Derek Thompson

This is totally like 2015 Elon Musk shit. We're cutting it by 50%. The Trump nominated director of NSF just left because of what a disaster they're making it. I mean, if even if you left the tariffs out of it,

And you said, we're just going to evaluate what these guys are doing to American science with the understanding that it was basic research in American science that built TCP IP, the technology that helped make Marc Andreessen a billionaire, and that made possible the photovoltaic cell, which is part of what, well, even before the photovoltaic cell, lithium ion batteries, which are core to electric vehicle technology, basic research made these men billionaires.

And you said, we're just going to evaluate what these guys are doing to American science with the understanding that it was basic research in American science that built TCP IP, the technology that helped make Marc Andreessen a billionaire, and that made possible the photovoltaic cell, which is part of what, well, even before the photovoltaic cell, lithium ion batteries, which are core to electric vehicle technology, basic research made these men billionaires.

And you said, we're just going to evaluate what these guys are doing to American science with the understanding that it was basic research in American science that built TCP IP, the technology that helped make Marc Andreessen a billionaire, and that made possible the photovoltaic cell, which is part of what, well, even before the photovoltaic cell, lithium ion batteries, which are core to electric vehicle technology, basic research made these men billionaires.

And then they got power. And they are participants in administration that is destroying the very thing that made their careers possible. It's so strange to me that this is happening. I mean, I understand it's an ideological purge of government. I understand why they're doing it at an interpersonal level.

And then they got power. And they are participants in administration that is destroying the very thing that made their careers possible. It's so strange to me that this is happening. I mean, I understand it's an ideological purge of government. I understand why they're doing it at an interpersonal level.

And then they got power. And they are participants in administration that is destroying the very thing that made their careers possible. It's so strange to me that this is happening. I mean, I understand it's an ideological purge of government. I understand why they're doing it at an interpersonal level.

But at exactly the level of abstraction that you pose the question, I am totally fucking flabbergasted.

But at exactly the level of abstraction that you pose the question, I am totally fucking flabbergasted.

But at exactly the level of abstraction that you pose the question, I am totally fucking flabbergasted.

So how do I want to frame this? We wrote this book in 2023 and 2024. We added four sentences, maybe. Maybe seven sentences in November 2024 after the Donald Trump election. So this is a book that is not about 2025. This is a book about what Ezra and I think is most important in American policy that we hope Democrats focus more on.

So how do I want to frame this? We wrote this book in 2023 and 2024. We added four sentences, maybe. Maybe seven sentences in November 2024 after the Donald Trump election. So this is a book that is not about 2025. This is a book about what Ezra and I think is most important in American policy that we hope Democrats focus more on.

So how do I want to frame this? We wrote this book in 2023 and 2024. We added four sentences, maybe. Maybe seven sentences in November 2024 after the Donald Trump election. So this is a book that is not about 2025. This is a book about what Ezra and I think is most important in American policy that we hope Democrats focus more on.

Housing abundance, clean energy abundance, high quality governance, a science policy that makes sense, and a plan to build what we invent. That's the book in 15 seconds. The reason I wanted to summarize the book is actually like put its summary in the refrigerator for a bit while I make a second point. Okay. 2026 and 2028 are going to be about Donald Trump.

Housing abundance, clean energy abundance, high quality governance, a science policy that makes sense, and a plan to build what we invent. That's the book in 15 seconds. The reason I wanted to summarize the book is actually like put its summary in the refrigerator for a bit while I make a second point. Okay. 2026 and 2028 are going to be about Donald Trump.

Housing abundance, clean energy abundance, high quality governance, a science policy that makes sense, and a plan to build what we invent. That's the book in 15 seconds. The reason I wanted to summarize the book is actually like put its summary in the refrigerator for a bit while I make a second point. Okay. 2026 and 2028 are going to be about Donald Trump.

And opposing Donald Trump effectively requires, in addition to understanding the importance of making and inventing more of what you need, the abundance message, understanding Trump's vulnerabilities, right? You have to pay attention to what he is making vulnerable. Right now, Donald Trump's vulnerability, I think, if the midterm were, say, in three months,

And opposing Donald Trump effectively requires, in addition to understanding the importance of making and inventing more of what you need, the abundance message, understanding Trump's vulnerabilities, right? You have to pay attention to what he is making vulnerable. Right now, Donald Trump's vulnerability, I think, if the midterm were, say, in three months,

And opposing Donald Trump effectively requires, in addition to understanding the importance of making and inventing more of what you need, the abundance message, understanding Trump's vulnerabilities, right? You have to pay attention to what he is making vulnerable. Right now, Donald Trump's vulnerability, I think, if the midterm were, say, in three months,

is that the man was elected by swingable independence because life felt unaffordable. And the first thing he did in office is raise tariffs while collecting billions of dollars in shit coins.