Hugo @hvgo

Building the 🇺🇸 Dream by helping immigrants, founders, and homeowners. Co-founded @Harvard's Experiment Fund, @Work_Bench, and Castle. vuur.com New York Joined December 2008

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

3 weeks ago

Speech is not violence. Violence is not speech.

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New York City is marking its 400th birthday this year, and almost no one gives a damn. Yet it is a particularly important time to celebrate it. We explain why econ.st/460Qcg5 Illustration: David Simonds

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Hugo @hvgo

a month ago

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16

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Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey

3 months ago

Going direct is now THE way A year or two ago it was still controversial; some considered it a last resort for people who got canceled Now it’s the default

Garry Tan @garrytan

3 months ago

Going direct is now THE way A year or two ago it was still controversial; some considered it a last resort for people who got canceled Now it’s the default

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Ali Partovi @apartovi

3 months ago

Thank you to Sam Altman for hosting an open Q&A with @neo Scholar applicants. 💙 If you're an undergrad who excels at CS, apply by this Sunday 7/6 at neo.com/scholars

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scott belsky @scottbelsky

5 months ago

narrative violation, but I think being on a jury is f'n fascinating. did it once a decade ago, and was a wild ride through what makes society tick, psychology, storytelling...and you get an appreciation for imperfect yet beautiful civil systems. jury duty, highly recommended.

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Y Combinator @ycombinator

5 months ago

AI Residential Security @bosmeny Legacy home security companies are a $20B joke. Meanwhile, AI is already preventing crimes in office buildings–think facial recognition, loitering alerts, even virtual guards to yell at intruders. We think the first startup to bring…

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Kelechi Onyeama @kelechisp

7 months ago

O-1 approved after 6 days!! 🇺🇸✅ i had 7 law firms (mostly in SF) deny to take my case, except @joinellis in NYC! dropping outta college (again) and moving to downtown manhattan. let’s fucking build 🚀🚀

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Douglas Carswell🇬🇧🇺🇸 @DouglasCarswell

7 months ago

Home Depot is worth more than all the European start ups created in the past 50 years combined. Home Depot.

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Beff – e/acc @BasedBeffJezos

9 months ago

Innovators vs regulators Engineers vs lawyers Acceleration vs Deceleration Growth vs friction

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Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca

10 months ago

Elon is a field experiment from the Harvard Sociology Department circa 1972 with the title: "What if one person shows up and just tells the truth?"

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Aristocratic Fury @LandsknechtPike

11 months ago

I honestly think we should start building star forts again for purely aesthetic value.

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Y Combinator @ycombinator

11 months ago

Fintech 2.0 @daltonc

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Eric Glyman @eglyman

11 months ago

Imagine government spending with a @tryramp dashboard: 🚫 Opaque, mysterious budgets ✅ Receipts reported for every purchase 🚫 Employees keeping cashback ✅ Taxpayers keeping cashback 🚫 Clunky, people heavy processes ✅ Automated reconciliation, more output per hour

Jordi Hays @jordihays

11 months ago

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Hugo @hvgo

11 months ago

The vibe shift extends to @NYPDTransit K9s…

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Hugo @hvgo

11 months ago

Markets > Experts. Bravo to @Kalshi and @mansourtarek_ @luanalopeslara and of course the Duracell battery himself @apartovi for being a multi-year over night success.

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Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh

11 months ago

The problem with socialism? Eventually you run out of other people’s money…

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Alexis Rivas @alexisxrivas

a year ago

It takes most homeowners longer to permit and build an ADU in California than it took us to build the Empire State Building nearly 100 years ago.

YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND

a year ago

It takes most homeowners longer to permit and build an ADU in California than it took us to build the Empire State Building nearly 100 years ago.

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Daniel Krauthammer @dkrauthammer

a year ago

Today is a good day to remember the words of Charles @krauthammer, a great and learned man who truly understood the lessons of history. He wrote this of Winston Churchill, whom he deemed “the 20th Century’s Indispensable Man." Full article published in The Washington Post:…