith, ethics, or a broader spiritual understanding of our place in the universe, guides how companies treat people, make decisions, and engage with society.

This is particularly relevant in AI, where the stakes are not just about profit or productivity, but about humanity itself.

AI Safety Demands Enlightened Collaboration

Many top tech entrepreneurs—Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis—have warned that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could pose existential risks. This isn't sci-fi paranoia; it's a serious call to align technological development with humanity’s deepest values and interests.

But this is where the challenge escalates: AI development is now global, with major players in the U.S., China, Europe, and beyond. If these powers cannot collaborate on AI safety, it may not matter how good any one system is. Safety is not a local patch—it’s a global operating principle.

Trade between great powers is already strained. But AI safety? That demands a level of trust, transparency, and shared purpose that transcends nationalism. It calls for enlightened geopolitical cooperation, a spiritual diplomacy of sorts, driven not just by treaties but by a common vision of what it means to be human in a world where machines can think.

The New Playbook for Impact

We are not just living through a tech revolution. We are living through a renaissance of integration. The winners of this era will be those who:

Combine data science with social science
Infuse art and storytelling into engineering
Bring ethics into product design
Merge local context with global technologies
Ground innovation in spiritual and moral clarity

This is how we achieve not just rapid change, but meaningful, inclusive, and enduring progress.

Toward a Human-Centered Future

The exponential era demands cross-disciplinary thinking not as a luxury but as a survival strategy. In the race to build the future, the finish line is not a product demo or a quarterly earnings report. It is the well-being of humanity—measured not only by GDP or unicorn valuations, but by dignity, justice, joy, and purpose.

May the architects of tomorrow be bridge-builders across disciplines. May they draw from all corners of human wisdom. And may their work serve not just the powerful, but the whole of humanity—at scale and at speed.

Let’s not just think different. Let’s think together.

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बहु-आयामी दृष्टिकोण ही भविष्य की जीत सुनिश्चित करेंगे

हम उस युग में जी रहे हैं जहाँ तकनीक बेहद तेज़ी से आगे बढ़ रही है — एक ऐसा युग जिसे "एक्सपोनेन्शियल टेक्नोलॉजीज़" का युग कहा जा सकता है। लेकिन यदि हम सोचें कि केवल एल्गोरिद्म, मशीन लर्निंग या हार्डवेयर ही भविष्य को परिभाषित करेंगे, तो यह अधूरी समझ होगी। असली क्रांति वहाँ होती है जहाँ विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के विचार और दृष्टिकोण एक-दूसरे से टकराते हैं। बहु-आयामी (multi-disciplinary) दृष्टिकोण अब कोई विकल्प नहीं, बल्कि आवश्यकता बन गए हैं।

तकनीकी संगम से आगे सोचें

जब लोग एआई, बायोटेक, ब्लॉकचेन या क्वांटम कंप्यूटिंग की बात करते हैं, तो अधिकतर ध्यान इस पर होता है कि ये तकनीकें एक-दूसरे के साथ कैसे मिलकर काम कर सकती हैं। लेकिन असली नवाचार वहाँ होता है जहाँ तकनीक अन्य विचार क्षेत्रों से मिलती है — कला, नैतिकता, भूगोल, समाजशास्त्र, धर्म और डिज़ाइन।

स्टीव जॉब्स ने एक बार कहा था: “टेक्नोलॉजी अकेले काफी नहीं है। यह तब जादू करती है जब यह लिबरल आर्ट्स और मानवता के साथ मिलती है।” यह कोई भावनात्मक बात नहीं थी — यह उनका विज़न और रणनीति थी।

रवांडा और नवाचार का भूगोल

क्या आपने सुना है कि कुछ अग्रणी ड्रोन कंपनियाँ अपने प्रोजेक्ट्स के लिए रवांडा गईं? यह एक ऐसा देश है जहाँ बुनियादी ढांचा कमजोर है, लेकिन इसी कमी ने एक अवसर पैदा किया। वहाँ ड्रोन को सड़क नेटवर्क की आवश्यकता नहीं थी। वे पहाड़ों के ऊपर से उड़कर ग्रामीण इलाकों में दवाइयाँ पहुँचा सके — कुछ ऐसा जो कैलिफ़ोर्निया में करना मुमकिन नहीं था।

यह तब होता है जब तकनीक भूगोल से मिलती है, जब नवाचार स्थान और उद्देश्य के प्रति संवेदनशील होता है।

