President Trump announces import tariffs, marketing teams are influencing LLMs to recommend their products, and scientists are performing organelle transplants to address life-threatening conditions
Sad fact is, most people don’t like politics, have no idea where tariffs WERE set. 25% on Canada is a nonstarter, esp if “added ON TOP OF” existing numbers. And why there was a Free Trade Deal in the first place, allowed North American business to become a FORTRESS of freedom & capitalism. We take exception when America tries to fleece the other two smaller economies, but that was what made our economies interlocked and STRATEGIC, for a number of mutually important reasons including critical defense & supply lines. T negotiated it, and now rejects BOTH his OWN signed agreements.
THIS FEELS like we cannot trust America to keep its word, ANY word. NAFTA favored America, but it worked.
Those days of “trusted allies” are over. For good now! Other countries do not wish to pay for USA’s past economic mistakes. We all pay our OWN.
Let’s see what that greenback is ACTUALLY worth, now it’s as common as wallpaper. Still ticked from losing our homes in 2009 & some losing them now.
Makes as much sense as Buffett paying Obama to move sold Canadian oil by TRAIN, impermanent rail stocks later sold, for long term pollution, crashing Canada’s economy EVERY four years, after EACH election.
But now you WANT the Keystone?!?
2 economic crashes to make a buck & Canada is tired of the games. Time we diversified AWAY from America, it’s just not worth it, twenty years ago.
Gonna have to make it EXTRA ATTRACTIVE now!
T is not just threatening. He has a habit of speaking his mind, even when it’s in idle.
"Tariff is Terrific" In the Sense, No doubt JD (Jack Daniel Whisky), a proud product of America is one of the most admired whisky around the world. Why JD is not sold out highly in India because of unfair/unproportional Tarrif. Due to high custom duty-Tarrif, the JD become very expensive in India. So it is not easily affordable and indian prefers to go with other brand though they like JD very much. Let's say when the tariff is proportional i.e. the indian custom duty is minimal or not at all, the JD can be in every shelves and affordable. That's how the trade become fair too Though we get the indian merchandise with extra export custom duty imposed.
"Tariff is Terrific": In the sense, Let's say A Toy imported from China cost $100 in US. Out of $100, the Chinese Gov cash out Let's say $5 from chinese manufacturere/wholesaler per toy as export duty fee. That's why Chinese Gov has been making A SURPLUS amount of MONEY ( That's why Chinese Uncle Sam has been investing everywhere in the world, south asian, south african countries to build massive mega infrastructure roads, airports, train tracks). The Chinese Uncle Sam has become very rich after allowing to WTO. Now, POTUS tarrif sword can be the only way to make a deal. Let's say, if China has to make deal with 1% export duty, the Toy will cost only $96. That's why the Tarrif is Terrific, it can cause the retail price lower than the current price. So, it is the best tool to bring the price down and can eliminate the hoax of inflation by imposing the terrif threat.
My name is Travis Jackson, I am a practicing physician in Florida. I am writing this message in hopes that it reaches Mr. Chamath Palihapitiya.
I watched your interview with Tucker Carlson a couple of months back and listened to how involved you are with AI in the surgical/medical setting in terms of better outcomes for breast cancer surgeries and reducing medical errors. It was intriguing and brilliant.
Please allow me to give some background on my context here.
I have been in the medical field for over 20 years now. I started my career in surgery as a premed student. During those 10 years I witnessed a lot of IV drug waste and abuse by healthcare professionals. I have spent the last 15 years developing a module that eliminates open access of IV narcotics to prevent drug abuse in hospitals and reducing the cost of these drugs to the patient by only charging to the patient what was actually administered.
Currently, each vial or unit of drug is charged to the patient regardless of how much was administered or wasted. At the end of the surgical procedure or even on the floor what wasn’t dispensed to the patient is “wasted”, which requires a witness, and the entire unit is charged. I witnessed firsthand healthcare professionals who had a drug problem fraudulently signing off on the amount that was wasted into the sharps bin and taking this waste home for recreational use. Some of whom I found out were caught and had to answer to the board of medicine. This is tragic to allow such a fleeting temptation to have such an impact on all of one’s hard work and dedication to earn their medical degree and right to practice. It also drives up the cost of said drugs with so much waste. Regardless if 1cc or the entire unit was administered, the entire unit is charged to the patient.
This is why I have patented a fully secure and automated IV drug dispensing module, MediLock, that houses and dispenses all IV narcotics directly into the IV line. It eliminates open access and only charges to the patient that which was actually administered into the IV line. It also removes the need for syringes and needles which significantly reduces contaminated needle exposure to the healthcare professional.
There is so much more I would like to discuss as far as how it works but it is difficult through text.
I do have a design PDF and a pitch deck I believe would interest you. I am looking to bring this to the market to completely change how IV drugs are administered and charged.
Mr. Palihapitiya, if this interests you please reach out to me and I will send you the design and pitch deck, my contact info is below.
Thanks for sharing, we also wrote about history of tariffs here:
Trump’s new tariffs aren’t just taxes—they’re leverage tools reshaping global trade, currency, and industrial power.
https://ghginvest.substack.com/p/trumps-april-tariffs-arent-a-trade
Warren Buffett also mentioned the trade deficit and the potential solution more than 20 years ago, we also wrote about it here:
https://ghginvest.substack.com/p/warren-buffett-saw-this-trade-disaster
Thanks for sharing. Well reasoned synopsis.
Much more reasoning from Chamath and the guest posts from true Market Experts here versus the lunacy of paid-for-protesting and uniformed commentary.
