What I read this week…

The Fed, TikTok, 3D-printed rockets

What I read this week…

• The U.S. Needs Economic Regime Change (WSJ Opinion)

• Opinion: When it comes to TikTok, the US is blind (Alex Stamos)

• The Winners and Losers if the U.S. Bans TikTok (WSJ)

• Relativity overachieves Terran 1 debut objectives (NASA Space Flight)

• Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care (JAMA)

• It Turns Out That JPMorgan Bought the Nickel That Turned Out to Be Stones (WSJ)

• US firm agrees to sell 24 mini nuclear reactors to UK customers (The Telegraph)

• Warming Above 1.5C Likely in Near Term Unless World Acts Now, UN Says (Bloomberg)

• Half of Black Students Can Barely Read (Darrell Owens)

• The Racial Politics of the N.B.A. Have Always Been Ugly (New Yorker)

• We asked the SEC for reasonable crypto rules for Americans. We got legal threats instead. (Coinbase)

• Amazon doubling down on RTO (return to office) (The Pragmatic Engineer)

On Twitter…

Stu Woo @stuwoo

Who wins and loses if the U.S. bans TikTok? ⁦@georgia_wells⁩ and I made a list: Winners -Rivals like Meta -Parents -Many Congress members -Other China hawks Losers -U.S.-China relations -Users and influencers -TikTok employees and investors -Oracle

wsj.comThe Winners and Losers if the U.S. Bans TikTokFrom U.S.-China relations to the parents of phone-addicted teenagers, the victims and beneficiaries run the gambit if TikTok disappears.

John Kraus @johnkrausphotos

Nine Aeon 1 engines power Terran 1 off the pad for its debut launch last night. Beautiful and colorful flames!

Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will sign a multiyear extension next week, per @AdamSchefter. A 2020 NY Times report revealed Goodell was making $63.9 million per year & he has reportedly made ~$500M since becoming commissioner in '06. That's more than any NFL player in history.

Rex Woodbury @rex_woodbury

One of the most underrated shifts happening in America: our aging population. • Every day, 10,000 people in the US turn 65 • By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be over 65 • Half the population is already over 50 At the same time, the number of Americans under 18 will remain… https://t.co/SwEXkqc9f9

Andy Boenau @Boenau

K-8 students who live within ONE MILE: in 1969, 89% walked or biked to school. in 2009, 13% walked or biked to school. That suggests parenting culture plays a much larger role than car culture. Or parenting culture IS car culture.

George Porter @georgemporter

Texas Republicans have written a bill to ban Chinese students from all colleges and universities, including the A&M and Univ of Texas systems: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/bi…

𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐡𝐧 @Buncahn

Succession season 3 but Logan tries to order Domino's