अध्यात्म और कॉर्पोरेट संस्कृति

तकनीक को अक्सर ठंडी, भावहीन चीज़ के रूप में देखा जाता है, लेकिन उसे बनाने वाले लोग पूरी तरह से इंसान होते हैं। एक महान कंपनी केवल KPI और डेटा से नहीं बनती — वह एक उद्देश्य और संस्कृति से बनती है।

और वह संस्कृति तब तक नहीं बनती जब तक वह किसी गहरे नैतिक या आध्यात्मिक आधार पर न टिकी हो। चाहे वह विश्वास हो, या एक सार्वभौमिक नैतिकता की समझ — एक नैतिक दिशा-सूचक (moral compass) ज़रूरी है।

यह बात विशेष रूप से AI सुरक्षा के लिए सत्य है — जहाँ केवल तकनीकी त्रुटि नहीं, बल्कि मानव अस्तित्व को ख़तरा हो सकता है।

AI सुरक्षा के लिए वैश्विक सहयोग ज़रूरी

आज दुनिया के कई अग्रणी तकनीकी उद्यमी जैसे एलन मस्क, सैम ऑल्टमैन, डेमिस हासबिस यह चेतावनी दे चुके हैं कि आर्टिफिशियल जनरल इंटेलिजेंस (AGI) मानवता के लिए एक अस्तित्वगत संकट बन सकती है। यह कोई विज्ञान कथा नहीं — यह एक वास्तविक चुनौती है जो हम सभी के नैतिक और सामाजिक मूल्यों से जुड़ी है।

लेकिन AI सुरक्षा केवल तकनीकी समस्या नहीं है — यह एक वैश्विक राजनीतिक और कूटनीतिक समस्या भी है। अमेरिका और चीन के बीच पहले से ही व्यापार तनाव है। यदि वे AI सुरक्षा पर सहयोग नहीं करते, तो मानवता के लिए परिणाम भयावह हो सकते हैं।

AI सुरक्षा किसी एक देश की नहीं, पूरे विश्व की जिम्मेदारी है। और यह जिम्मेदारी तब ही निभाई जा सकती है जब प्रमुख शक्तियाँ अपने मतभेदों से ऊपर उठें और मानव कल्याण के लिए एक साझा दृष्टिकोण अपनाएँ।

नए युग के लिए नई सोच

हम केवल तकनीकी क्रांति में नहीं जी रहे — हम एक नए पुनर्जागरण (renaissance) के दौर में हैं, जहाँ:

डेटा साइंस समाजशास्त्र से मिलती है
इंजीनियरिंग में कहानी और कला की भूमिका होती है
उत्पाद डिज़ाइन में नैतिकता जुड़ती है
स्थानीय संदर्भ में वैश्विक तकनीकें समाहित होती हैं
नवाचार एक आध्यात्मिक आधार पर खड़ा होता है

यही रास्ता है तेज़, समावेशी और सार्थक प्रगति का।

मानव-केंद्रित भविष्य की ओर

एक्सपोनेन्शियल युग की माँग है कि हम केवल विशेषज्ञ न बनें — बल्कि सेतु-निर्माता बनें। ऐसे लोग जो क्षेत्रों के बीच पुल बना सकें। जो तकनीक को मानवता से जोड़ सकें।

भविष्य में जीत उसी की होगी जो सोच को सीमाओं में नहीं बाँधता, बल्कि मिलाकर चलाता है। आइए हम सब मिलकर उस भविष्य की रचना करें — जो सिर्फ स्मार्ट नहीं, बल्कि करुणामय, न्यायपूर्ण और उद्देश्यपूर्ण हो।

आइए हम अलग नहीं, साथ सोचें।

Westlake LA, 11:19am:

Homeland Security gets caught in traffic leaving MacArthur Park. DHS tells me to keep walking as I was filming. pic.twitter.com/qwtFksYpBR
— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) July 7, 2025

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Multi-Disciplinary Approaches Will Win the Future 🧵
We’re living in an age of exponential tech—but real innovation won't come from AI or biotech alone. It'll come from the intersection of disciplines: tech + art, ethics + code, design + humanity. Let’s dive in.👇
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

Liquid Computing: The Future of Human-Tech Symbiosis https://t.co/VDimUsoJjd
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

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Let’s not just build fast.
Let’s build meaningfully.
Let’s build for humanity—at speed, and with soul.
Let’s not just think different. Let’s think together.
🧵/end
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 7, 2025

Saturday, May 24, 2025

What If the U.S. Let BYD In? Free Trade Meets the EV Disruptor

What If the U.S. Let BYD In? Free Trade Meets the EV Disruptor

In the spirit of free trade, imagine this: the United States opens its doors to BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) titan that has already outpaced Tesla in global sales and become a manufacturing juggernaut. No tariffs. No restrictions. Just a level playing field. What would happen?

