Samo Burja

@SamoBurja

There's never been an immortal society. Figuring out why. Founder @bismarckanlys.

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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Sep 2
CXMT and YMTC are China's premier manufacturers of memory chips, which have become integral to developing and using frontier AI models. They are young, state-backed, technically sophisticated, and rapidly growing. Read the @bismarckanlys Brief (link below):
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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Sep 2
"Data Centers" remains a terrible name for what are the giant thinking machines we are building. The association to the public that of privacy invasion and stealing data. It also implies also "data transmission" hence the insane brainworm of "Data Center Radiation!"
Mimi Montgomery
@mimi_montgom
Sep 1
The data center debate has hit full force — and Northern Virginia real estate agents say it's driving some residents out of the area. My latest for @axios axios.com/local/washingt…
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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Sep 2
In this episode talked through techno-industrial progress vs. civilizational decline with @wolftivy. The Students just hit 3000 followers! If you haven't followed yet, you're still early on what is becoming my new favorite discussion show. Congrats Wolf and @benlandautaylor!
The Students
@0xthestudents
Aug 28
Will Technocapital Outlive Our Civilization? @SamoBurja and @wolftivy discuss the forces raising our civilization vs the forces pulling it down. Is techno-industrial progress made of social and intellectual components which take it down when they go, or can it weather decay?
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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Sep 2
A good time to read the Dyson brief from two weeks ago!
Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Aug 21
Dyson’s technologically innovative vacuum cleaners and hair stylers have made it a major luxury brand. It is a rare company driving forward consumer hardware technology outside of China or California—led by the last British inventor. Read the @bismarckanlys Brief (link below):
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Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Aug 31
One year later this scenario seems not only plausible but likely.
Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
Apr 17, 2025
Later this century the EU might actually see something like the U.S. phenomena of "white flight" but on a continent scale. Germans and French people might move from their economically stagnant and violent countries to countries such as Denmark, Poland, and Estonia.
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