Balaji

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Author of the Network State. Founder of the Network School.

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1Aug 25, '24FRANCE IS FOR CRIME, AGAINST FREEDOM François asks a good question. My answer is: France doesn't care about crime, they care about control. 1) First, Macron hasn't wiped out crime 28.9×12M13k3.7k1.3k
2Sep 17, '22Jetpacks are now real.17.4×0116k23k4.4k
3May 3, '24Here is what China built.16.6×6.9M9.6k1.2k1.1k
4May 20, '23China builds a train station in 9 hours. California can’t build a bus shelter with 8 departments.15.7×6.5M12k2.3k1.3k
5Mar 16, '23The BitSignal How do you ring the fire alarm on the internet? How do you show it’s not a false alarm? I am putting up the BitSignal. $1M in BTC to alert us to the stealth financial13.5×5.6M12k3.4k2.3k
6Nov 23, '23If the logic is that women must be 50% of boards, why shouldn’t Republicans also be 50% of boards? They sure are an underrepresented minority in tech.11.7×4.8M14k1.8k1.4k
7Jun 28, '24CHEVRON DOMINANCE Technology is about to accelerate. Because Chevron deference is over. And regulators can't just make up laws anymore. So, countless new startups just became feasi11.3×4.7M12k2.8k2.8k
8Feb 28, '24Hardware is hard. That’s why Elon is by far the greatest founder of all time. Remember — countless startups die just while trying to put stationary beige boxes on desktops. Very sm10.4×4.3M27k4.3k6.3k
9May 22, '23Looks like @elonmusk is now the most popular political figure in the US.10.0×4.1M10k1.1k490
11Mar 22, '25AI OVERPRODUCTION China seeks to commoditize their complements. So, over the following months, I expect a complete blitz of Chinese open-source AI models for everything from comput8.2×3.4M8.5k1.4k5k
12May 2, '23I just burned a million to tell you they're printing trillions.8.0×3.3M15k3.5k2.9k
13Jun 1, '23"Pretty soon, 44 billion won't be worth that much anyway."7.9×3.3M8.9k712779
14Dec 5, '24My colleague @cdixon in 2014.7.6×3.1M11k1.2k640
15May 17, '23The Soviets and Nazis were allied at the start of World War 2 and invaded Poland together.7.2×3M7.8k800344
16Mar 11, '25FROM MAGA TO CHINA Here are four things MAGA is getting wrong, and why it's handing over the world to China. (1) First, MAGA correctly understands that America’s economic position 7.2×3M14k2.1k7.2k
17Jan 7, '22Jetpacks are becoming real.6.9×048k8.7k1.4k
18Jan 25, '25China has a 4000 year old civilization. They had a terrible 20th century thanks to Maoism, but they really are capable. You don’t get to global #1 in manufacturing by accident. Eve6.7×2.8M10k8931.6k
19Jan 19, '25A memecoin is a zero-sum* lottery. There is no wealth creation. Every buy order is simply matched by a sell order. And after an initial spike, the price eventually crashes and the 6.6×2.7M17k1.8k2.6k
20Dec 26, '24My mental model is that if you don’t win tech you don’t win. Because tech isn’t just electric cars and rocket ships, life extension and artificial intelligence. Tech is the money (6.0×2.5M9.7k1k1.9k
21Feb 7, '25If possible, Marko Elez (@melez) should be reinstated at DOGE. If that is not possible, we should fund him to do his own startup. Let me explain my logic. 1) First, there can be no5.8×2.4M9.7k983588
22Aug 24, '24Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France. His “crime” appears to be enabling free speech online.5.7×2.4M11k1.9k591
23Aug 3, '231942: Build up Russia to fight Germany 1972: Build up China to fight Russia 2022: Build up India to fight China5.6×2.3M11k1.5k1.7k
24Sep 12, '20More like this.5.6×034k10k1.5k
25Jun 30, '23If Republicans were smart, they would propose a bill to pay down student loans by seizing college endowments. The newly debt-free would be able to afford families, turning them Rep5.6×2.3M13k2.5k532
