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Balaji’s right that China dominates niche manufacturing through spatial concentration. But the mechanism is the opposite of what policy makers assume. Datang makes 35% of the world’s socks. Shengzhou makes 60% of the world’s neckties. Wenzhou once held 80% of the global…

China has many cities that specialize in specific products. Like Detroit for cars, they have Cixi for hair dryers, Wenzhou for lighters, and Ningbo for home appliances. We’re familiar with this idea for cultural sectors, like NYC/Shanghai for finance, Silicon Valley/Shenzhen for…



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Mitt Romney warned us x.com/Josh20Left/sta…


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Ronald Reagan on tariffs.


Show us the game @espn! You're missing plays!! #byufootball


After going up 210 in the first quarter, I knew A-Rod would dial up the "prevent offense" soon. I'm just glad he waited until the second half or we would have lost this game!#BYUFootball


Someone really needs to have a talk with A-Rod #BYUFootball


So they're just relying on the defense to win this?!! #BYUFootball


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Let’s talk Europe and American Foreign Policy As you may know, I’m a European-American by nature of birth though I’m clearly American in what is my home country Ukraine is an important issue for Europeans…it’s been a wakeup call after decades of being a sometimes obnoxious…


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Unless there is legislative change, it no longer makes sense to start a bootstrapped software startup in America anymore It’s hard to overstate how catastrophically bad Section 174 is for software companies Here’s an overview for anyone hearing about this only recently:


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I learned so much from this talk… especially the graph near the end. If you like this experiment of posting TED Talks directly on X, please share! We’re curious how they’ll be received here.

As an experiment, we're posting a short TED Talk directly here on X. If you like, please spread the word, and more will follow! This is the brilliant @LuisvonAhn showing how worthy content like Duolingo can compete online.



Lol. That was a VERY DANGEROUS call. Had it gone the other way ok state would be back in business. Glad it worked out. #BYUFootball


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It's not that America isn’t able to get anything done anymore it’s that we’re not allowed to.


What is with these timeouts? #BYUFootball


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We are now just hours away from the deadline for an agreement between the United Auto Workers and Detroit's ‘Big Three.’ While wage increases, retirement benefits and other compensation are the discussions’ focal points, EVs have also been a key part of the conversation.


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Amazon just locked a man out of his smart home for a week because a delivery driver reported him as a racist after mishearing something from the doorbell – the guy wasn’t even at home notthebee.com/article/amazon…


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Jeffrey Sachs new article: The War in Ukraine Was Provoked. He claims that the war was provoked by NATO expansion and started in 2022 with the US-sponsored violent coup. Again all his arguments are false, but they should be taken seriously and must be refuted. 1/


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Governments worldwide claim that "hate incidents" are rising, but they're not. Tolerance of racial, sexual, and religious minorities has never been higher. Elites are manufacturing a fake "hate" crisis as a pretext for mass spying, blacklists, and censorship.

shellenberger's tweet image. Governments worldwide claim that "hate incidents" are rising, but they're not. Tolerance of racial, sexual, and religious minorities has never been higher. Elites are manufacturing a fake "hate" crisis as a pretext for mass spying, blacklists, and censorship.

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Stages of feminism I was 1st wave. Everything else since then has been utter nonsense.

therealmissjo's tweet image. Stages of feminism

I was 1st wave. Everything else since then has been utter nonsense.

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Curious: have you found ChatGPT useful in doing professional work? If so, what kinds of prompts and answers have been helpful? Detailed examples greatly appreciated! Broader answer also appreciated Not in theory, but where you've really *done it*, in your work Thanks!


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