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Science and technology are our best weapons against Covid-19, climate change, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes and more.

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1Mar 19, '23Smoking causes cancer. Reducing cigarette consumption may be the greatest public health success of modern times.63.2×2.6M8.8k1.3k577
2Jul 17, '23The US 🇺🇸 economy and the EU 🇪🇺 were roughly the same size in 2008. The US is now nearly twice as big 📊49.4×2M7.8k1.5k744
3Aug 20, '23Europe 🇪🇺 significantly lags the US 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 as a tech power. Data-rich 🧵 below on the economic consequences of tech stagnation for Europe’s prosperity and beyond (1/44.7×1.8M3.6k9851.6k
4Jun 1, '24Made in China 🇨🇳 is no longer the cheapest option. It’s not even particularly cheap 🏭44.6×1.8M7.5k1.5k1.8k
5Feb 25, '23Gas and wheat prices are back pre-Ukraine war levels44.4×1.8M2.3k29082
6Feb 4, '24There’s been an extraordinary decline in poverty in India 🇮🇳42.3×1.7M4.2k731581
7Jun 22, '23India’s 🇮🇳 incredible digital connectivity revolution 📈40.9×1.7M6.7k388118
8Jul 12, '24China’s 🇨🇳 demographic decline is unprecedented 📉29.1×1.2M3.2k651511
9Jun 20, '23The smartest people in China 🇨🇳 are very smart, @paulg24.2×989k2.1k268284
10Apr 8, '23There’s a massive boom in US manufacturing 🏭 thanks to the Chips Act, the IRA and the Infrastructure Bill 💥 Short 🧵 below on industrial policy, trade, clean energy, globalizatio24.2×989k1.2k355412
11Jan 16, '23Global economic power is shifting dramatically, and India 🇮🇳 is a major winner Case study: India’s 🇮🇳 economy is now larger than the UK’s 🇬🇧 Below a short🧵on India’s rise as24.1×983k1.9k514644
12Apr 20, '23It’s official. India 🇮🇳 is now the world’s largest country surpassing China 🇨🇳 A 🧵 below on what India’s explosive growth means for wealth, power and politics in Asia and arou21.1×860k2.2k708568
13Jun 29, '24Brexit buyer’s remorse 🇬🇧20×815k1.5k43784
14Feb 26, '23Intel went from complete domination of advanced semiconductor design & manufacturing to being far behind. Short 🧵 below on Intel’s fall from tech grace (1/12) Cc: @Noahpinion 19.6×800k1.7k384575
15Apr 9, '23The decline in US cancer deaths is in part one of the great public health stories of modern times @PeterDiamandis19.1×778k3k587206
16Aug 25, '24Around a hundred cancer vaccines are in various stages of development 🔬🧫💉18.2×741k1.1k260194
17Mar 30, '23Great clip from @chamath describing who the ultimate financial winners may be from the generative AI revolution18.1×739k2.7k4141.6k
18Apr 9, '23Higher paying jobs are more exposed to AI disruption 🤖 (1/4) Cc: @erikbryn @gilliantett @Noahpinion @ylecun @balajis16.9×688k1.1k239357
19Jun 23, '24US tech supremacy is powered by immigrants 🇺🇸🛂16.2×660k3.6k329295
20Mar 18, '23The last decade has been a pivotal one in the AI revolution 🤖 Cc: @ylecun @Scobleizer @erikbryn @amcafee @paulg @DavidSacks16.1×657k3.5k957786
21Jan 3, '23Apple’s decoupling with China - The beginning of a hugely consequential development (1/2) Cc: @paulg @ElbridgeColby @Noahpinion @erikbryn15.8×644k1.5k319188
22Sep 16, '23Steve Jobs anticipates Large Language Models Cc: @erikbryn @WalterIsaacson @ylecun @Scobleizer15.6×637k2.2k436971
23Jul 26, '23Huge regret over Brexit in Britain 🇬🇧 Cc: @Noahpinion @williamnhutton @DalrympleWill @GerardAraud14.3×584k94623838
24Feb 21, '23Another economic headwind 💨 for China 🇨🇳 Made in China is no longer the cheapest option. It’s not even particularly cheap. Cc: @Noahpinion @ElbridgeColby @PekingMike @jacobhelbe14.2×578k1.3k350150