26May 23, '25Many countries that had a terrible 20th century are on track to have a great 21st century. And vice versa. Because history is running in reverse. Countries that fell to socialism a4.9×2M9.9k1.1k2.5k
27Feb 8, '23Introducing the Network State Podcast. The first episode features me and @VitalikButerin. We talk about starting new countries, upgrading Ethereum, and improving yourself!4.7×2M7.8k9861.1k
28Nov 30, '24How likely are you to be married by 30? Boomers: ~90% Zoomers: ~30% This is civilizational.4.5×1.9M16k1.2k3.2k
29Apr 4, '25Ironically, one symptom of deindustrialization is that many commenters have never actually managed a physical business. So. Suppose your US company imports $1M of high quality part4.3×1.8M8.7k1.5k3.1k
30Feb 9, '25Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.4.3×1.8M20k2.6k540
31Feb 22, '24Bitcoin has passed all-time highs in fourteen countries.4.3×1.8M10k2.4k954
32Nov 20, '23Satya wins. Reflexes of a startup CEO. Resources of a trillion dollar company. Pulls this together in 48 hours from a cold start. Gets it signed and over the line before markets op4.3×1.8M17k1.4k855
33Jul 1, '25The US is broke. The real debt is $175T+. And @elonmusk is 100% correct on the numbers. But the difficult step is the logical conclusion. There is no fix. It's a writeoff. A nation4.2×1.8M11k1.8k2.6k
34Nov 15, '22The net result of FTX is that billions of dollars was stolen from crypto investors to give to Democrat-aligned politicians, nonprofits, and journalists. This is why there may be no4.2×027k5.7k1.2k
35Nov 30, '24This is a fall of the Berlin Wall moment. An end of the USSR moment. A far left leader admits he’s been lying. That it was all by design. That it was happening. And that it’s bad t4.2×1.7M30k5k3.9k
36Jun 25, '25Capital is moving to Dubai, Singapore, and Australia. Talent will follow.4.1×1.7M9.8k1.5k3.9k
37Feb 9, '25Here’s the thing: Indians are rising. And that is actually why anti-Indian sentiment is rising. Not because Indians are so weak, but because Indians are once again becoming strong.3.8×1.6M8.4k1.3k2.3k
38Sep 1, '25The dollar is losing reserve currency status. It’s down to 42% of global reserves, and gold is rapidly rising.3.7×1.5M14k2.4k3.2k
39Apr 3, '25This is nuking every single supply chain that passes through the US in any way, under the illusion that 45 years of deindustrialization can be fixed in one day of 45% tariffs. Coun3.6×1.5M8.2k8561.4k
40Jan 26, '25This is the China graph. It’s nothing, and then it’s everything.3.5×1.5M9k1.1k2.5k
41Dec 24, '24Grok is the best integrated ChatGPT is the fastest Claude is the smartest Perplexity is best for web search Gemini handles the largest files3.5×1.4M18k2.1k11k
42Dec 26, '24Funny you mention that! Because Prafulla Dhariwal is an International Math Olympiad and International Physics Olympiad gold medalist with a 5.0 GPA from MIT. And he led the develop3.5×1.4M8.8k8271.2k
43May 14, '24Low trust society. Tens of thousands of dollars in damage for tens of dollars in scrap metal profit. Everything becomes more expensive when you abolish the police.3.4×1.4M11k1k692
44Feb 28, '25OK. Here's the issue. There is a strong argument that Ukraine is THE climactic battle of the Thucydides Trap. That is: the big war between the US and China is actually between thei3.4×1.4M8.2k1.1k4.2k
45Dec 23, '24This is the single best long run measure of food inflation. And it’s gone vertical.3.4×1.4M11k2.3k2.5k
46May 28, '23India’s new parliament was built in under 2.5 years and cost less than $125M. An ancient civilization is ascending once again, returning to its rightful place on the world stage. I3.4×1.4M8.1k1.1k257
47Aug 27, '24The UAE is closely following Durov's case. France may not be able to hold him prisoner for long.3.4×1.4M10k1.3k627
48Dec 2, '23Why do you hate the boat so much?3.2×1.3M10k1.7k2k
