Sonal Chokshi
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traveler btw worlds, strong bias for builders/makers, I heart art + tech. Editor in Chief a16zcrypto; EiC a16z + podcast showrunner 2014-2022; WIRED, Xerox PARC
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Joined March 2008
RT @wildbarestepf: i love how a festival built on the ethos of “radical love, communal vibes, and eco-consciousness” decides their big cont….
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“As it turns out, the fellows did not forgo their futures. They designed them to their liking. (And got rich while doing it.)”.
NEW IN PIRATE WIRES: What makes a Thiel Fellow a Thiel Fellow?. Back in 2010, Peter Thiel came up with an idea on a plane trip from NY to SF: paying people to leave college and start their own companies. Outrage soon followed. A billionaire bribing kids to forgo their futures?
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RT @pseudoerasmus: Dan Wang & the 2 interviewers briefly debate whether ‘whether manufacturing is really that important’ (beyond the geopol….
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RT @JonathonPSine: @GlennLuk @danwwang That said, I think the book risks placing a bit too much emphasis on the ideational and not enough o….
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RT @JonathonPSine: @GlennLuk So, I prefer Leninist Developmental State (with Chinese Characteristics). It keeps the engineering impulse, br….
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RT @JonathonPSine: @GlennLuk Today is now an era of so-called “high-quality” development. Strangely this doesn't earn a mention in Breakn….
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RT @JonathonPSine: Or maybe other terms fit better, particularly for China: “managerial elite,” “managerial class” a-la James Burnham, or t….
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RT @JonathonPSine: So overall: Ironically, while Chinese *society* is disproportionately engineering-oriented, it is the American *state* t….
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RT @JonathonPSine: On Dan Wang's new book: Breakneck. This essay assesses the book's big idea: China is an engineering state facing off aga….
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A review of Dan Wang's new book Breakneck
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RT @skominers: Contrary to what some believe, a "free market" is *not* a free-for-all. Well-functioning markets need rules – and crypto i….
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RT @bhorowitz: My guy @ShakaSenghor back on @Oprah talking his new book (it's awesome) with a little appearance by yours truly.
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RT @ShakaSenghor: 10 years ago, I sat down with Oprah for the first time. That convo sparked a friendship — and tomorrow we’re back on her….
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