Samo's 2025 Bismarck Brief
7 New Insights From 2025 at Bismarck Brief (substack.com)
AI progress isn't about just compute. It requires scientists with math, computer science, and software. This is why other countries can catch up to US.
Prestige and fashion are seemingly intrinsic but depend on conscious marketing and rituals, and exclusionary practices. Hermes, De Beers, based on imaginations.
Large institutions contain several live players (even if the organization is not or is no longer a live player), not just the founder. Google distributes funds to several disparate project areas.
Space is being militarized. Defense contractors, China trying to match SpaceX, which opened up a new phase. Can a middle power enter?
‘Progressive philanthropy and activism is increasingly shaped by none other than tech billionaires. ’ Personal mission of liberal tech billionaires to oppose Trump, perhaps more an engine for the Democrats than politicians.
‘Judges and bureaucrats are resilient to populist groundswells.’ Hungary. Some politicians in some EU and North American countries enabled by the internet. But these can't overpower the supreme courts.
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FBI executes search warrant for 2020 election files in Fulton County (apnews.com)
Paris Hilton Helped Pass Legislation in D.C.; Talks 20 Years of "Stars Are Blind" and Motherhood (youtube.com)
Sydney Sweeney could face legal trouble after Hollywood Sign bra stunt (youtube.com)
JUST IN: Trump Asked, 'Do You Feel Like There's A Civil War Brewing?' Amidst Minneapolis Unrest (youtube.com)
Trump presents his case here. Lowest crime rate, enforced in cities by National Guard and soldiers. Removing 2000 criminals from Washington. New Orleans crime down 50%.
2% of the population causes over 90% of the crime, so if you remove that 2%...
He called the protesters in Minneapolis ‘really insurrections and agitators’ and said they were being paid. Professionally made signs, brand new wood, leather handles. ‘These are people that are handed signs'. He said the White House pretty much knows who's paying them.
‘Elections have consequences. The people want law and order.’