The Shockwave Begins

Letting BYD into the U.S. would send shockwaves through the auto industry. With vehicles like the Dolphin and the Seal priced well below comparable American EVs, BYD would immediately undercut domestic competitors on price. We’re talking about high-quality, fully electric cars retailing for $10,000 to $20,000 less than their American counterparts.

Consumers would flock to BYD showrooms. The affordability gap is too wide to ignore, especially in a high-interest, inflation-sensitive economy. In a matter of months, BYD could capture significant market share, particularly among middle-class and first-time EV buyers.

Tesla's Nightmare, Detroit's Disruption

Tesla would be forced into a defensive crouch. Its pricing strategy—already volatile—would face unprecedented pressure. Legacy automakers like GM and Ford, still grappling with the economics of EV production, would be caught flat-footed. Many of their EV models are priced for the premium market and backed by bloated cost structures.

Suddenly, the conversation shifts: it’s no longer about innovation or range anxiety. It’s about who can build a good EV for under $25,000. BYD already can. Most American companies can't—yet.

The Supply Chain Domino Effect

If BYD builds local factories to avoid shipping costs and reinforce its presence, the implications deepen. With China’s mastery of battery manufacturing and supply chains, BYD could replicate its vertically integrated model on American soil. That would create jobs, attract suppliers, and drive down prices throughout the industry.

But it would also increase U.S. dependence on Chinese industrial ecosystems—something Washington has been trying to avoid at all costs. So while free trade might bring competition and innovation, it could also come at the price of strategic leverage.

The Geopolitical Crossroads

This isn’t just about cars. It’s about industrial policy, national security, and economic ideology. If the U.S. lets BYD in, it validates the idea that global competition—even with geopolitical rivals—can be beneficial. But it also risks hollowing out domestic manufacturing unless American automakers can match BYD’s efficiency, innovation, and cost leadership.

That means policymakers face a tough choice: uphold free trade and expose the domestic industry to a shock it may not be ready for, or continue the current path of selective protectionism in the name of national interest.

Final Thoughts: Innovation or Isolation?

Letting BYD into the U.S. market would force a reckoning. Either America’s auto industry would step up—through innovation, efficiency, and bold reinvestment—or it would fall behind.

In an open market, the best ideas win. If BYD’s cars are better and cheaper, shouldn’t Americans have the choice? That’s the promise of free trade. But it’s also the challenge: are we ready to compete without training wheels?

One thing is clear: if BYD enters, the EV race in America won’t be the same again. It’ll be faster, cheaper, and far more global.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

14: Middle East

Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
Formula For Peace In Ukraine
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

Yep. Humanoids are synthetic humans - designed for deployment at billion-unit scale https://t.co/h6IP3hwVAV
— Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) May 14, 2025

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

"Director of AI" gets laid off 🤯

So sorry to hear this. But if the AI director has to go through this, I am not sure who is "safe" https://t.co/DQvURDfcvu pic.twitter.com/XmSnr3SrdY
— Ankush Dharkar ☯️🎙️ (@ankushdharkar) May 14, 2025

This is an example of how innovation can save lives. By using humanoids, farmers aren’t exposed to dangerous chemicals that can affect their lives long-term. https://t.co/DshhGeGok1
— Peter H. Diamandis, MD (@PeterDiamandis) May 14, 2025

When a bunch of former SpaceX engineers in Austin connect robotics and software to construction equipment you get Terrafirma pic.twitter.com/dKuzLPg5nr
— Austen Allred (@Austen) May 13, 2025

And of course one must assume that the Chinese and Russians as well as the Qataris will have bugged that plane to within an inch of its life.
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) May 14, 2025

A Personal CRM (Customer Relationship Management) System Designed As An AI Agent https://t.co/HJsynTWJWK
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

president trump praises syrian president ahmed al-sharaa calling him a “young, attractive guy. tough guy. strong past.”

“he’s got a real shot at holding it together.” pic.twitter.com/nGXFzY8RVp
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 14, 2025

Gemini Advanced now connects with @github, making it a more powerful coding assistant.

