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Varun Deshpande

@varunrdeshpande

carbon free growth across the Global South || fmrly leading smart protein transformation || good things will happen, especially if we make them.

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Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are

Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 (@historianzhang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From friend - current US in late Qing malaise Flooded with opioids Closed to foreign trade Navy rotten to the core Government in paralysis Misuse of military funding Governors ignoring central orders Throwing birthday parties for the emperor Fixing up imperial gardens

From friend - current US in late Qing malaise

Flooded with opioids
Closed to foreign trade
Navy rotten to the core
Government in paralysis
Misuse of military funding 
Governors ignoring central orders
Throwing birthday parties for the emperor
Fixing up imperial gardens
Gagan Biyani 🏛 (@gaganbiyani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The dirty little secret of edtech: the biggest names don’t actually care if you learn anything. As co-founder of Udemy, it is something I reckon with every day… Duolingo - edtech’s only decacorn, worth $14B. Brilliant app, addictive product, and great for motivation. But let’s

Andrew Batson (@andrewbatson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Normally I would never say that there is just "one weird trick" that you need to master to understand China, but after reading the new book *The Highest Exam* I think I might nominate the exam system (gaokao) as the key that unlocks a lot of how Chines society works.

Normally I would never say that there is just "one weird trick" that you need to master to understand China, but after reading the new book *The Highest Exam* I think I might nominate the exam system (gaokao) as the key that unlocks a lot of how Chines society works.
King Pat v.3 (@modelsnadderall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Imagine standing on top this building with your boy and your boss as the entire financial system collapses waiting for the real boss to fly in on a helicopter

Nicholas Decker 🏳️‍🌈🌐🇺🇦 (@captgouda24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What’s the matter with India? It is not inevitable that India be poor. Its people are certainly capable of being extremely productive. Indian immigrants to the United States and elsewhere have been very successful. India’s government has been stable since independence, and

What’s the matter with India?

It is not inevitable that India be poor. Its people are certainly capable of being extremely productive. Indian immigrants to the United States and elsewhere have been very successful. India’s government has been stable since independence, and
foks (@exaltedfoks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NYC brands (Kith, Noah, ALD) go through these phases: 1. Underground 2. Cool with NYC kids 3. Cool on the internet 4. Becoming Mainstream 5. Endless Slop Machines 6. French tourist core

Logan Dobson (@logandobson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If only there was a parallel China that was governed by the KMT after the civil war so that we could compare, perhaps on a nearby island

If only there was a parallel China that was governed by the KMT after the civil war so that we could compare, perhaps on a nearby island