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The story of Nils van der Poel is so good. So few that call their shot, do their own training regime, win olympics, drop guide to it, also hilarious writing

Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany. Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
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I’m watching Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room for the first time tonight. Makes me wonder what other classic Wall Street/Finance movies I haven’t seen.
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In Rebel Without a Crew, famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Sin City 2, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both
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This was great book. Like prince of persia book, it's contemporaneous diary of Robert Rodriguez as he makes his first film that then becomes breakout hit. I'm really big fan of this genre, so if anyone has others definitely lmk

From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy-or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking
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great book

In “Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,” Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman describes how the U.S. won history's greatest conflict by harnessing free-market principles and private-sector creativity and innovation to increase war production.
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Yeah great book

When I ordered some beer via Drizly this past Friday afternoon and wrote about a really negative experience I had in the transaction, I had no idea that the rest of my weekend would be dominated by what happened next as my tweet really took off, especially among journalists and regulators. The short
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Worth reading this post on tipping on marketplace apps. Good glimpse into the unintuitive complexity behind the scenes on something that consumers assume works in straightforward way

Clashing egos, logistical nightmares, political chaos. This is the exclusive story of how scientists and Washington power players overcame staggering odds to develop a historic shot.
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Worth reading this piece on internals of operation warp speed.

The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn. In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, The Verge tells the st
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Have started it. And it really reminds me you should read the verge by @Patrick_Wyman

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well, the book that made me look at it is @Patrick_Wyman's The Verge. Which I highly recommend though isn't primarily on this. Since then have just been searching around on papers on it

Because it offers a rare insight into the workings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s wartime diplomacy, this book is the classic account of FDR’s foreign policy during World War II, examining how Harry Hopkins, his friend and confidant, became the president’s “point man” with Stalin, Churchill, de Gaul
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Kevin Kwok 1y

Waiting until I’m fully done with Roosevelt and Hopkins before doing final review. But I’m 80% of the way through this mammoth of a book. And it’s by far my favorite WWII book And also I think a book everyone interested in elasticity of production capacity should read

In Herbert's terms, religion and its attendant, hero worship, are human adaptations to uncertainty. In Under Pressure, the submarine crew makes their peace with an overwhelmingly hostile world by means of religious faith. They treat their captain as a visible embodiment of God's protection, thereby
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great essay yes yeah, in original incarnation psychohistory is macro determinism plus any awareness nuking it so very hands off. obv 2nd foundation makes it very hands on in ways haha

Visit Nima Arkani-Hamed's page on our website for details about the related book, The Power of Principles, Physics Revealed, and Ideas Roadshow Collection called "Conversations About Physics, Volume 1", which also features Artur Ekert, Tony Leggett, David Politzer and Paul Steinhardt: https://ideasr
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Great thread. And brought me to this video which is exactly type of interview love to watch. And lots to think about from it

This short 80 page #book is a transcript of theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed talking about how fundamental physics is done these days.

The conversation was an exciting behind-the-scenes view of the cutting edge in fundamental physics.

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Kevin Kwok 1y

Wonderful thread

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