25Jun 17, '24European 🇪🇺 economic and corporate power is in decline 📉14×571k1.6k426376
26Jun 17, '23The Canadian 🇨🇦 wildfires are smashing all previous records12.9×528k2.8k1.2k100
27May 17, '23The good news is that degrowth is unnecessary. The world is *starting* to learn how to decouple economic growth 📈 from CO2 emissions 📉12.8×522k1.9k389224
28Jun 25, '23Great news for the global economy 🚨 The global supply chain crisis of 2020-2022 is now over12.2×497k2.7k638278
29Jun 15, '24.@ylecun is right, investment in research is an important engine of economic development 🔬🧫12.1×493k1.3k335322
30May 24, '23China 🇨🇳 is now the world’s largest auto 🚙 exporter Short 🧵 below on China’s rise as an automotive superpower 📈 (1/9) Cc: @Noahpinion @ElbridgeColby @NickKristof @Brad_Setser 11.7×477k1.1k372246
31May 17, '23What happened to higher education costs around 1980? (chart from @Codie_Sanchez)11×450k1.2k196197
32Jun 15, '23The US is experiencing a manufacturing mega-boom Cc: @Noahpinion @DeanBaker13 @JigarShahDC @JesseJenkins10.8×440k1.2k316127
33Feb 26, '23Vietnam 🇻🇳 is booming 💥 Since 2000, Vietnam’s GDP has grown faster than any Asian country bar China, averaging 6.2% per year. 🧵 below on the rise of a new Asian economic powerh10.4×426k1.3k291215
34Jan 4, '23Investors conclude that Tesla is a carmaker, not a tech firm9.9×405k1.7k23151
35Apr 2, '23Moo’s Law 🐄 🔬 The cost of cultivated meat is plummeting (1/3) Cc: @azeem @nathanbenaich @ramez9.8×398k793127119
36Oct 1, '23Technology destroys some jobs and enables many more9.5×388k1.7k414274
37Sep 30, '23The U.S. is undergoing a nationwide manufacturing mega-boom 🚀 Cc: @Noahpinion @RoKhanna @tedlieu @bruce_katz @BrianCDeese9.4×382k1.2k246242
38Mar 2, '23Demographics is destiny. China 🇨🇳 has lost 40 million workers since 2020. And its population is forecast to be cut in half by 2100. Short 🧵 below on hugely consequential demogra9.4×382k794217156
39Aug 5, '23China 🇨🇳 is adding more renewables each year than the EU 🇪🇺, US 🇺🇸 and India 🇮🇳 combined9.1×372k2.4k583171
40Jan 10, '231/ The 2022 climate data is out. And it’s terrifying. Overall, 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record. Below is a short🧵on 2022’s record-breaking droughts, floods, ‘rain bombs,9.0×368k955518159
41May 23, '23The majority of fish 🐟 eaten in the world are now from fish farms9.0×367k1.5k30791
42Apr 18, '24The shocking rise in suicide in young women9.0×366k1.1k242246
43Jan 15, '23Nobody is perfect. But overall, the UK has done a good job of beginning to decarbonize its economy. Critically, the UK has learned how to decouple growth from CO2 emissions Below a8.7×357k1.1k226162
44Jul 10, '24US manufacturing mega-boom 🏭8.0×326k1.7k467419
45Mar 27, '23A three-horse race 🐎 Goldman Sachs predicts China 🇨🇳, India 🇮🇳, and the US 🇺🇸 will be the world’s three largest economies in 2075, and in that order.7.7×313k78219495
46Dec 26, '23There have only been 6 polio cases in 2023, an incredible achievement of human civilization. If the number goes to zero and polio is eradicated it will be one of the greatest achie7.4×303k1k18747
47Mar 17, '23India 🇮🇳 has experienced a dramatic decline 📉 in extreme poverty in recent years (1/3) Cc: @NickKristof @Noahpinion @usambkeshab @aparanjape @anuraag_saxena @GerardAraud7.4×301k1.1k24985
48Mar 2, '23India 🇮🇳 is dramatically underperforming peer nations in terms of manufacturing 🏭 (1/5) Cc: @Noahpinion @balajis @tejeshwi_sharma @RMantri @wadhwa @azeem7.2×296k963183180
49Aug 26, '24It took a while, but the majority of Democrats now support nuclear power ☢️7.2×294k2.1k192101