49Jul 27, '24AMERICA AND BITCOIN A historical speech. Here is Donald Trump's full speech at the Bitcoin Conference with timestamps and transcript. TIMESTAMPS 1:36 - Shoutouts to David Bailey, W3.1×1.3M8.6k2k4k
50Feb 28, '24Bitcoin has passed all-time highs in 30+ countries, including China and India.3.1×1.3M11k2.4k756
51Apr 21, '20I cofounded a clinical genomics company that sold for $375M You work at Buzzfeed3.1×023k2.9k336
52Jul 28, '24THE FIRST FAIR FIGHT Remember the "emerald mines"? Or the "pee tape"? Or "I can see Russia from my house"? Or the couch lie from just yesterday? For literally generations, Democrat2.9×1.2M8.9k1.5k1.4k
54May 12, '24Singapore is worth emulating.2.8×1.1M9.5k1.6k3.1k
55Aug 1, '24Tech guys don't use Google search anymore. It's not just censored. It just sucks. Perplexity is better. And you can set it as default. Here's how to fix your search in thirty secon2.7×1.1M10k1.5k9.5k
56Jan 28, '25The full scope of what is happening is completely unprecedented in our lifetimes. The Trump executive orders were clearly meticulously planned to strike every single source of blue2.7×1.1M25k2.1k1.5k
57Jan 30, '20Going viral What if this coronavirus is the pandemic that public health people have been warning about for years? It would accelerate many pre-existing trends. - border closures - 2.7×013k2.2k3.2k
58Dec 22, '24I admire Bezos. He is a jacked libertarian genius founder. Truly one of the greatest of all time. And he has the power to do something great. As great as Amazon, in fact. Because h2.6×1.1M8.3k510633
59Oct 14, '24To be a Democrat one must believe Kamala is smart and Elon is dumb.2.5×1M16k2.2k546
60Apr 7, '24THE LATIN AMERICAN LEE KUAN YEW President Bukele's recipe for success is simple: low crime, hard currency, great aesthetics, and top talent. He built his state capacity from scratc2.5×1M7.3k918583
61Apr 3, '20I don't think people realize that there is no normal to go back to anymore.2.3×015k3.3k497
62Jul 26, '22France has 67.4M people. India has 1.38B people. But France has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and India does not. So why do people claim the world order is "democrat2.3×016k2.5k389
63Jan 26, '25This is the week where decades happened. Crypto is now legal. AI is now free. The entire blue empire is being shut down by executive order. And after the postwar order, we enter th2.2×926k8.3k9701k
64Oct 13, '23X should implement a feature called "On This Day." It would rewind the timeline to any given day since Twitter's founding to let you feel the pulse of the moment. A crucial tool fo2.2×913k7.6k520217
65Nov 22, '24View post on X2.1×882k11k1k417
66Jul 15, '24JD Vance is a great choice for VP. - Marine Corps veteran - Bestselling author - Successful tech investor - US Senator Understands military, media, tech, finance, and politics. @JD2.1×880k12k1.1k604
68Nov 27, '24Privacy won. Smart contracts won. Tornado Cash won. And OFAC lost. Here’s the decision.2.0×845k8.8k1.4k725
69Nov 22, '24Gautam Adani is an Indian magnate. He’s built ports, roads — everything. One of the most prominent men in India. Now comes the Democrat DOJ. Indicting an Indian doing business in I2.0×829k7.9k1.7k1.1k
70Mar 7, '24From abolish the police to militarize the police. From denying crime is up to executing a military crackdown. From saying you don’t need a gun to sending in men with long guns. It’2.0×814k8.1k1.8k806
71Apr 29, '21Many founders aren’t hiring from Harvard. They’re hiring from Twitter.1.9×014k1.7k732
72Jul 5, '24View post on X1.9×792k9.3k684328
73Dec 2, '24Bangladesh was a stable country. But it didn’t want to give up a military base or take sides on Ukraine. So in retaliation, psychopathic Democrats backed a coup. Then the White Hou1.9×775k8.5k1.9k1.1k
