Favorites October 23rd 2021
![Twitter avatar for @emollick](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/emollick.jpg)
Construction skills really haven’t kept pace with other forms of tech progress over the last five millennia. To build the Great Pyramid:
Then: 4,000 workers & 20 years with sleds and ropes
Now: 1,500 to 2,000 workers & 5 years and it would cost $5 billion
Interesting to see a long term perspective on construction capabilites falling behind.
So much useless paperwork!
![Twitter avatar for @joshtpm](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/joshtpm.jpg)
the barons of our economic order all seem close to functionally illiterate about macroeconomics.
![Twitter avatar for @jack](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/jack.jpg)
jack⚡️ @jack
I'd like to think that he simply doesn't understand what 'hyperinflation' is, rather than literally thinking that it will happen.
![Twitter avatar for @cstross](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/cstross.jpg)
White House delays release of JFK assassination files "to protect against identifiable harm":
My guess: someone informed on Lee Harvey Oswald and the report of the impending attack was ignored. Imperative to avoid embarrassment!
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My favorite theory is the "Oswald wounded JFK but the killing shot was a misfire from a secret service agent"
![Twitter avatar for @Rainmaker1973](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Rainmaker1973.jpg)
Auto-targeting fire sprinkler systems are intelligent fire extinguishing equipments used in interior large spaces [more: buff.ly/2TzaR6R] [source of the gif: buff.ly/3bZMaXe]
Very cool.
I hope schools in the US require vaccination for kids, seems like an easy mandate.
![Twitter avatar for @mgsiegler](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mgsiegler.jpg)
Yeah, the we-don’t-need-to-get-vaccinated-because-we-had-COVID argument is undoubtedly going to look like bullshit (or worse) in a matter of time. Get vaccinated, you fools. 💉💉 https://t.co/QlHybriq7e
![Twitter avatar for @Bob_Wachter](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/Bob_Wachter.jpg)
Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter
I really don't mind getting vaccinated every year, currently I'm trying to decide what to get for my second dose. Now that we can mix and match, do I want to be unique?