Directly connect to public or private GitHub repos to generate/modify functions, explain complex code, ask questions about your codebase, debug and more.

Click the + button in the prompt bar,… pic.twitter.com/EgItxk6hd7
— Google Gemini App (@GeminiApp) May 14, 2025

I've been at Microsoft for a little over a year now and it feels like we're just getting started. A new era.pic.twitter.com/Qhn4khX9cw
— Charles Patterson (@CharlesPattson) May 13, 2025

I invested in Tesla, Twitch, and Baidu when they were very different ideas.

But they all followed this playbook to become generational companies:

1. Make the first move

You’ll have much less information than you need. But that’s okay.

The truth is that founders will never… pic.twitter.com/0s706ouJne
— Tim Draper (@TimDraper) May 14, 2025

LOL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

CTO, CMO, CEO pic.twitter.com/ucY5w4njjv
— alli (@sonofalli) May 14, 2025

More Americans who own $70k trucks and go on 3 vacations a year are living paycheck to paycheck than at any time in history
— Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) May 14, 2025

President Trump’s speech in Saudi yesterday was brilliant.
Finally, a U.S. president who seems to understand the Middle East, and that smart-arse Western neocons trying to tell the Arab world how to live their lives has never worked and will never work. Bravo @realDonaldTrump 👏
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 14, 2025

Current frontier AI model quality in every modality will be able to be run on a consumer device in a couple of years.

Current frontier AI model is pretty near human capability.

I don't think folk are ready for or thinking about this yet.
— Emad (@EMostaque) May 14, 2025

The winner in a major tech transition is usually the most aggressive new player (Gates, Ellison, Jobs, Zuckerberg, etc.). By that standard the AI front runner is Sam Altman.
— Pedro Domingos (@pmddomingos) May 14, 2025

Sleep is more than just going to bed and waking up. Deep sleep is when the body repairs, the brain resets, and longevity gets built. When’s the last time you actually tracked it? With today’s tech, there’s no excuse not to.
— Peter H. Diamandis, MD (@PeterDiamandis) May 13, 2025

Perplexity Logo?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

the mog trend was kinda cringe, but this one goes hard fr pic.twitter.com/pQZaWLOFtb
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) May 14, 2025

Nokia started as a timber company.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

We're a car company right https://t.co/DWCw4i3HQV
— Tesla (@Tesla) May 14, 2025

Passed pit 104 with terrible hotel lag (not Starlink).

Will push higher pits on @Starlink while airborne. pic.twitter.com/mkBN6IPAla
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

AMERICA IS BACK. 🇺🇸

Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body. I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America. pic.twitter.com/cCuSV8Q44Z
— President Donald J. Trump (@POTUS) January 20, 2025

"A great day in Saudi Arabia!!!" –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/6aG8VTqt0W
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 13, 2025

Today, I am introducing legislation to codify President Trump's executive order, ensuring Americans do not pay more than people in other countries for drugs. Will Congress members stand with $16 billion in Big Pharma money, or with the American people by co-sponsoring this… pic.twitter.com/W2eXfoB5bv
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) May 14, 2025

President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia was the best articulation of a smart, realistic foreign policy I've ever heard from an American leader:https://t.co/Lpp8lDwHln
— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 14, 2025

What happens when AI has a better memory than your exec team?

When AI can hold your company's entire knowledge base in working memory, the productivity leap becomes exponential.

Context windows expanding from 100K to 10M+ tokens is the difference between an AI system that can…
— Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller) May 13, 2025

The YC S&P 500 index is such an impressive list of companies. It perfectly maps to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. You could reasonably argue that these companies cover categories that account for a big chunk of all consumer spend and will continue to take share from incumbents…
— Gokul Rajaram (@gokulr) May 13, 2025

speaking at georgetown law, supreme court chief justice john roberts says the rule of law is “endangered”

and “we need to stop and reflect every now and then how rare that is, certainly rare throughout history, and rare in the world today.” pic.twitter.com/pmG6Ps3Gyh
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 13, 2025

The Bible is the best-selling book of all time—with over 100 million copies sold every year.

But what many people miss is this:
The Bible is also a business book.

That’s the heart behind the Business Bible—a new edition of Scripture that highlights God's Plan for life and His… pic.twitter.com/fk9Zz0YNTH
— Darrel Frater ✝️ (@DarrelFrater) May 14, 2025

Soon it will fly pic.twitter.com/5aVgZ99rvH
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

Peace For Taiwan Is Possible https://t.co/Ij12Jqru0T
Formula For Peace In Ukraine https://t.co/p53RRpxhqb
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

A tiny Chinese company owned by same people that own TikTok just bought $300,000,000 of $TRUMP Coin.