50Feb 21, '23Why don’t more countries follow the R&D-heavy path to development and prosperity pioneered by Israel 🇮🇱 and South Korea 🇰🇷 ? Also, why are the UK 🇬🇧 and Canada 🇨🇦 such 6.8×279k1k259127
51Jun 22, '24The world’s data centers combined use more power than large countries like Italy 🇮🇹 and Spain 🇪🇸6.4×261k1.8k623470
52Jun 1, '24Despite its higher cost of labor, China 🇨🇳 is the world’s dominant manufacturing power 🏭6.3×259k1.4k320249
53Oct 31, '22The world is starting to learn how to decouple growth from CO2 emissions6.1×04.8k1k379
54Jun 27, '23China 🇨🇳 remains the dominant global manufacturing power. India 🇮🇳 isn’t close. Cc: @Noahpinion @ElbridgeColby @PekingMike @BrankoMilan6.1×248k1.2k25289
55Jun 18, '23The most important institutions publishing research papers on AI aren’t Stanford or MIT. It’s Google and Microsoft. Cc: @ylecun @kevin_scott @mustafasuleymn @demishassabis6.0×244k824158167
56Dec 10, '22The @IEA’s bombshell new report on renewables has incredibly good news. For example, solar is undergoing a mega boom & may surpass coal by 2027 Below is a 🧵 on genuinely good 5.8×03.5k1.1k732
57Mar 31, '23Cost of sequencing a human genome: • 2001 - $95 million • 2021 - $450 • 2023 - $200 with new Illumina machine Cc: @fdesouza @Noahpinion @erikbryn @amcafee @rtnarch5.7×232k1.3k261137
58Sep 15, '23Fixing the housing crisis is not rocket science. “Minneapolis has been building more housing than any other large city…and has abolished zones that limited construction to single-f5.6×229k1.3k370182
59Jun 7, '23Poland’s 🇵🇱 economic miracle 📈 ➡️ Per capita income has tripled since 1990 ➡️ Per capita income may soon surpass Spain 🇪🇸, Italy 🇮🇹 & perhaps even the UK 🇬🇧 ➡️ Poland 5.6×229k980189114
60Feb 5, '23Incredible things are possible with solar ☀️ Australia 🇦🇺 gets at least 35.8% of its electricity from renewables, up from 8% in 2009. 1 in 4 Australian homes have solar. Cc: @Jes5.6×227k1k23553
61Aug 24, '23Cost of sequencing a human genome 🔬 • 2001 - $95 million • 2008 - $342,502 • 2011 - $7,743 • 2023 - $200 with the new Illumina machine Cc: @PeterDiamandis @azeem @erikbryn @rtnarc5.3×216k1.1k353129
62Mar 16, '23India 🇮🇳 is spending massive sums on infrastructure 🚊 Cc: @wadhwa @Noahpinion @balajis @Gautam__Baid @KanchanGupta5.2×213k1.1k20772
63Sep 17, '23The good news is that degrowth is unnecessary. The world is *starting* to learn how to decouple economic growth 📈 from CO2 emissions 📉5.2×211k81316779
64Jun 27, '23The greatest public health campaign of all time 🚬5.1×210k1.9k414152
65Jul 17, '23The average American 🇺🇸 has been getting steadily richer since 2008 📈 The average European 🇪🇺 has been stagnating or getting poorer 📉 Cc: @Noahpinion @BrankoMilan @JoePomplia5.1×209k80921482
66Mar 20, '23It’s just a start. But the world is beginning to learn how to decouple economic growth from CO2 emissions.5.0×206k1.4k311133
67Jun 6, '23The IRA, the CHIPS Act and the Infrastructure bill have led to a radical surge in US industrial activity Cc: @Noahpinion @JesseJenkins @bruce_katz @Richard_Florida @JigarShahDC5.0×204k874236136
68Mar 3, '23China 🇨🇳 has 1.4 billion. The US 🇺🇸 has (only) 333 million. But the US 🇺🇸 gets its pick of the smartest and most industrious of the world’s 🌎 8 billion people. Including fro5.0×203k95314782
69Apr 17, '23The US 🇺🇸 can withstand a declining birthrate because of immigration @elonmusk. China 🇨🇳 does not have this ability.4.8×198k7338438
70Mar 31, '23Pretty shocking data on life expectancy of American children from @FT4.8×196k82419851
71Jun 1, '24China 🇨🇳 does indeed emit more carbon than the U.S. 🇺🇸 and Europe 🇪🇺 combined4.8×195k1.2k263143