74Nov 18, '21The state has far more money than anyone. But they are behind SpaceX, because tech isn’t capital-limited, it’s competence-limited. After all, who knows more about rocket science — 1.8×013k1.6k287
75Mar 24, '20Vox is sending about 0 million masks to the front lines of the coronavirus crisis That sounds terrible until you remember that they helped cause the crisis by publishing just-the-f1.8×013k2.4k152
76Nov 4, '21Woke Capital incarnate.1.7×07.5k1.1k1.1k
77Feb 18, '25Programming isn't going away. Prompting is programming. And the better you are at articulating what you want in clear written English, the better your results.1.7×702k8.7k9452k
78Mar 18, '22I've been writing a book on how to start a new country. It's finally coming out. You can preorder it now. It arrives on July 4.1.6×09k1.2k1.4k
79Jul 4, '25media → AI money → crypto military → drones manufacturing → robots1.6×658k7.5k1.2k1.7k
80Dec 1, '22They want you fired for a tweet, while they clap for a fraud.1.6×011k2.1k304
81Jul 26, '24The flag of ETH is raised over Wall Street. And the SEC surrenders to a more powerful regulator. Because it is Ethereum that now provides standardized market access to all Internet1.6×648k7.8k1.2k607
82Sep 17, '25Prime Minister Modi comprehensively defeated the far left in India. It can be done.1.5×615k8.4k1k729
83Aug 27, '20We’re getting closer to high-fidelity VR.1.4×09k2.1k432
84Jan 6, '22People forget just how completely non-obvious the entire digital revolution was every step of the way. 1995: WWW will fail 2002: Google will fail 2007: iPhone will fail 2013: Faceb1.4×08k2k920
85Apr 23, '21A mistake people made early on was thinking of the internet as a new channel: radio, TV, and internet. In reality it was *all* channels: internet radio, internet TV… Same with cryp1.4×08.5k2k640
86Nov 11, '24All media became social media. All money becomes cryptocurrency.1.4×562k8.6k1.2k495
87Dec 11, '24Bitcoin is already the global reserve asset. Anyone can buy or sell virtually any amount of BTC at any time in any country on any device for a known price without any necessary int1.3×559k9.7k1.3k771
88Mar 6, '22For those of us who are old enough to remember it, I’m glad we had the 90s. It was an idyllic time.1.3×011k650132
89Apr 3, '25Here’s a reframe. AI doesn’t take your job. AI allows you to do any job. So a coder can now make films. And a filmmaker can now write code. It allows a non-specialist to get starte1.2×494k8.4k1.1k1.8k
90Nov 13, '22Sam Bankman-Fried was a Democrat. And not just any Democrat. The #2 donor after Soros. A vocal proponent of the regulatory state. Also a fraud — like the regulatory state. Which he1.2×08.2k1.6k190
91Aug 10, '24View post on X1.1×476k7.7k1.1k391
92Nov 7, '21The folks who say billionaires should not exist are working hard on making everyone trillionaires.1.1×09.1k969159
93Nov 13, '24The media tried to deplatform you. They ended up deplatforming themselves.1.1×451k8.3k845148
94Jan 20, '20Can’t wait for the billion dollar media corporation owned by millionaires to endorse the millionaire who tells us how bad millionaires, billionaires, and corporations are1.1×07.8k1.5k75
95Sep 2, '21Everyone wants a piece of the reward, no one wants a piece of the risk.1.1×07.9k1.1k242
96Nov 3, '24No ID, no democracy. Because anyone or anything can vote, multiple times, without any verification. This is what’s called a Sybil attack in computer science.1.0×414k8.5k949519
97Nov 24, '22Zuck should pull out of this conference. He has an audience of billions. He doesn't need to give an audience to a guy who stole billions.1.0×08.2k56882
98Dec 5, '24The first $100,000 is the hardest.1.0×395k14k1.2k238
99Dec 5, '24First Bitcoin President. 🫡0.8×332k7.7k509142
100Oct 9Good crowd at Network State 2026. Many people interested in starting new communities.0.2×85k6574734

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