Tomás Pueyo

Tomás Pueyo

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Key ideas from Tomás Pueyo

  • "I don't think we've evolved in a world where anything grows exponentially" - Tomas on why humans struggle with exponential thinking
  • The Mississippi River Basin contains more than half of the world's naturally navigable waterways, making US geography uniquely advantageous
  • "Halving transportation costs can multiply a region's wealth by up to 16 times" - Tomas on geography's economic impact
  • The Case Against Education argues most education is signaling rather than learning, creating wasteful credentialism races
  • "The future of politics is not politicians getting good at social media, but social media people getting good at politics" - Tomas
  • Air conditioning was essential for Singapore's development and transformed the American South from poverty to prosperity
  • Retirement serves as a century-long natural experiment proving UBI can work: "People fucking love retirement" - Tomas
  • With 50% unemployment, only 20% would work, requiring each worker to pay $4,000 to fund $1,000 UBI for eight unemployed people