72Aug 11, '22China is now a major science & tech superpower, with huge consequences for political, economic & military power. Below is a 🧵on this dynamic from supercomputing to AI to q4.7×02.2k809956
73Mar 10, '23California declinism may be premature, writes @TheEconomist “In the past five years, California’s state-level GDP has grown by 18%, a better performance than either Florida or Texa4.6×189k75415470
74Mar 25, '23A lesson to remember as we live through the AI revolution 🤖 Technology destroys some jobs and enables many more (via @conorsen) Cc: @erikbryn @amcafee @ylecun @Scobleizer @pmarca4.5×185k760239161
75Aug 13, '24China 🇨🇳 emits more carbon than the U.S. 🇺🇸 and Europe 🇪🇺 combined. India 🇮🇳 is rapidly catching up 📈4.4×179k1.3k334197
76Jun 18, '24It’s true. Decoupling growth from carbon emissions is possible. It’s happening.4.4×178k878197171
77Nov 25, '23Immigration is America’s superpower. Immigrants are driving up U.S. Nobel Prize counts 🏅4.1×169k7319768
78Jun 23, '24The world’s inventors move to America 🇺🇸4.1×169k818185166
79Mar 20, '23Africa will remain poor unless it uses more energy. Short 🧵 below on the causes and consequences of Africa’s energy poverty (1/10) Cc: @erikbryn @NickKristof @dwallacewells @Jesse3.9×161k775196142
80Jun 9, '24Life has never been better. Leisure has never been more abundant. Perspective is important.3.9×159k1.1k182162
81Sep 24, '23Germany’s 🇩🇪 phase out of nuclear ☢️ is a disaster for the climate3.9×159k99519736
82Jul 7, '24Battery costs have plunged over 90% in less than 15 years. This makes everything possible 🔋📉3.9×157k947238101
83Jul 3, '24The much-discussed slowdown in EV demand is hard to see in the data3.8×157k1.1k342143
84Aug 30, '22Few realize how explosive the growth of EVs has been in China in the last 24 months. EVs now account for 26% of all car sales, up from just 3.5% in Q1 2020. Below is a short 🧵 on 3.8×02.5k756350
85Jul 10, '24Battery prices down 90%, battery storage investments through the roof 🔋🪫3.3×137k951238174
86Aug 5, '23China 🇨🇳 is now a middle-income country 📈 China’s per capita income is over $16,000, which is above Brazil 🇧🇷, South Africa 🇿🇦, and far above India 🇮🇳3.2×130k94120548
88Feb 17, '24It’s astonishing that China 🇨🇳 leapt to the top of the global auto industry 🚗 in just 2 years2.9×117k745235118
89Feb 4, '24US manufacturing boom 🚀🚀2.7×112k77518376
91Jun 12, '24Solar is eating the world2.3×94k77020584
92May 24, '24An incredible 30% of the world’s electricity now comes from renewables 📈2.3×92k1k24094
93Oct 25, '22Apple begins decoupling from China (1/3) Cc: @Noahpinion @erikbryn @amcafee @balajis2.2×01.9k285197
94Jul 15, '23India’s 🇮🇳 physical infrastructure has improved dramatically in recent years 🛣️ 🚂 🏗️ Cc: @Rajeev_GoI @KanchanGupta @shashidigital @balajis @Noahpinion2.1×87k77513145
95Jul 26, '22The price of solar has gone down so far (90% in 13 years) and so fast that it is now the cheapest form of energy available. This is as close to a miracle as you can get in the worl1.5×01.1k33881
97Sep 24, '22Peter Thiel’s theory of California’s decline has several problems, writes @TheEconomist “In the past five years, California’s state-level GDP has grown by 18%, a better performance1.3×01.1k165111
98Sep 24, '22One of the greatest *miracles* in energy history - the price of solar has plunged 90% in 13 years and is now the single cheapest form of energy available Cc: @Noahpinion @ramez @dw1.1×091219261
100Sep 23, '22Decoupling growth and CO2 emissions is now a global phenomenon Cc: @Noahpinion @dwallacewells @ramez @JesseJenkins1.0×076718394

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