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