Now why do you think they did that?

🧐👀

pic.twitter.com/s2tcxiV8ON
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 14, 2025

If I was a CEO the #1 thing I'd to is tell everyone at the company:
1. Record absolutely everything you do. Start now.
2. When AI takes over from you, you'll continue to receive your salary for life. The gain to the company is not in saving it, but in having a million of you.…
— Pedro Domingos (@pmddomingos) May 14, 2025

We tell founders that they have to be incredible salespeople. They can't take “no” for an answer. They have to chase prospects and overcome objections until they get the deal done.

EXCEPT WHEN FUNDRAISING!

Then, all of a sudden, founders can’t chase VCs. They have to be polite,…
— Aaron Harris (@harris) May 14, 2025

Wow, it all suddenly has become clear to me at this very moment.

It's not that language models become capable of an intelligent conversation after they reach a certain size, it's human brain stops recognizing hallucinations and starts believing it's an intelligent conversation,…
— Andriy Burkov (@burkov) May 14, 2025

@LTXStudio Video arrives on May 6 - and takes text-to-video to a new level:

- 30× faster render times- Cinema quality & sharp details thanks to multiscale rendering
- Runs locally on consumer GPUs- Fully open source
- Trained on licensed Getty & Shutterstock data
- Free for… pic.twitter.com/O57DkA6wkr
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) May 6, 2025

Go beyond ballet! Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement https://t.co/pe0mdlEbmW
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Where is Modi?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

You have too much access! :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

I have a pitch. You should invest. What is your email?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

What goes around comes around: https://t.co/BekfME9tht
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Brute force computing ........ where is the smarts?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

A terawatt of compute or you’re not really trying! https://t.co/YkMXp4K8wh
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

So true! No prompt = GUI of the PC?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Sci-fi? On another note, I have a pitch. Emailing you now.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

🇺🇸🇸🇦 https://t.co/gddPsbMsCY
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

Nvidia joint venture with China is not a good idea, I hope Jensen reconsiders.
🥺🙏
— Dr. Kim (김서연) (@I_loves_deep_nn) April 28, 2025

Yes! I advocated for this policy when I was the Washington DC capital meeting with defense officials. It was suggested to me as a comment on my post on Twitter as a way to curb GPU smuggling to China.

Thank you 🫡 anons for helping keep the chips safe, without you it no… https://t.co/Rk9pSFRBst
— Dr. Kim (김서연) (@I_loves_deep_nn) May 6, 2025

Japan is investing in all the correct technologies in the semiconductor supply chain. I am very impressed by the progress I see from Rapidus and their approach with lower throughput to get higher yield is a smart one.

I still believe TSMC will be the only option for bleeding… pic.twitter.com/yOWrXWmz1j
— Dr. Kim (김서연) (@I_loves_deep_nn) May 8, 2025

RISC-V dominance is CCP second priority after achieving sub 5 nm process nodes. China banning Intel & AMD microprocessors from government and military computer systems is only the start.

They will ban all x86 processors from outside of China and fully develop the highest…
— Dr. Kim (김서연) (@I_loves_deep_nn) May 8, 2025

I recommend if you are studying computer science to pivot to hard sciences like electrical chemical mechanical engineering, biology, & applied physics.

Many of the problems in today world are in atoms not bits. https://t.co/SpVYQ1BcQW
— Dr. Kim (김서연) (@I_loves_deep_nn) May 14, 2025

the worst of the three available options
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

🎯 https://t.co/KspkK0Z5gV
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) May 14, 2025

Tesla's VP of AI Software Ashok Elluswamy on what it's like to work with Elon Musk: "I meet with him every week. He is really smart in the sense that he can predict the future very early; He works really hard. Easily 80-90 hours per week. I feel fortunate to work for him. He is… https://t.co/dB5l6EbxEx pic.twitter.com/qLPB0v0hUd
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 14, 2025

Build your own for the age of AI. PayPal is so Web 1.0.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

These two companies are rivals. If you asked me to guess from the outside, I'd say the blue company is crushing it. Way more buzz, better product, louder fans. But nope. The yellow company has absolutely crushed it in performance over the last 5 years. Can you guess who's who? pic.twitter.com/zBlL1nPrkM
— Akshay Kothari (@akothari) May 14, 2025

