tldr: California will be a hollowed out version of itself. The writing is on the wall. The single party rule of California and its pension, infrastructure, and healthcare debt most negatively impact upward mobility for the non-licensed blue collar working class. Photo by Landry Gapangwa I have had significant skin in the game on these […]
Kumar ThanguduPhoto by Robert Nyman on Unsplash tldr: China’s going to get beaten in this trade war with Trump and they will likely open up their borders for trade and I’m excited about it. Being a US industrialists will be a wealthier position to be in than services. We will get back to making things and it’s about damn […]
Kumar ThanguduI spend so much time thinking about energy. Every decade or so the hype-scientists want us to be infatuated with the latest technologies instead of real solutions that are viable and work today. Biofuels Are All The Rage They were all the rage until they weren’t. Biofuels didn’t pan out at all, turns out […]
Kumar ThanguduThe closest reminder I have to the fact that we are still engaged in 5+ wars is my daily Uber. If you see an Uber driver with FNU — it means First Name Unknown and they are most likely Afghan or Iraqi. 9 times out of 10 on my evening route, the driver is an […]
Kumar ThanguduIf you want to understand why NO-one will revolutionize banking overnight in the United States, not even silicon valley with its naiveté and responsive websites. Then read this:https://www.federalreserve.gov/…/…/2014/files/2014113pap.pdf The only thing you can revolutionize is how you acquire customers in USbanking
Kumar Thangudu5 years ago, I went 4000 Km-ish on motorcycles, trains, planes, and buses through India. I hadn’t been back to India in over a decade. If you were to travel my country as an systems engineer, you would be well accustomed to infant mortality, coal skies, lignite coal plants, distillation towers that were unmaintained, power grid failures, […]
Kumar Thangudutldr: There are highly addressable issues that would move the needle for the Black Lives Matter movement. I outline one here: Debtor Prisons. The American Football Star Who Protested Racial InjusticeColin Kaepernick recently kneeled at the national anthem to raise awareness of social injustice toward black people in the USA and at large. He’s a National Football […]
Kumar ThanguduBosnian Genocide Bosnian Genocide and her pushing it away as an issue to push healthcare agendas during Bill’s Presidency. ~8K Bosnians dead. Gay Rights Stance Shifting Her stance on gay rights shifting over time. I should clarify, it’s okay to have evolving views, but it is wrong to LIE about the shifting of views as […]
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