ORO
https://fromcodetocorneroffice.substack.com/
Does Chamath engage in these discussions?
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Our Generators change the world.
We are avid readers of your material. We just published a new piece on what happens after the crash?
https://open.substack.com/pub/vestai/p/why-markets-get-wild-after-they-fall?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=7tfpz&utm_medium=ios
Highlights data-informed volatility after crashes. Perhaps you’d like.
Great interview with important perspective by Michael Shellenberger today:
https://open.substack.com/pub/public/p/oren-cass-its-a-catastrophe-that?r=104h6l&utm_medium=ios
Sad fact is, most people don’t like politics, have no idea where tariffs WERE set. 25% on Canada is a nonstarter, esp if “added ON TOP OF” existing numbers. And why there was a Free Trade Deal in the first place, allowed North American business to become a FORTRESS of freedom & capitalism. We take exception when America tries to fleece the other two smaller economies, but that was what made our economies interlocked and STRATEGIC, for a number of mutually important reasons including critical defense & supply lines. T negotiated it, and now rejects BOTH his OWN signed agreements.
THIS FEELS like we cannot trust America to keep its word, ANY word. NAFTA favored America, but it worked.
Those days of “trusted allies” are over. For good now! Other countries do not wish to pay for USA’s past economic mistakes. We all pay our OWN.
Let’s see what that greenback is ACTUALLY worth, now it’s as common as wallpaper. Still ticked from losing our homes in 2009 & some losing them now.
Makes as much sense as Buffett paying Obama to move sold Canadian oil by TRAIN, impermanent rail stocks later sold, for long term pollution, crashing Canada’s economy EVERY four years, after EACH election.
But now you WANT the Keystone?!?
2 economic crashes to make a buck & Canada is tired of the games. Time we diversified AWAY from America, it’s just not worth it, twenty years ago.
Gonna have to make it EXTRA ATTRACTIVE now!
T is not just threatening. He has a habit of speaking his mind, even when it’s in idle.
I wonder how pubs restaurants cafes etc are going to be ranked/recommended by LLMs. Any ideas?
Really good week of readings. Thanks for sharing. Gonna be a fun week, Buckle Up!
"Tariff is Terrific" In the Sense, No doubt JD (Jack Daniel Whisky), a proud product of America is one of the most admired whisky around the world. Why JD is not sold out highly in India because of unfair/unproportional Tarrif. Due to high custom duty-Tarrif, the JD become very expensive in India. So it is not easily affordable and indian prefers to go with other brand though they like JD very much. Let's say when the tariff is proportional i.e. the indian custom duty is minimal or not at all, the JD can be in every shelves and affordable. That's how the trade become fair too Though we get the indian merchandise with extra export custom duty imposed.
"Tariff is Terrific": In the sense, Let's say A Toy imported from China cost $100 in US. Out of $100, the Chinese Gov cash out Let's say $5 from chinese manufacturere/wholesaler per toy as export duty fee. That's why Chinese Gov has been making A SURPLUS amount of MONEY ( That's why Chinese Uncle Sam has been investing everywhere in the world, south asian, south african countries to build massive mega infrastructure roads, airports, train tracks). The Chinese Uncle Sam has become very rich after allowing to WTO. Now, POTUS tarrif sword can be the only way to make a deal. Let's say, if China has to make deal with 1% export duty, the Toy will cost only $96. That's why the Tarrif is Terrific, it can cause the retail price lower than the current price. So, it is the best tool to bring the price down and can eliminate the hoax of inflation by imposing the terrif threat.
Good afternoon,
My name is Travis Jackson, I am a practicing physician in Florida. I am writing this message in hopes that it reaches Mr. Chamath Palihapitiya.
I watched your interview with Tucker Carlson a couple of months back and listened to how involved you are with AI in the surgical/medical setting in terms of better outcomes for breast cancer surgeries and reducing medical errors. It was intriguing and brilliant.
Please allow me to give some background on my context here.
I have been in the medical field for over 20 years now. I started my career in surgery as a premed student. During those 10 years I witnessed a lot of IV drug waste and abuse by healthcare professionals. I have spent the last 15 years developing a module that eliminates open access of IV narcotics to prevent drug abuse in hospitals and reducing the cost of these drugs to the patient by only charging to the patient what was actually administered.
Currently, each vial or unit of drug is charged to the patient regardless of how much was administered or wasted. At the end of the surgical procedure or even on the floor what wasn’t dispensed to the patient is “wasted”, which requires a witness, and the entire unit is charged. I witnessed firsthand healthcare professionals who had a drug problem fraudulently signing off on the amount that was wasted into the sharps bin and taking this waste home for recreational use. Some of whom I found out were caught and had to answer to the board of medicine. This is tragic to allow such a fleeting temptation to have such an impact on all of one’s hard work and dedication to earn their medical degree and right to practice. It also drives up the cost of said drugs with so much waste. Regardless if 1cc or the entire unit was administered, the entire unit is charged to the patient.
This is why I have patented a fully secure and automated IV drug dispensing module, MediLock, that houses and dispenses all IV narcotics directly into the IV line. It eliminates open access and only charges to the patient that which was actually administered into the IV line. It also removes the need for syringes and needles which significantly reduces contaminated needle exposure to the healthcare professional.
There is so much more I would like to discuss as far as how it works but it is difficult through text.
I do have a design PDF and a pitch deck I believe would interest you. I am looking to bring this to the market to completely change how IV drugs are administered and charged.
Mr. Palihapitiya, if this interests you please reach out to me and I will send you the design and pitch deck, my contact info is below.
Sales@MediLock.org