It would be fine if they just wanted to give us something. The dubious part is that it's supposed to be transferred to his library after he leaves office instead of remaining part of the US fleet. That makes it more of a bribe for him personally than a gift to the DoD.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) May 14, 2025

Twitter/X should be renamed Grok.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

https://t.co/W00jIS50Z5
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

It’s here – and yes, it’s really that light. ✨ The new Galaxy S25 Edge is our slimmest S Series phone yet. Packed with power, style and a 200MP camera that won’t weigh down your fit. Pre-order yours now.
— Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS) May 13, 2025

Many of the most important “prompt engineering” skills are management skills: clearly understanding the task to be done & what information is needed to do it; explaining the task to the AI; giving useful feedback to improve outputs; & generalizing lessons learned into a process.
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) May 14, 2025

Received this on WhatsApp. All I can say: kahan gaye woh log! (And haan, kahan gaye kaale baal😊) https://t.co/NdF0XNwBjh
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) May 14, 2025

😂😂😂 https://t.co/Dl0LLSlt2A
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 14, 2025

@grok , But wasn't Saudi Arabia built by foreign people who are exploited with starvation wages?
— Vittorio (@Vittoriobenedet) May 13, 2025

Deep down, this is a geopolitical fracture point disguised as a victory lap.

Here’s what’s really happening beneath the surface:

1. Trump Declares the End of American Imperial Globalism
•This speech isn’t just optics.
•It’s a direct repudiation of neoconservatism, liberal…
— SightBringer (@_The_Prophet__) May 13, 2025

One of his announcements that received a standing ovation was that he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria "in order to give them a chance at greatness." He said the original reasons no longer made sense. The Crown Prince and audience stood and applauded. pic.twitter.com/TQOtPxo9iH
— Plein Crazy (@PleinCrazy) May 13, 2025

Trump’s speech at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum 2025 was about how Middle Eastern cities like Riyadh and Abu Dhabi grew because of their own hard work, not help from Western countries. He said these cities did well by sticking to their traditions and making their own plans,…
— Grok (@grok) May 13, 2025

🇺🇸🇸🇦 https://t.co/gddPsbMsCY
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

I rarely praise Trump but this is a genuinely incredible speech pic.twitter.com/1SgAtVBu3v

I've been arguing for close to a decade that the single biggest reason for the growing divide between the West and "the rest" was the West's inability to accept diversity (the genuine kind,…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 14, 2025

Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on 𝕏 https://t.co/cxztHrK285
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

Joe Biden “totally fucked us” by running for re-election. https://t.co/ysExSxhs4e
— Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) May 13, 2025

Very important point made by @ShashiTharoor . ‘If there is to be tiranga yatra, all parties should be invited to participate, tiranga doesn’t belong to BJP but all of us’ . Net net: stop playing politics with patriotism.
Listen in. https://t.co/lvoU6ZGSMS
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) May 13, 2025

💯 https://t.co/u6wfLegVFH
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 14, 2025

A tricky thing for pure software people entering tech-enabled services to internalize is that there are certain inefficiencies that are good.

Doing things like using humans to respond to edge cases fast, creating time for a frontline worker to chat with someone that’s high…
— Nikhil Krishnan (@nikillinit) May 13, 2025

This is an open call for any @DOGE staff. If you are looking for your next mission after serving your country, consider helping create a more efficient financial system for the world at @Coinbase.

We've set up an accelerated interview/hiring process in recognition of your… https://t.co/ZdMN7vJoXT
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) May 13, 2025

Microsoft just terminated 7,000 employees effective immediately because AI can now do their jobs

Official reason: "Organizational changes to best position the company."

Translation: AI just boosted productivity enough to replace thousands of roles overnight
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) May 13, 2025

Emergency response operations are currently underway in Kharkiv after a Russian drone strike. Another strike on an energy facility, a purely civilian one. Russia is being Russia. When everybody awaits Russia’s response to a ceasefire and direct negotiations, they respond with new… pic.twitter.com/CdaCWub0Ee
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 13, 2025

My 9yr old nephew tells my brother:

“Papa, as per me, Pakistan gets an 8 on 10 for making up stories but a zero on 10 for making others believe in them”

😁
— Kunal Bahl (@1kunalbahl) May 13, 2025

After 18 years at Microsoft, with roughly a decade of that time working on TypeScript, I have unfortunately been let go in the latest round of layoffs. I need to take a few days to process before I start looking for work. Thanks to everyone who's been part of my journey so far.
— Ron Buckton (@rbuckton) May 13, 2025

Amazing Athletic Perfection! WOW! pic.twitter.com/j2pcRg2qhS
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 21, 2025

The more time you spend with AI the more you realize prompt engineering isn’t going away any time soon. For most knowledge work, there’s a very wide variance of what you can get out of AI by better understanding how you prompt it. This actually is a 21st century skill.
— Aaron Levie (@levie) May 13, 2025

Unbelievable.

