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3 people · 6 quotes · 15 Mar 2020 to 6 Feb 2026
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Friedberg calculates Italy's 30x worse coronavirus impact from compounding factors: 2x older population, 50% more smoking, one-third the ICU beds.
“So 20 x the impact. They're they they smoke about 50% more, so call it 30 x, and they have a third the number of beds.”
Friedberg argues Facebook serves Middle America while Twitter serves coastal elites, creating distinct audience segmentation.
“And Facebook is basically a product of Middle America plus kind of like countries outside The United States and, you know, Twitter is about, you know, rich coastal kind of people.”
Friedberg predicts 95% of world population will be in Africa and South Asia by 2100, demanding cheap meat.
“95% of the world's population is going to live in Africa and South Asia by the end of this century.”
Gerstner says less than half of Americans under 40 believe in capitalism, prompting his proposal.
“Okay? He said the Marxists are going to hate this because every child from birth is going to be aligned with capital Right?”
Gerstner asserts less than half of people under 40 believe in capitalism.
“There's a reason less than half of people under the age of 40 believe in capitalism, Ed.”
Tepper notes Charlotte has a large Hispanic population that people are unaware of.
“we gave a, you know, Charlotte has a fairly large Hispanic population that people don't know about.”