China's AI Open Source model - DeepSeek R1 has shaken the tech and geopolitical world. It has ramifications in many areas. We have analyzed every aspect of its impact.
Trump has promised a new America. But the way he is approaching the world, he may up creating a new world order. His actions and words on Greenland need to be properly understood. Its a change in tactics but not a change in direction.
Over 400 million people are congregating in one city looking to find the truth about eternal and immortal life. They are seeking liberation. The greatest spectacle in human history is underway!
This week's 5 Twitter thread picks include primer on America's wealth, Who's Amritpal Sandhu, Europe in 1500s, Kafir Women as booty, and ChatGPT future
“Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
1. America's Wealth
US is the most powerful country in the world, even when it may not be the richest. But how rich is America? Sometimes we forget the context. This is one eye-opener. Americans hold $153T in wealth, 21% of that is in retirements accounts, 61% owned by boomers and older. It is one heck of a thread!
Wealth in the USA: a birds-eye macro view in Charts
Amrit Pal Sandhu has suddenly burst on the scene as Bhindranwale 2.0 Who is he? How did this guy who dropped in India just 6 months back with hair cut and following a bohemian life suddenly became the voice of an imaginary Khalsa nation? An eye-opening thread.
A 30yo man landed in India after 10yrs and within six months he is powerful enough to lead a mob of thousands that barged into the police station and got his aide released within hours.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a prominent artist during the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance period. He was a painter and printmaker who was best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He was one of the first to make these subjects the focus of large paintings. His paintings documented life in Europe during his era beautifully.
500 years ago there was a painter called Pieter Bruegel who changed the course of art history.
Historians of the winners have a pattern. They sanitize the deeds of their masters. And when people look back, they do not fully comprehend the genesis of the problems that world is facing today. When we look back at the Islamic kingdoms, history often talks about the art. What they do not share is the treatment of women who were used as booty of war. Some paintings have recorded those days and deeds for posterity. Here is a telling thread on those times.
1. Non-MusIim SIaves and MusIim Masters
How did lsIamic kingdoms treat the societies, countries and citizens it defeated? In this thread, we will understand the problem just by looking at a series of paintings depicting non-MusIim women under lsIamic rule. pic.twitter.com/pqVWwCgZII
ChatGPT is the talk of the town globally. But where is it going? What can we expect in future? OpenAI is coming up with a new service called Foundry. It uses ChatGPT 4.0.
What is it? It will provide dedicated servers for developers to build their own applications on top of the GPT API. Here is an extremely informative thread on Foundry.
OpenAI's leaked Foundry pricing says a lot – if you know how to read it – about GPT4, The Great Implementation, a move from Generative to Productive AI, OpenAI's safety & growth strategies, and the future of work.
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