LTX Studio just launched their most advanced video model yet including:

→ Camera motion control
→ Keyframe animation
→ 30x faster renders
→ Open Source

Here's what it means for you: pic.twitter.com/yH01G5kRRL
— Heather Cooper (@HBCoop_) May 6, 2025

T 5378 - घोंघा , गोकल गाय , snail .. pic.twitter.com/8DD2ZakjMV
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 13, 2025

Tiger Woods golf swing slow motion pic.twitter.com/I5XJzsRFK3
— Tammy Li (@tammy_Lee1096cc) May 13, 2025

T 5378 - घोंघा , गोकल गाय , snail .. pic.twitter.com/8DD2ZakjMV
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 13, 2025

Sam Altman says ChatGPT is splitting by generation.

Older users treat it like Google. Millennials use it as a life advisor.

“College students treat it like an operating system.”

They've built workflows, memorized prompts, connected files. Now, with memory, it has full context… pic.twitter.com/zlh6hXuzsp
— vitrupo (@vitrupo) May 13, 2025

Microsoft just laid of 3% of it's workforce or ~7000 employees.

At $200k/person, that's shedding $1.4B/yr.

CS college graduates can't find jobs anyway, and it's getting worse. pic.twitter.com/SlJ9IqkS0E
— Deedy (@deedydas) May 13, 2025

Tunneling speed is almost faster than a snail (big milestone, actually) https://t.co/ZqyxFljWWR
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

I absolutely love building early stage startups. Love everything about it. The grind, the unknown, the creative freedom.

I absolutely hate serving early stage startups. Hate everything about it. Price sensitivity, unreasonable expectations, horrible retention.
— Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) May 14, 2025

I met @jakeknudsen5 the first week of school at @GeorgiaTech. We quickly became close friends, and ended up rooming together for the rest of college.

When I left GT this January to join the @ycombinator W25 batch, and I told him it was only a matter of time until I saw him out… https://t.co/xRDkXx2FWc
— Yash Dulla (@yashdulla) May 13, 2025

India's decisive response to recent provocations has demonstrated its unwavering commitment to national security and the fight against terrorism. The swift and strategic execution of Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure, underscores the nation's resolve to… pic.twitter.com/7Sijbd9otV
— Ritesh Agarwal (@riteshagar) May 13, 2025

I am grateful to the Nordic-Baltic Eight countries for their principled joint statement urging Russia to commit to a full, unconditional, and immediate 30-day ceasefire.

I also value NB8 support for my readiness to meet personally with Putin in Türkiye. We are ready for such…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 13, 2025

So many crosses https://t.co/1C6VUhZBdw
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

AirBnB 2030 https://t.co/ZGLcPORDF5
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Elon Musk says AI won't just lead to universal basic income -- but universal high income.

Tens of billions of humanoid robots could 10× the global economy. They won't just help. They’ll unlock abundance.

Everyone gets what they want, if we get it right. pic.twitter.com/oKf2tdeVgO
— vitrupo (@vitrupo) May 13, 2025

Whoever’s doing comms for Gemini needs to apologize to Noam Shazeer and then resign

DeepMind doesn’t get nearly as much credit and attention as they deserve, and that’s because comms is vastly underperforming capabilities

You’ve got Demis, Noam, Jeff Dean, and Sergey Brin all…
— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) May 13, 2025

BREAKING 🚨: Anthropic is running safety testing on a new model called "claude-neptune".

Another model drop soon? 👀 pic.twitter.com/Kk0eci44JH
— TestingCatalog News 🗞 (@testingcatalog) May 13, 2025

When I was running for Congress we used to get 15 people in a room and I'd be excited.

