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So fire ants, those f*%ckers that always bite you in the leg.
They often have their nest in the sun because it helps them regulate the nest temperature. Good for birth rates etc.
But eventually a tree or plants grows and then the nest in shadow and their numbers decline.
Ants follow scent trails. So if they smell that a previous ant walked there, they are inclined to take that route. The stronger the scent, the better.
Whenever there is food for example, one ant follows the next ant and that's why there's some in your soda that you left outside
There is a certain, rare ant, only like <1% of the population, that doesn't do that and just moves without scent trails. We call this the "crazy ant".
And at some point, he walks somewhere near a sunny spot for a new nest and thinks "omg nice!".
The next thing the crazy ant does is to walk back to the nest and find his closest ally, the "hipster ant" (<5%or smth).
He tries to get those "hipster ants" to join and check out the new spot, but other ants think "no wtf this is a weak scent trail, I'm not going there mate."
So that crazy ant (seriously) picks up the hipster ants, carries them all the way and drops them down on new spot. Initially the hipster ants freak out and run back, but in the process, they make that scent trail stronger.
Now, other hipster ants start to follow the trail.
And because all the hipster ants are chilling in the new spot, and start digging and moving stuff to mark the new nest spot, there are the next category, the "fit ants" that also start arriving to the new nest spot.
They start building. And once things start to be established, the rest of the nest population moves over. We call those the "normie ants".
And before you know it, the entire nest has been moved to a better spot and the entire colony is doing good again.
CONCLUSION is that the entire colony survived because there was ONE crazy ant. Nobody believed him. But through sheer willpower, he rescued the entire colony.
So here's the thing:
Whenever you meet the human version of a crazy ant, watch closely and follow them. You never know, it might be the best decision ever.
We need these crazy and hipster ants in our society, too. Most often, we think they're weird and stupid at first. And then, after their genius move, we realize they weren't so stupid after all.
They often have their nest in the sun because it helps them regulate the nest temperature. Good for birth rates etc.
But eventually a tree or plants grows and then the nest in shadow and their numbers decline.
Ants follow scent trails. So if they smell that a previous ant walked there, they are inclined to take that route. The stronger the scent, the better.
Whenever there is food for example, one ant follows the next ant and that's why there's some in your soda that you left outside
There is a certain, rare ant, only like <1% of the population, that doesn't do that and just moves without scent trails. We call this the "crazy ant".
And at some point, he walks somewhere near a sunny spot for a new nest and thinks "omg nice!".
The next thing the crazy ant does is to walk back to the nest and find his closest ally, the "hipster ant" (<5%or smth).
He tries to get those "hipster ants" to join and check out the new spot, but other ants think "no wtf this is a weak scent trail, I'm not going there mate."
So that crazy ant (seriously) picks up the hipster ants, carries them all the way and drops them down on new spot. Initially the hipster ants freak out and run back, but in the process, they make that scent trail stronger.
Now, other hipster ants start to follow the trail.
And because all the hipster ants are chilling in the new spot, and start digging and moving stuff to mark the new nest spot, there are the next category, the "fit ants" that also start arriving to the new nest spot.
They start building. And once things start to be established, the rest of the nest population moves over. We call those the "normie ants".
And before you know it, the entire nest has been moved to a better spot and the entire colony is doing good again.
CONCLUSION is that the entire colony survived because there was ONE crazy ant. Nobody believed him. But through sheer willpower, he rescued the entire colony.
So here's the thing:
Whenever you meet the human version of a crazy ant, watch closely and follow them. You never know, it might be the best decision ever.
We need these crazy and hipster ants in our society, too. Most often, we think they're weird and stupid at first. And then, after their genius move, we realize they weren't so stupid after all.
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
Heard from VC LPs this week. Some sound bites from LPs in a 🧵👇
“90% of the people doing VC have no real chance of achieving real alpha. Historical DPI shows this”
“And most forget how much price matters. The whole strategy is built around cheap option bets w/ massive upside”
“90% of the people doing VC have no real chance of achieving real alpha. Historical DPI shows this”
“And most forget how much price matters. The whole strategy is built around cheap option bets w/ massive upside”
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Adidas's sole female executive board member quits, adding to the exodus of top women at the helm, which has previously come under fire for its handling of diversity issues.
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
One of the great entrepreneurs of our time. The Establishment lives to critique him, but he’s not going away. 💪 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
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Baller!
Gov. Evers took language that originally applied the $325 increase for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years and instead vetoed the “20” and the hyphen to make the end date 2425. 🤣
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Gov. Evers took language that originally applied the $325 increase for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years and instead vetoed the “20” and the hyphen to make the end date 2425. 🤣
pbs.org/newshour/polit….
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
ESPN just showed a leaderboard for most wins in a single event.
Joey chestnut was #1 for 14 wins at the Nathan’s hot dog eating competition.
#2 was Rafael nadal for 13 titles at the French open.
I’m not sure i will ever forget seeing that.
Joey chestnut was #1 for 14 wins at the Nathan’s hot dog eating competition.
#2 was Rafael nadal for 13 titles at the French open.
I’m not sure i will ever forget seeing that.
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
Dunbar’s Number is a Lie
There is a repeated lie that a person can only maintain and manage social connections with 150 people. That’s a lie. It was never true and it is certainly not true today.
But the number of people that everyone keeps track of is certainly growing. Back on the savannah, we maybe kept track of 300 people (including fictional characters).
Today, most people maintain deep knowledge of over 10,000 people (which includes fictional characters and famous people). And we are getting better and better at it. You can see it in the plot of TV shows which used to be simplistic and now take a master connector to sift through all the complex relationships (and back-stabbing). Humans have rewired their brains just to track all the intricacies in Game of Thrones or Succession.
There is a repeated lie that a person can only maintain and manage social connections with 150 people. That’s a lie. It was never true and it is certainly not true today.
But the number of people that everyone keeps track of is certainly growing. Back on the savannah, we maybe kept track of 300 people (including fictional characters).
Today, most people maintain deep knowledge of over 10,000 people (which includes fictional characters and famous people). And we are getting better and better at it. You can see it in the plot of TV shows which used to be simplistic and now take a master connector to sift through all the complex relationships (and back-stabbing). Humans have rewired their brains just to track all the intricacies in Game of Thrones or Succession.
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
This is absolutely bananas.
There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.
But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?
Nope.
There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.
But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?
Nope.
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🧔🏻 Vinnie Lauria retweeted
Y’all wanna hear the TRUE story of Nikki Haley?
A thread
A thread
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