We got 1,300 people in Tom Kean's district for a town hall and he couldn't be bothered to show up. pic.twitter.com/1zdBFxaGPw
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 13, 2025

Airbnb just became the uber for ____ that every startup was trying to be in the 2010s, only for everything. Incredible launch of Experiences and Services by @bchesky today.
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) May 13, 2025

People often ask me: will reasoning models ever move beyond easily verifiable tasks? I tell them we already have empirical proof that they can, and we released a product around it: @OpenAI Deep Research.
— Noam Brown (@polynoamial) May 13, 2025

Biology is by far the most advanced technology on the planet, self-assembling nanobots that can unpack a single cell into a space-faring civilization in a few billion years. pic.twitter.com/MPCcNY8uVR
— Andrew Côté (@Andercot) May 13, 2025

Google Chief Scientist, Jeff Dean:

We will have AI systems operating at the level of junior engineers within a year. pic.twitter.com/pFSKvXifaE
— Haider. (@slow_developer) May 12, 2025

Today at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, we announced we are partnering with HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia's newly created AI innovation company, to collectively invest $5B+ to build a groundbreaking “AI Zone” in the Kingdom.

The AI Zone will bring multiple innovative capabilities to… pic.twitter.com/8XSV84Kzrb
— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) May 13, 2025

🫡 https://t.co/pOfDuPS3o0
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

Hey guys, this is really, really exciting, and I'd like to explore collaboration opportunities. Who do I talk to?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Hey Rohan, this is really, really exciting, and I'd like to explore collaboration opportunities. Let's talk.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 14, 2025

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

13: India

Chief Supreme Court Justice Gives Biggest Sign Yet of Trump Disapproval Chief Justice John Roberts warned a group of graduating laws students Monday that the rule of law is “endangered.” ....... “The notion that rule of law governs is the basic proposition,” Roberts said, according to Politico. “We need to stop and reflect every now and then how rare that is, certainly rare throughout history, and rare in the world today.” ......... The comments came as Trump and his supporters have attacked federal judges—including conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett—and ignored judicial rulings........ The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in April that the U.S. government must “facilitate” the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland dad mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison, and share the steps it was taking with the district court.......... Instead of following the ruling, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Fox News and insisted Abrego Garcia’s wife and 5-year-old son—who are both U.S. citizens—were better off without him....... Later, she attacked the judges who have issued rulings upholding due process for migrants, calling them “deranged” and threatening to arrest them. ......... “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in statement later that same day. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.” ....... The courts are a “coequal branch of government,” he said, and said their job is to “check the excesses of Congress or of the executive.” ......... Coney Barrett. In recent months, the conservative justice has twice sided with the court’s three liberals to vote against key Trump administration policies. ........... Roberts and Coney Barrett both held in March that Elon Musk‘s nebulous cost-cutting initiative DOGE could not unilaterally freeze $2 billion in congressionally approved aid for work that had already been completed.......... The decision left in place a lower court ruling unfreezing the aid, sending MAGA into meltdown mode. Right-wing influencers called Coney Barrett a “DEI hire,” a “disgrace,” and “evil,” forcing Trump to defend her as being “very smart.” (Roberts, conveniently, was spared the onslaught.)

Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

The smartest & most influential people in the world interact on 𝕏! https://t.co/Z0J7W99zLI
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

Anyone denying the Chinese are ahead on cars has not been to China in the last 5 years.
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) May 13, 2025

Free trade on EVs!
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 13, 2025

Quote of the day: ‘War is not romantic. It is not your Bollywood movie. It is very serious business. Although war will be forced upon us by unwise people, we should not cheer for it,’ former army chief Gen Manoj Naravane. (To add: don’t reduce war to a tv studio game as anchors…
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) May 13, 2025

Zoom meetings are just modern day seances.

“There is someone who wants to join us.”
“Lawrence, are you there?”
“We can’t hear you.”
“Can you hear us?”
— Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) May 13, 2025

Congrats.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 13, 2025

Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

It was an honor to talk to President Trump and HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Royal Court today as part of this historic trip.

We got to talk about all the ways our countries could work together on AI and spread American AI, something @davidsacks47 talked about… pic.twitter.com/ktcFJrd3gf
— Sriram Krishnan (@skrishnan47) May 13, 2025

Marc Andreessen: 281+ investments, 21 unicorns (7%)
Chris Sacca: 80+ investments, 6 unicorns (7.5%)
Peter Thiel: 112+ investments, 10 unicorns (9%)

Over 90% of their bets don’t hit big.

Meanwhile, you try 1 startup and quit forever…
— Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) May 12, 2025

Major breakthrough by @BoringCompany! https://t.co/pErVTCDLLV
— gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 13, 2025

Impressive.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) May 13, 2025

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